The Manager; Using The Manager; Getting Started With The Manager - ADDER .NET User Manual

The Manager

Using the Manager

Among its menus, the Manager has three main options to represent the three
key areas of information that it holds:
• Devices (KVM-over-IP equipment),
• Hosts (computers), and
• Users.
General page layout
Both the Manager and the Connector module pages use similar layouts, with a
consistent menu bar and drop down menus:
Standard icons
On many ADDER.NET pages you will see one or more of the following icons:
/ Click to display/hide contextual help on the displayed page items,
Click to display list items in alphabetic form,
Click to display list items in tabular form,
Device is listed in your favourites,
Device has been acquired,
Device is not yet acquired,
Device is not acquirable or does not need acquisition,
[Green] Device is active, not in use, and available for access,
[Orange] Device is active, in use, but in "Shared" mode and can be accessed,
[Red] Device is active, in use, and in "Private" mode and cannot be accessed,
[Grey] Device appears to be offline,
[White] No information is available about the status of this device.

Getting started with the Manager

When commissioning a new installation, the starting point usually lies with the
Devices, although Hosts or Users
to begin with the Devices because once located, they can automatically provide
information about their connected host computers, saving you time and effort.
Logoff
Once you've finished interacting
with the ADDER.NET server you
should log out by clicking here.
Column sort order
Click a column heading to sort the list according to the contents of
that column (a triangular arrow head will appear). When the white
arrow is pointing up, the column is sorted alphabetically. Click the
same column heading once more to invert the arrow and change to
reverse alphabetic order.
Page selection controls
The controls given on the base bar are there to help you when there
are many items listed and you need to view entries within other
pages. You can control how many entries should appear in each page
using the 'Page Size' parameter located within (Manager view) Tools
> Configure ADDER.NET
may be added at any time. It is advantageous
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