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Table Of Contents
Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Accessing the Lab Manager Web Console
YoucanuseeitherInternetExplorerorFirefoxtoaccesstheLab ManagerWebconsole.
Forinformationonsupportedversions,seeAppendix B,“ClientandBrowser
Support,”onpage 221.
YoumusthaveauseraccountthatissetupbyaLab Manageradministratortologin
totheWebconsole.
To access the Lab Manager Web console
1OnaWindows
machineconnectedtotheInternetoryourlocalintranet,opena
browserwindow.
2ToconnecttoaLab ManagerServersystem,navigateto
https://<Lab_Manager_Server_domain_name_or_IP_address>
Thefirsttimeyouaccesstheconsole,anSSLwarningmightappear.Toavoidthis
warning,useafullyqualifieddomainname(FQDN)orasktheLab Manager
administratorfor
moreinformation.AnFQDNstartswiththecomputername
followedbytheDNSsuffix(forexample,computer_name.mydomain.com).
ToaddthecertificatetoyourtrustedcertificatelistinInternetExplorer,clickView
CertificateintheSSLalert,andclickInstallCertificate.Forinformationabout
generatingacustomSSLcertificate,seethe
LabManagerInstallationandUpgrade
Guide.
3EnteryourusernameandpasswordandclickLogin.
Lab ManagerdisplaystheWebconsole.IfLab Managerdisplaysanerror,talktoa
Lab Manageradministratortomakesureyouareusingthecorrectusernameand
passwordandthatyouareamemberofa
Lab Managerorganization.
Viewing Performance, Usage, and Support Information
TheOverviewpageisthedefaultlandingpageintheWebconsole.
TheinformationdisplayedintheOverviewpageisspecifictotheorganizationselected
intheOrganizationdropdownmenu.SelecttheGlobalorganizationtoview
informationfortheentireLab Managerinstallation.
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OTEALab ManageradministratormustenableSupportLinkifyouwanttoviewall
statistics.See“ConfiguringSupportLinkSettings”onpage 197.