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 Attach Manager dialog box.
      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 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 that compose 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 SAM operator guide provides detailed instructions on using the
    Global Console
    .