![]() Data Center Audit Operation Guide Main Login Screen Once installation and setup is complete you will be taken to the following login prompt ![]() Log in, with the default username of admin and password admin. (both are in lower case). You can change the passwords at the admin screen.
See Below:
The following screen displays the add host menu where you may click
the Storage radio button and clicking submit. ![]() Clicking submit will display the following ![]() If your storage is unlisted then click on ADD and you will have the ability to add it to the drop down menu Clicking Submit will display the results of your form submission
The following screen displays the add switch menu where you may click
the Switch radio button and then submit. ![]() Clicking submit will display the following ![]() Clicking Submit will display the results of your form submission
If you wish to UPDATE an element, then you can click on the Update link. This will show the following screen:
The above update view contains hyperlinks for each IP Address. Clicking on the IP address will display the Update element screen below: Pressing the Update element button will show the success confirmation screen.
This will take you to the check out screen. ![]() After selecting the IP address (or ip addresses) you wish to check out, and clicking submit, you will see the Checkout details page.
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Mapping an element gives you the ability to list or "map" connections from Host servers -to- switches -to- storage. Clicking on the MAP link at the top will display. ![]() After selecting the host name of the host you wish to map to a switch, select the IP address on that host you wish to map to a switch:
To view a graphical representation of the Data Center environment, click on the Layout link atop the menu bar. The following screen shot displays the resulting page:
*note: The above lab layout view mirrors Microsoft Excel.
Clicking on the specific rack in the above lab layout view will produce a graphical representation of the elements within the rack(below)
If you select a rack that has more than one element, then you will see them in order as listed below:
If you select a rack that has an element that is already checked out (in use), then you will see red lights next to that element within the rack.
At the top of several screens you will see a button labled "EXPORT TO CSV"
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If you click on EXPORT TO CSV the data from that screen will be exported to a Comma Separated Value (CSV) Text format file. The following shows the confirmation message.
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Clicking on the Download link at the top menu to view a list of all CSV files that may be downloaded.
![]() The files are stored such that they include the view exported, the person who exported the file, and the date/time the file was exported. Clicking on the file will either download it or import it directly into Microsoft Excel (shown below):
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The ADMIN screen for dca allows the designated admin
to add the names of all element vendors for host, host bus adapters, storage,switches,
MVS(mainframes), and Backup Libraries. The menu also allows you to delete IP
addresses, register new users, and reset the passwords for any dca users. ![]() The following screen shows how you can select a name to reset the password for a user ![]() *note: When resetting the password, the password is reset TO "password" Upon the next login, the user will be prompted to change their password if their password is reset. Below displays the screen that you are shown when you click RESET PASSWORD. Enter the new password and confirm the password. ![]() Next you will see the following confirmation screen then you will be automatically re-directed to the login screen. ![]() IF you wish to register a new user you can click on the Register New User button on the Admin Panel. ![]() Clicking on the Register User button will bring up the user registration screen.
The lab activity log stores all new information into the database by month, and you may view the log by month by selecting the month and selecting GO.
Making WAMP Viewable Externally on the network (i.e. from any host browser) If you wish to view Data Center Audit only LOCALLY on the machine (Meaning no one can connect to the IP address or Host Name of your machine via web browser to view Data Center Audit lab) and you are running WAMP, then leave WAMP in local mode. Above shows that wamp is in local mode. If you click on the WAMP icon, then you will see the WAMP menu
If you click PUT ONLINE (below)
Then you will change the WAMP icon to look like the following.
Now you can put in the hostname or IP address of your system into your browser (i.e. http://<hostname> ) and it may be seen from any system on the network!
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