Accessing Administration Utilities

Novell Small Business Suite includes several administration utilities that let you manage everything in your network from configuring and managing eDirectory to setting up network services and open source software. The following table shows includes a list of some of the most common utilities that you might need to access. For additional details, see "Administration Utilities Overview" in the Novell Small Business Suite 6.6 Overview and Installation Guide.

Utility Description How to Access

iManager

Browser-based network management application for managing the server and network services, eDirectory tree and eDirectory objects.

Open a Web browser and enter:

http:// server_ip_address or DNS_name/nps/iManager.html

Welcome Web Site

Browser-based application for accessing information about products distributed with NetWare 6.5 and launching installed applications.

Open a Web browser and enter:

https:// server_ip_address or DNS_name:2200

Novell Remote Manager

Browser-based application for managing NetWare servers from a workstation or a the server console.

Open a Web browser and enter:

https:// server_ip_address or DNS_name:8009

ConsoleOne

Java*-based application for managing the network and its resources, eDirectory tree and eDirectory objects.

At a workstation, map a drive letter to the server and run consoleone.exe from sys:\public\mgmt\consoleone\1.2\bin directory.

NetWare Administrator

Windows-based application for managing the network and its resources, eDirectory tree, and eDirectory objects. This utility is required only when managing Proxy Caching services in BorderManager 3.8

At a Windows workstation, map a drive to sys:public and run sys\public\win32\ nwadmn32.exe

RConsoleJ

Java-based application for accessing the server remotely and running utilities from a workstation or the server console.

At a workstation, map a drive letter to the server and run rconj.exe from sys:\public\mgmt\consoleone\1.2 directory.

OpenSSH client such a PuTTy, MineTerm, Absolute Telnet, Red-Hat* Linux

OpenSource shell used to access the server and run ssh commands to access files, or access the server and run commands remotely.

Can run from the server console to access other servers or run from a workstation to access other servers or workstations.

Product must be installed on the server, then load sshd.nlm on the server.

Download client application. Change the Window Row setting from the default to greater than 25.

Connect to the server based on the client downloaded.

Apache Manager

Browser-based application used for configuring the Apache Web server. It provides a graphical user interface to most of the Apache directives, making it easier to quickly (and more accurately) configure and manage Apache's behavior and performance.

Apache Manager also lets you manage multiple installations of Apache in your network, regardless of what other platforms they are running on.
  1. Open a Web browser and enter:
    http://server_ip_address or DNS_name:2200
  2. When prompted, enter the username and password for user Admin and Login.
  3. In the left frame of the Welcome Web site home page, click the Expand icon for iManagericon next to Open Source.
  4. Click Apache 2.0.
  5. Under Apache 2.0 Links, click either Administer Single Apache Server or Administer Multiple Apache Servers, as applicable.

Internetworking Configuration

Server console application used to manage network and server TCP/IP communications, manage IP addresses, and bind boards.

Load inetcfg.nlm at the System Console prompt, access the server console, then toggle to the screen.

NSS Management Utility

Server console application used to manage the logical file system.

Load nssmu.nlm at the System Console prompt, access the server console, then toggle to the screen

NetWare Configuration

Server console application used to install or upgrade products to the server.

Load nwconfig.nlm at the System Console prompt, access the server console, toggle to the screen.