Management Tools; Overview; Vbadmin - VBrick 9000 Getting Started Manual

Management Tools

Overview

The VBAdmin configuration tool is an intuitive GUI-based management tool and VBrick
recommends using VBAdmin as the primary means of managing VBrick encoders. The table
below details the tools available that may be used to manage an encoder.
Management Tool

VBAdmin

VBDirectory
Command Line Interface The Command Line Interface provides management through the
SNMP
Web Services
Auto Configuration
Note: There is only one active editing session allowed at any time in a single encoder.
In VBAdmin it is possible to exit a session which still in
must determine whether or not to log off the previous editor. For best results, click
Finish Edit
automatically log you out when you exit the program.
VBAdmin
The encoder has an embedded Web server that lets you manage the configuration from an
external browser. This allows network managers to remotely configure and monitor the
encoders from virtually anywhere in the world. VBAdmin is compatible with Internet
Explorer and Firefox (other browsers may not give acceptable results). For best results,
VBrick Systems recommends Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Connect to VBAdmin by pointing to the IP Address (e.g.
logging in. VBAdmin is one of several ways to manage an encoder. There are other methods
but VBAdmin's graphical user interface is the easiest to use. VBAdmin is described in detail
in VBAdmin topics.
Encoder Getting Started
Description
The VBAdmin management interface allows quick and secure
control through the encoder's IP interface.
See Using VBAdmin topics.
The VBrick Support Downloads site contains VBDirectory, an
application that facilitates finding, accessing, and upgrading all
encoders on a network.
encoder's COM port. See the Connect through the COM Port
with HyperTerminal or Connect with Telnet or SSH topics.
SNMP commands through encoder's IP interface, including
SNMP Traps.
You can set any configuration parameter in the MIB using an
industry-standard Web Service.
See
System Configuration
9000 Encoder v4.4 Admin Guide.
before you exit the VBAdmin page. Note that Telnet, CLI and SNMP
Chapter 4
> Manage Configuration in the VBrick
mode. Other users then
Edit
) of the encoder and
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