Adding a New Server Connection

To add a new server connection, complete the following steps:

Click to display the Add Connection screen.
The Add Connection screen appears as shown in Figure 6-2.
Figure 6-2 The Add Connection Screen

In the Connection Attributes form, enter your connection attributes according to the format shown in Table 6-1

Table 6-1 Fields in the Connection Attributes Form

Field Name

Attributes

Name

The identifying string of a remote server

Domain Name or IP Address

The client IP address or DNS name. Both traditional IP (IPv4), and IPv6 address formats are supported. The HP-UX AAA server can resolve the DNS name format entries to both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Enter an IPv4 address in dotted-quad notation. Enter an IPv6 address in IPv6 Literal format notation. For example:

IPv4 address — 192.0.2.0

IPv6 address — fedc:ba98:7654:3210

Click Create to create the server connection.

Click Cancel to return to the Managed Servers screen without creating a new server connection.

IMPORTANT: When adding a connection to a new remote server, you must start the RMI objects on that host to allow Server Manager to administer the server. You can start the RMI objects from the command line with the following command:

$ /opt/aaa/remotecontrol/rmistart.sh

Adding a New Server Connection

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