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SDX Admin Main Window

After you configure the LDAP connection, the main window for SDX Admin appears. The SDX Admin window comprises six main areas, which are illustrated in Figure 29 and described in Table 27.


Figure 29: SDX Admin Window Layout



Table 27: SDX Admin Window Areas  
Area
Description

Title bar

Displays the name of the current window. Also provides the minimize, maximize, and close window buttons.

Menu bar

Displays a menu from which you can select commands from lists.

Toolbar

Displays the icons that have the same functionality as the corresponding entries in the main menu.

Navigation pane

Displays the objects in a hierarchical format, starting from the top-level folder and moving through the subfolders down to individual objects. Use this pane to navigate through the folders and select objects.

Content pane

Displays the details of the object selected in the navigation pane. Use this pane to display and modify information about objects.

Status bar

Contains a progress indicator on the left side and a message area on the right side. The progress indicator is active for operations that take longer than 1 second (such as loading a large subtree); the message area names the operation that is in progress.

Using the Menu Bar

The menu bar allows you to execute commands related to each of the menus. See the following tables for information about each menu command.

Menu
Command
Choose to

File

New Window

Create a new SDX Admin window and connect it to a directory.

Change Server

Close the current connection to a directory and open new directory connection.

Reload

Get the current tree from the directory again.

Save Entry

Save attributes of the current directory entry.

Close Window

Close the current window.

Exit

Close all windows and terminate SDX Admin.

Menu
Command
Choose to

Edit

Undo: [operation]

Show the most recent operation and cancel it. The text after Undo indicates the most recent operation. If no operation can be canceled, the menu says Can't Undo and is disabled.

Redo

Reinstate the most recent operation that you canceled.

Cut

Cut the currently selected object.

Copy

Copy the currently selected object.

Copy Tree

Copy the currently selected object, including its child entries.

Paste

Paste the object copies from the cut or copy operation as a new child entry below the currently selected object.

Delete

Delete the currently selected object.

Find

Open a dialog box asking for search criteria and search objects in the directory based on the entered criteria. The first found object is selected; the remaining search results are stored.

Find Next

Select the next object that the most recent Find operation has found. If no more objects are available, an error message appears. If no Find operation is in progress, the system starts a new Find operation as if you had selected Find.

Menu
Command
Choose to

Options

Configure

Open the Main Configuration dialog box to configure operational characteristics of the SDX Admin window.

OSM Client Log

Open the OSM Client Reports dialog box to view responses received from the object state manager (OSM) regarding the state of managed objects.

Menu
Command
Choose to

Help

About

View information about the SDX Admin software, including vendor name and software version.

Options Menu: Configure

When you click Configure in the Options menu, the Main Configuration dialog box opens. Changing the parameters changes the appearance or behavior of SDX Admin or changes the default values it uses.

Fill in the fields. See Table 28.




Table 28: Main Configuration Parameters 
Parameter
Description

Encrypt userPassword

From the menu, you can select the default encryption algorithm for the LDAP attribute userPassword.

  • empty line—no encryption
  • crypt—password encrypted through UNIX crypt command and stored in /etc/security/passwd
  • sha—Secure Hash Algorithm
  • md5—Message Digest #5

NOTE: You must select an encryption method that your directory server supports.

Show Objecttype

Selecting Yes shows the <attr>= prefix in the navigation pane.

Delete Subtree

Selecting Yes means that this operation is available; that is, you can recursively delete all child objects of an object that you select.

Subscriber Folder is Subscriber

Selecting Yes means that you can subscribe to services from the Subscriber folder.

NOTE: Setting this option to Yes can affect performance for some directory servers, such as Sun One (iPlanet) version 5.2.

Show Toolbar

Selecting Yes means that the toolbar appears in the SDX Admin window.

Show Statusbar

Selecting Yes means that the status bar appears in the SDX Admin window.

LDAP timelimit

Number of seconds allowed for LDAP operations.

UNDO levels

Number of commands stored for successive undo operations.

OSM Host

Address of server running the object state manager.

OSM Port

TCP port number running the object state manager.

OSM Transaction ID Prefix

Prefix used when you create transaction objects.

OSM Report Server Port

Local port number listening to OSM status reports.

Default Trap Receiver

Default value for trap receiver.

DirX Server Address

Address of the DirX server. Needed only if the address is different from the LDAP server.

SAE Admin Web Application Server

Address and port used for validation of substitutions. Default port is 8443.

Tool Path

An alternate path to use for invoking external tools, such as Telnet and SSH, which you can use to manage a router object from an SDX Admin session. Set the Tool Path if these external applications are installed in a path other than the standard path. For example, if the Telnet executable file is installed in the /usr/local/bin directory, you can list this path for a Tool Path.

Enable All Warnings

Displays warning messages again for those messages that do not appear because the Don't show me this warning again check box was previously selected for that message.

Using the Toolbar

Table 29 shows the SDX Admin toolbar icons and the relationship between the icons and the menu commands. The toolbar icons exist in enabled and disabled modes. The mode depends on whether the operation is supported in the context of the selected object and on previous operations. For example, if no object was previously copied or cut, then Paste is disabled.




Table 29: Toolbar Functions 
Icon
Corresponding Menu

File > New Window

File > Change Server

File > Reload

File > Save Entry

Edit > Delete

Edit > Undo

Edit > Redo

Edit > Cut

Edit > Copy

Edit > Copy Tree

Edit > Paste

Edit > Find

Edit > Find Next

Options > Configure

Using the Navigation Pane

The directory in the navigation pane consists of nested folders, all contained in the top-level folder. Although you can rename this folder, we use the default name, o=umc, throughout the SRC guides.

The initial installation of the directory creates a set of second-level folders. If it fails to create them (because, for example, of operator error or problems arising from integration with other directories), you must create these folders before you use the application. Different components of the SRC software will not start properly if the basic objects are missing.

To create the required second-level folders, highlight the top-level folder, right-click, and then select New > Folder in the pop-up menu that appears. You are prompted for the name of the subfolder that you want to create. Enter the appropriate name. You must create all of the following subfolders, using the names below:

After you create the second-level folders, the SDX Admin window should appear similar to Figure 29.

Initially, only the top-level and second-level folders are displayed. To open additional levels of the directory, click on the triangle to the left of the folders.

Navigation Pane Icons

SDX Admin uses different icons in the navigation pane to differentiate the various objects. Table 30 shows the icons displayed in the navigation pane and lists their related object types. Manipulation of the different objects is explained throughout this guide.




Table 30: SDX Admin Navigation Pane Icons 
Icon
Type

Folder

Traps

Cached Authentication Profile

Configuration

License

Router

Operator Group

Operator

Global Parameter

Policy Group

Policy rule

Service Scope

Access Service/Access Subscription

RADIUS Service/Subscription

Outsource Service/Subscription

SAE (SSP) Service

Retailer

Enterprise Subscriber

Enterprise Site Subscriber

Residential Subscriber

Mutex Group

State Machine

Service Scheduler

Workflow

Using the Content Pane

When you select a folder or an individual object in the navigation pane, the system displays a form in the content pane that shows the attributes of the object (see Figure 30).


Figure 30: SDX Admin General Window Structure

Each object in the navigation pane has an associated Meta Data tab in the content pane (shown in Figure 30). Table 31 describes the Meta Data tab parameters.




Table 31: Meta Data Tab Parameters  
Parameter
Description

Creation Timestamp

Time when the object was created

Creator

Bind DN of the user who created the object

Modification Timestamp

Time when the object was last modified

Modifier

Bind DN of the user who last modified the object


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