Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.65.00 (30216-90291)

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Data Center Management

HP Secure Web Console

by Umakanth Rajsekhar C.

Commercial Systems Division

Product Overview

This module gives an overview of the HP Secure Web Console. (Product No. J3591A) The

HP Secure Web Console (SWC) is now available on the HP 3000 for its user community.

The HP SWC is the ﬁrst product from Hewlett-Packard’s new Internet Product family. The

product is an easy-to-use device which offers ‘location independence’ by guaranteeing

secure console access and machine administration from either Netscape or Internet

Explorer web browsers on any PC or UNIX workstation client across the network. The HP

SWC also offers a ﬂexible and comprehensive migration to a security framework enabling

strongly regulated remote access to the company’s business servers.

The HP Secure Console’s main purpose is to allow manager.sys level system network

administrators easier access to HP 3000 servers, regardless of their distance from the HP

3000 machine. The main objective is to be able to perform the same level of debug and

recovery operations, just like using a local HP terminal, but in this case completely

remotely via the LAN and from any WEB browser running on a PC or UNIX client

available on the Network.

Installation

The installation of the HP SWC is very straight forward.

The typical installation of the HP Secure Web Console, after completion of the initial

conﬁguration and set-up, is to install the device near the desired HP 3000 system. Replace

the normal HP terminal(700/96..) by disconnecting the RS-232 Console cable connector

from the back of the HP terminal and connecting it directly to the HP SWC’s RS-232 port.

Then once connected up to the LAN using an available 10base-T cable and powering it on,

the HP SWC’s internal micro-web server can be accessed across the LAN using either the

Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser applications running on any PC or

UNIX workstation client node.

Once connection to the HP SWC’s internal micro HTTP webserver is established, a Java

application is downloaded to the connected client node, which from then on acts as the

interface for all communications between the client and the attached HP 3000 server.

High level of security is provided with “user authentication” being performed for each user

accessing the HP SWC. This results in allowing user login for only those users who have

valid user access permission.

To make the HP 3000 system administration task easier, the HP SWC also allows up to

four authorized users to access the HP 3000 system console while any one of the users

having the write permissions. This is especially useful for system management tasks

requiring more than one person to work as a team.

The HP SWC brings ease of use and security to system administration. Future release of