User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan User Guide Version 3.7
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GSI 005
Draft Issue 6.0. Date 4/4/00
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and Remote Access dial up access rights. For details on setting up access rights see
the Widows NT installation manual, Windows NT help screens and DLP-002
Setting Up User Accounts and Access Rights.
d) At Equipment View set up Dial-Up networking (if remote from server). This is
done within the Remote Access programme in Widows NT and allows the PC to
dial and connect to the remote Server. For details on setting up Dial-Up networking
see the Widows NT installation manual or Windows NT help screens and DLP-003
Creating Dial-Up networking for the Equipment View.
e) Before connecting to the system new users should refer to refer to GSI-013 Basic
Operations and GSI-014 Sitespan Equipment View Menu System. GSI-015 Server
Menu System and GSI-016 Selecting Views.
IMPORTANT
Please note that in order to run Sitespan (Client & Server), the Remote Access Server
(RAS) must be running. In order to check if the RAS is running, click on the Start menu
and select Settings->Control Panel, to bring up the control panel window. Then double
click on the "Network" icon.
From the resulting dialogue, select the "Services" tab and select "Remote Access Service".
Then select the "Properties..." option to see if a COM port has been allocated for the RAS.
If the RAS is not running, it will need to be started by selecting the "Add..." option. (Place
the Windows NT4 installation disk in the relevant drive).
Select "Remote Access Service" from the dialogue resulting from the "Add..." option.
Then select OK and follow the presented instructions. Allocate the COM port to be used
for the client/server communication.
Note that a COM port needs to be allocated for RAS, even if the client and the server are
running on the same machine.
Connect to System
a) Run the Server Software. See DLP005. The Server Software runs continuously at
the CT site to record any alarms flagged by the equipment and maintains a database
and log file of the changes in the equipment state over time.
b) Run the Equipment View Software. See DLP005. The Equipment View Software
must be continuously connected to a site if it is to monitor alarms.
c) Create the Server record in the Equipment View database. See DLP009. The
Equipment View Software needs details of any Server that it is to connect to.
Creating a Server from within the Equipment View allows connection details to be
input. Each Server on a network must have a unique name.
d) Connect the Equipment View to a remote Server. See DLP012. This procedure will
locate the server name in the phone book and make a connection.
e) Create a Site. See DLP-010. A site is a managed collection of AS4000 racks
managed by a single Sitespan Server.
f) Add Racks. See DLP-014 (AS4000) The Racks at the Site are recreated in the
Equipment View and can only be added after the site has been created.
g) Add Shelves. See DLP-051 (AS4000 FA), DLP-101 (AS4000 DA). When a shelf is
being connected to and managed by the Sitespan system an element must be
created in the Sitespan Server Database for the shelf by using the Equipment View.
h) The Shelf Element must be configured with the Equipment View to tell the
Sitespan Server the necessary operating information to allow it to communicate