User Guide

CHAPTER 2. GETTING STARTED
2.1. Starting the program and
connecting to the
administration server
In order to start the application,
select the Kaspersky Administration Kit item in the Kaspersky Ad-
ministration Kit group of the standard Run\Programs menu. This pro-
grams group is created only on the administrator's workstations at the
time when the Administration Console is installed.
To connect to an Administration Server, select the Kaspersky
Administration Server (<Server name>) node in the console tree.
After this, the application tries to connect to the administration server. If
there are several administration servers on your network, the program
will connect to the last server it connected to during the previous
Kaspersky Administration Kit session. Upon the first launch of the
application, it is assumed that the administration server and
administration console are running on the same computer. Therefore,
the program will try to detect the administration server on this computer.
If the server is not found, you will be asked to specify the server name
manually in the Logon dialog box (see Figure 1). Enter the required
server name in the Server address field. You can enter the IP-address
or NetBIOS name (computer name on the MS Windows network).
Communications between the Administration Server and Administration
Console are secured by SSL. If you want to disable the SSL protocol,
uncheck the Use SSL connection checkbox. However, this might
impair information security and data integrity.
To connect to the Administration Server through a port that
differs from the default one, enter <Server name>:<Port
number> in the Server address field.
Click the Options button to show/hide the following advanced connection
settings: