Using the Web Browser

After designating the console system as a web server, enter the fully qualified host name or IP address of the console system as a web address in the web browser. You do not need to add prefixes (http, www, and so on), although you might need to fully qualify the host name. If the port number for the web server is not 80, follow the host name with a colon (:) and also the port number in the browser. The port number for the web server is displayed on the Web Server page of the Console Properties notebook. If the port number is 80, the web address looks like this: 
Clientname
If the port number is not 80, the web address looks like this: 
Clientname:Port number
You cannot see a view in the web browser until you add that view to the set of available views on the console. The view is displayed in the web browser after the next web browser refresh interval and the following information is displayed for the view:
  • The number of available views
  • The name of the current view
  • The time and date that the view was captured
The refresh interval is also displayed.

Web browser views are not dynamic: they are snapshots in time of a view that is opened on the console system. If the status of a view changes, the change is shown in the browser after the next browser refresh interval. As views are captured for the web server by the console system, they are added to a list of views. To capture the view, it must be visible on the console.

If your console is configured to use the Cycle Views function, the views on the console are automatically displayed for a certain time interval, enabling the views to be captured for the web server automatically. To use the Cycle Views function to select the views and define the time interval to display them, from the Windows menu, select Cycle Views.

Topology views in the web browser are the same size as the views captured on the console system. To change the size of a topology view in the web browser, resize the view on the console and click Add View to Web Server or Update View to Web Server on the pop-up menu. The re-sized view is shown in the web browser at the next refresh, or you can manually reload the view in the web browser by clicking the Reload button.

A list of available views is provided in the browser window. Select a view, and click Open. As additional views are added to the set of available views on the console, they are added to the view list. Both Topology and Details views can be displayed as they are displayed on the console. Icons in the Details view do not contain flags, background color, or an aggregate symbol.

You can manually refresh a view by right-clicking the view background on the console. From the pop-up menu, select one of the following actions:
  • Add View to Web Server
  • Update View on Web Server
  • Refresh Now (if the view was added)
The view is captured and sent to the browser. Click Reload from the web browser or wait for the next refresh interval to see the refreshed view. If you did not select Make Views Available When They Are Opened from the Web Server page, you must manually add views to the web browser. To do this, right-click the view background and select Add View To Web Server from the pop-up menu. The view is shown in the list of views available to the web browser at the next browser refresh interval.