Walkthrough: Logging In To The Platespin Orchestrate Server; Logging In By Using The Explorer; Logging In Explicitly To A Named Server - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual

3.2 Walkthrough: Logging In to the PlateSpin
Orchestrate Server
Before you can perform any administrator functions, you need to log in to the Orchestrate Server to
establish your credentials as an authorized administrator. The information in this sections explains
three methods for logging in to the server.
Section 3.2.1, "Logging In by Using the Explorer," on page 101
Section 3.2.2, "Logging In Explicitly to a Named Server," on page 101
Section 3.2.3, "Logging In As Default," on page 102
When you have logged in to the Orchestrate Server, you can create accounts for the computing
resources that will eventually run computing jobs. To understand how resource accounts are created,
see Section 3.3, "Walkthrough: Creating a Resource Account," on page

3.2.1 Logging In by Using the Explorer

If the PlateSpin Orchestrate grid you created during the install is displayed in the Explorer panel, the
Orchestrate Server that services it is available for authentication. The grid cannot be expanded and
navigated until you log in to the Orchestrate Server in that grid.
1 In the Explorer panel of the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client, click the grid name to
launch a server login dialog box.
2 In the dialog box, enter the Administrator user name and password that you supplied when you
installed the server, then click OK to log in to the server.

3.2.2 Logging In Explicitly to a Named Server

If you are not operating in a broadcast-capable network and you have installed the Orchestrate
Clients on a machine with a different subnet from the server, PlateSpin Orchestrate might not be
able to discover your Orchestrate Server. If this is the case, you must log in explicitly to the server
you are looking for. Use the following steps to log in explicitly to a named server.
1 From the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client, click Server, then click Login to display
the Remote Connection dialog box.
PlateSpin Orchestrate supports multiple servers on the same network.
This login option allows you to select the server before you enter the administrator name and
password.
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