7.3 Accessing and Running the Server Console Screens

You can access and use any of the server console screens from the Console Screens page, including the server GUI.

Figure 7-3 Example Monitor Utility General Screen and the Server GUI Screen

For example, if you wanted to install a support pack update from a remote location, you could access the NWCONFIG utility using the Console Screen link and then run it as though you were at the server console.

To access the Console Screens page, click the Console Screens link in the navigation frame.

From these screens, you can perform the following tasks:

7.3.1 Running the Server Console Screens from the Dynamic Java Applet Pages

The Dynamic console screens let you run any of the console screens through the browser as though you were at the server console keyboard.

To do so, click any of the links listed under Dynamic Screens heading on the Console Screens page. Clicking these links runs a Java* applet that opens a secondary browser window that is running the screen listed.

In order to be confident about who is accessing the console, the following information is logged on the Logger screen when the console screens are accessed using this method:

  • Session is granted

  • Username

  • IP address of the node making the connection

  • Time that the connection is made

Figure 7-4 Example Console Session Granted Message

The following table explains what you can do from this secondary browser window.

Table 7-2 Tasks and Procedures Available from the Current Screens > Dynamic Link

To

Do This

Use any of the screens listed as though you were at the server console.

From the System Console screen, you can load any of the other text-based utilities by loading the applicable NLM program.

Use the keyboard or mouse as though you were at the server console.

Access other screens from the current screen.

From the System Console screen, you can load any of the other text-based utilities by loading the applicable NLM program.

  1. Click the Screens List button, then enter the screen number at the console prompt.

  2. Click the left or right arrow buttons at the top of the page to reach the desired screen.

Cycle through the screens already loaded at the server console.

If you access the System Console screen from the applet window, you can load or unload any necessary module or enter any necessary console command.

Click the >> or << button.

This is the same as pressing Alt+Esc on the server console keyboard.

Display a list of current utilities that are running at the server console and the screens that are active

Click the Screens List button.

This is the same as pressing Ctrl+Esc on the server console keyboard.

Display or remove the title of each screen while viewing the screen.

Click the Title Bar button.

This toggles the screen title on or off and is the same as pressing Alt on the server console keyboard.

Access the Emergency Console.

Click the Emergency Console button on this page.

This is the same as pressing Ctrl+Alt+Esc on the server console keyboard.

The Emergency console can be useful when the server console seems to hang. You can abort a volume mount or open a new console screen to issue necessary commands such as unloading modules or shutting down the server.

NOTE:Not all the console commands are available from this screen.

Increase or decrease the font size of the screen displayed.

Click the Font+ or Font- button.

7.3.2 Viewing and Running the Console Screen from HTML Pages

If for some reason you are unable to access the dynamic console screens, you can access an HTML-based screen under the HTML Based Screen Pages heading on the Current Screen page. The screens listed are only screens that are currently running on the server console. These screens let you view the console screen and perform a limited number of tasks. The experience is not as easy as with a dynamic screen, but it does give you access to the screen and the ability in some cases to perform tasks.

When you click the link associated with each of these screens, you can view the screen and control the refresh rate only with the Page Refresh Rate drop-down list at the top of the window. The HTML page for the System Console screen also allows you to enter console commands to be executed at the server console.

You can control the refresh rate of the different server pages. Refresh on the System Console page is suspended when you click Execute Command Line.

7.3.3 Viewing Console Activity

The Logger screen lets you view most of the console activity information that was formerly displayed on the System Console screen. This screen is scrollable and can be saved to a file.

To access a list of commands for scrolling and saving to a file, press F1 while viewing the Logger screen, or click the View History Buffer link on the Console Screens page.