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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 34 and described in Table 27.
Figure 34: SDX Admin Window Layout
Table 27: SDX Admin Window Areas
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Title bar
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Displays the name of the current window. Also provides the minimize, maximize, and close window buttons.
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Menu bar
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Displays a menu from which you can select commands from lists.
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Toolbar
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Displays the icons that have the same functionality as the corresponding entries in the main menu.
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Navigation pane
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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.
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Content pane
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Displays the details of the object selected in the navigation pane. Use this pane to display and modify information about objects.
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Status bar
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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.
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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.
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File
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New Window
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Create a new SDX Admin window and connect it to a directory.
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Change Server
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Close the current connection to a directory and open new directory connection.
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Reload
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Get the current tree from the directory again.
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Save Entry
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Save attributes of the current directory entry.
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Close Window
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Close the current window.
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Exit
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Close all windows and terminate SDX Admin.
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Edit
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Undo: [operation]
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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.
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Redo
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Reinstate the most recent operation that you canceled.
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Cut
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Cut the currently selected object.
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Copy
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Copy the currently selected object.
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Copy Tree
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Copy the currently selected object, including its child entries.
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Paste
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Paste the object copies from the cut or copy operation as a new child entry below the currently selected object.
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Delete
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Delete the currently selected object.
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Find
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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.
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Find Next
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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.
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Options
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Configure
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Open the Main Configuration dialog box to configure operational characteristics of the SDX Admin window.
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OSM Client Log
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Open the OSM Client Reports dialog box to view responses received from the object state manager (OSM) regarding the state of managed objects.
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Help
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About
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View information about the SDX Admin software, including vendor name and software version.
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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. See Table 28.
Table 28: Main Configuration Parameters
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Encrypt userPassword
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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.
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Show Objecttype
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Selecting Yes shows the <attr>= prefix in the navigation pane.
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Delete Subtree
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Selecting Yes means that this operation is available; that is, you can recursively delete all child objects of an object that you select.
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Subscriber Folder is Subscriber
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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.
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Show Toolbar
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Selecting Yes means that the toolbar appears in the SDX Admin window.
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Show Statusbar
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Selecting Yes means that the status bar appears in the SDX Admin window.
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LDAP timelimit
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Number of seconds allowed for LDAP operations.
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UNDO levels
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Number of commands stored for successive undo operations.
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OSM Host
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Address of server running the object state manager.
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OSM Port
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TCP port number running the object state manager.
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OSM Transaction ID Prefix
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Prefix used when you create transaction objects.
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OSM Report Server Port
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Local port number listening to OSM status reports.
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Default Trap Receiver
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Default value for trap receiver.
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DirX Server Address
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Address of the DirX server. Needed only if the address is different from the LDAP server.
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SAE Admin Web Application Server
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Address and port used for validation of substitutions. Default port is 8443.
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Tool Path
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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.
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Enable All Warnings
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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.
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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
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File > New Window
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File > Change Server
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File > Reload
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File > Save Entry
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Edit > Delete
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Edit > Undo
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Edit > Redo
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Edit > Cut
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Edit > Copy
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Edit > Copy Tree
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Edit > Paste
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Edit > Find
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Edit > Find Next
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Options > Configure
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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:
- AdmissionControl
- AggregateServices
- AuthCache
- CongestionPoints
- Locks
- Management
- Network
- Operators
- Parameters
- Persistent Sessions
- Policies
- Scopes
- Servers
- Services
- UserProfileCache
- Users
After you create the second-level folders, the SDX Admin window should appear similar to Figure 34.
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
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Folder
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Traps
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Cached Authentication Profile
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Configuration
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License
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Router
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Operator Group
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Operator
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Global Parameter
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Policy Group
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Policy rule
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Service Scope
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Access Service/Access Subscription
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RADIUS Service/Subscription
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Outsource Service/Subscription
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SAE (SSP) Service
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Retailer
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Enterprise Subscriber
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Enterprise Site Subscriber
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Residential Subscriber
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Mutex Group
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State Machine
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Service Scheduler
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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 35).
Figure 35: SDX Admin General Window Structure
Each object in the navigation pane has an associated Meta Data tab in the content pane (shown in Figure 35). Table 31 describes the Meta Data tab parameters.
Table 31: Meta Data Tab Parameters
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Creation Timestamp
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Time when the object was created
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Creator
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Bind DN of the user who created the object
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Modification Timestamp
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Time when the object was last modified
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Modifier
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Bind DN of the user who last modified the object
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