Attaching the Global Console to the Global Manager

To attach the Global Console to the Global Manager:
  1. Start the
    Global Console
    .
    • On a UNIX system, go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory in the
      Service Assurance Manager
      (
      Global Manager
      ) installation area and type:
      sm_gui
      Press
      Enter
      .
      The
      Attach Manager
      dialog box opens as shown in the following image.
      Attach Manager dialog box
  2. In the dialog box:
  3. Ensure that the
    VMware Smart Assurance
    Broker for your deployment appears in the
    Broker
    text box.
  4. Click the
    Manager
    list box or the
    Browse
    button to display a list of active (running) Managers, and from that list select the
    Global Manager
    application (for example,
    INCHARGE-SA
    ) in your deployment as the Manager to which you want to connect.
  5. Type your login username and password.
    The default administration login is username admin and password changeme, and the default operator login is username oper and password oper.
  6. Click
    OK
    .
    The Notification Log Console view of the
    Global Console
    opens as shown in Notification Log Console. In the example, the Notification Log Console is attached to a
    Global Manager
    application named INCHARGE-SA.
    Notification Log Console
    The Notification Log Console is one of many console views composing the
    Global Console
    . Two other console views of particular interest to the discussions that follow are the Topology Browser Console, which represents topology in a hierarchical format, and the Map Console, which graphically represents topology in a map format.
    The Smarts Service Assurance Manager Operator Guide provides detailed instructions on using the Global Console.