ETERNUS SF Express V15.2/ Storage Cruiser V15.2/ AdvancedCopy Manager V15.2 Web Console Guide

2.1 How to start Web Console

The Web Console is started according by the following procedure:

1. Start Internet Explorer or Firefox on a PC connected to the Management Server.

   Information

   For the supported browser versions, refer to "1.1 Supported web browsers".

2. Enter the address of the Management Server in the web browser address bar.
   The connection with the Management Server is done through the HTTPS protocol.

   https://<IP-address>:<port_number>/

   For <IP-address>, specify the IP address of Management Server.
   For <port_number>, specify the port number of "Web Console service (ETERNUS SF Manager Apache service)" that is entered during the installation. The default port number is 9855.

   Example

   The following example specifies "10.20.30.40" to <IP-address> and "9855" to <port_number>.

   https://10.20.30.40:9855/

   See

   For details about the HTTPS connection between Web Browser and Management Server, refer to "Chapter 5 HTTPS Connection".

Note

Note 1

If the login screen does not appear, check the following points:

• Error in the URL

• Web browser proxy settings

• Management Server firewall settings

Note 2

When the web browser is started, a warning message about the security certificate is displayed upon establishing the connection for the first time. In Internet Explorer, a dialog showing the "There is a problem with this website's security certificate." message is displayed. This is due to the fact that the product uses a self-signed certificate for the HTTPS (SSL) protocol.
The software generates a different self-signed security certificate for each Management Server during the installation of ETERNUS SF Manager.
As the network is isolated from the intranet by a firewall, the communication with the neighboring devices is safe and using a self-signed certificate is not a problem. Therefore it is possible to acknowledge the warning and proceed safely to the next screen. For Internet Explorer, select "Continue to this website (not recommended)." to display the login screen.

Note 3

When connecting with Internet Explorer, the Address bar turns red and a "Certificate Error" message displays in the Security Status bar. Moreover, a warning icon of a possible phishing attempt is displayed in the Security Status bar.
These display warnings are caused by the self-signed certificate described in [Note 2] and as such do not constitute a problem.

Note 4

To remove the warning and error notifications about the security certificate, a certificate corresponding to the Management Server IP address or host name must be created and installed in the web browser.
For details, refer to "Chapter 5 HTTPS Connection".

Note 5

When already logged in a browser window on a client PC, the login screen may not be displayed and the login may be automatically performed when opening another browser window on the same client.

Note 6

When Internet Explorer Information bar displays the following message, a file download has been blocked.

To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for more options...

In the above case, the file can be downloaded by performing the following procedure.

1. Click the Information bar to display Option.

2. Click the [Download Software] on the Option screen.

3. The dialog which contains the following message is displayed. Click the [Cancel] button.

   To display the webpage again, Internet Explorer Need to resend the information...

4. Execute the blocked operation again.