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XP A XP A XP A XP A XP A DMINISTRATOR DMINISTRATOR DMINISTRATOR DMINISTRATOR DMINISTRATOR Installer/User Guide 4991 Corporate Drive Huntsville, Alabama 35805-6201 • USA 256-430-4000 (Fax) 256-430-4030 www.cybex.com...
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If you plan to upload a database from an existing XPDU • A null modem (cross over) cable to attach between the PC and your XPDU. • The XP4000 Series OSD Configuration Utility (available for download from ftp://ftp.cybex.com/pub/product-upgrades/UTILS/ or from Technical Support)
Installation and Configuration Downloading The XP Administrator software is available for download from our FTP website. the XP Follow the steps below to retrieve the software. Administrator Software 1. From your web browser, enter the following Cybex website address, ftp:// ftp.cybex.com/pub/product-upgrades/XP4000/XP_Admin.
1. Press either Control key twice within one second to bring up your XPDU OSD menu system. 2. Log in to the XPDU. Note that for proper operation with the XP Administrator, the administrator password must be set. (Instructions for setting the administrator password from the XP4000 Series Installer/User Guide).
NOTE: If you have an XPDU created server/user database that you want to save for use with the XP Administrator, you will need to import it to the software before you upgrade. Upgrading the XPDU will delete your existing database.
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User Option Menu Revision: B-00 Address: 1-F ------------------------ Management tools User option menu Open a port session eXit session ------------------------ Enter Selection: 4. Select option M to access the System Management Tools. System Management Tools Main Menu 1) Display chassis configuration 2) Display Flash ROM status 3) Upgrade local Flash ROM 4) Reboot computer...
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Security events are sent to the log host using the UNIX syslog feature. Events are sent using the local0 facility identifier. To disable the logging feature, enter 0.0.0.0 as the log host address. Your XPIA is now installed and configured for use with the XP Administrator.
Testing the Before using the XP Administrator software, you must test the network connection Network to every XPIA in the system. Follow the steps below: Connections 1. Launch the XP Administrator program by double clicking on the XP4000 System Admin icon.
Importing from If you already have XPDU modules in your system, you may want to import your the XPDU server/user information to the XP Administrator for editing and grouping. To do this, you will need the following: • Access to a PC that is not currently part of your XP4000 Series system •...
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From the PC not currently part of your XP4000 Series system (This may be the PC where the XP Administrator is installed.) 1. Open the OSD Configuration Utility software by clicking on the OSD.exe icon. 2. Select the Transfer Menu.
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9. Go to the file menu and select the ‘Save As’ option. Name your configuration and close the program. 10. If this is not the PC where your XP Administrator is installed, transfer this configuration to the XP Administrator PC.
Network Connections’ in Chapter 2 for details.) 2. In your XP Administrator, choose the option to open the FTP port to the XPIA(s). 3. Select the IP addresses of the XPIA(s) in the system and click ‘OK’. This will allow you to download the database to the XPIA(s) you choose.
XPDU as well. The link status shows the activity of the FTP link between the XP Administrator software and the XPIA. An open link is displayed as active, a closed link is inactive.
Adding To add servers to your database, click the ‘Add Server’ icon. The following Servers window will appear. Enter the name and XP4000 address of the new server. Configure the ID dwell time, Scan dwell time and ID Window style settings for this server. (Information on configuring settings from the XP4000 Series Installer/User Guide) Click ‘OK’...
Adding Users To add users to your database, click the ‘Add User’ icon. The following window will appear. Enter the name of the user and password, if applicable. At the Automatic Logout Time field, enter the time in minutes this user can leave a station unattended before being automatically logged out.
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When you have finished configuring access for this user, click ‘OK’ to save these settings. Your XP Administrator main window will now show all of your system users. Clicking on a user will bring up that user’s information and access privileges in the Information Panel for quick reference.
Creating The XP Administrator allows you to organize your servers into meaningful groups Server Groups for easy identification and assignment. Once a server group is established, the icon for the group can be dragged and dropped onto the icon for any user for the convenient assignment of access to a group of servers.
Creating User The XP Administrator allows you to organize your users into meaningful groups Groups for easy identification and assignment. All members of a user group have the same access to each server included in the group. For customization, additional servers can be added to individual users.
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When you have finished making your selections, click ‘OK’. The main XP Administrator window will become active as shown below. The new user group is now displayed in the user list. The Information Panel at the right shows the name and description of the user group, as well as the member users, servers this group can access, and access rights for each server.
(Do not drop onto a user group, as this will not be recognized by the XP Administrator.) Click on the access rights you wish this user to have to this group of servers, then click ‘OK’.
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Additional servers may be added to a user’s profile in one of two ways: via drag and drop or by editing the user profile. You may drag an individual server name and drop it onto the user name in the main user list.
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The XP Administrator main window will become active again. The Information Panel to the right will now contain the new server as well.
Click on the ‘Search’ button and the Add/ Edit Server window will appear on-screen. To search by user name, click on the appropriate XP Administrator icon. Enter the name of the user you are searching for. The search function is not case sensitive.
Locking/ The XP Administrator provides a lock feature for the security of your database. A Unlocking a locked database can only be edited through the XP Administrator. An unlocked Database system can be altered through the XPDU as well. To lock your database, click on the closed lock icon in your Menu/Icon Bar.
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4. Enter the chassis address of the first chassis that contains your auto configured servers in the Start Chassis field. 5. Check the ‘FAIL if Duplicates Found’ box if you want the entire auto created server list to fail if a duplicate server address is found in the system. If you would like for the auto configured server list to flow around any duplicate server addresses, leaving any previously configured servers unchanged, leave this box unchecked.
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9. Configure the options you choose for this server list and click ‘OK’ when you have finished making selections. 10. Your auto configured server list will appear in the XP Administrator Root Server List as shown. Auto Configuring Users To automatically configure a user list, follow the steps below: 1.
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9. Configure the options you choose for this user list and click ‘OK’ when you have finished making selections. 10. Your auto configured user list will appear in the XP Administrator Root User List as shown on the following page.
Our Customer Support staff is ready to assist you with any installation or operations Technical problem you may encounter with the XP Administrator. If a problem should Support develop and you are unable to find a resolution, document the problem as thoroughly as possible.
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