User guide

2-18 ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide
Installing the EPICenter Software
• Under Windows NT, or Windows 2000, install Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 with the
Java Plug-in version 1.3.1, or Internet Explorer 5.5 with Service Pack 1 and the Java
Plug-in.
To download the latest version of Internet Explorer, go to
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
• Under Solaris, install Netscape Navigator version 4.7x and the Java 1.3.1 plug-in.
Navigator is included in Netscape Communicator, can be downloaded from Netscape
Communications. Go to the Netscape web site at
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/ for more
information. From there you can find links to download the Netscape 4.76 browser
software.
If you do not have the required Javaplug-in installed when you start the EPICenter client,
you willbe promptedto downloadit,andwill beledthrough the brief installation process.
This obtains the plug-in from the SunMicrosystems web site,and requires Internetaccess.
You can also install the Java Plug-in directly from the EPICenter client Start-up page. See
Chapter 2 in the ExtremeWare EPICenter SE Software User Guide for details on starting the
client and obtaining the plug-in, if needed.
Uninstalling the EPICenter Server
To uninstall the EPICenter software, you must first shut down the server components
(database and web server). Then you can remove the program components from your
system.
Uninstalling in Windows NT or Windows 2000
Under either of these Windows OPerating Systems versions, you can run the EPICenter
server components as services, or as regular applications. The uninstall procedure is
slightly different for these two situations.
To uninstall the EPICenter server software, do the following:
1 Shut down the EPICenter components if they are still running.
If they are running as services:
a From the Startmenu, highlight Settings, pull right, and click on the Control Panel.
This displays the Control Panel folder.
b Double-click on Services to display the Services Properties window.