Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

Web-launched SL Console

42 SL500 User’s Guide • July 2008

Revision: KA • 96116

Web-launched SL Console

The Web-launched SL Console is a standard feature of the library. It enables the 

SL Console to be installed on a centralized Web server. Individual clients can then use 

a supported Web browser to download the Web-launched SL Console. Using the Web-

launched SL Console you can connect to any library for which you have a valid user ID.

The Web-launched SL Console is delivered to clients as a Java Web Start process, which 

executes outside the browser. 

Security Considerations

The Web-launched SL Console software is digitally signed, which guarantees that it has 

been issued by Sun Microsystems, Inc. and has not been altered or corrupted since it 

was created. As a Java Web Start process, the Web-launched SL Console includes the 

security features provided by the Java 2 platform.

The customer is responsible for implementing all appropriate additional security 

systems, including firewalls, user access, etc.

Client Requirements

You can download the Web-launched SL Console to clients meeting the following 

requirements:  

Web-launched SL Console Updates

Updates to the Web-launched SL Console only need to be installed on the centralized 

Web server. Once the updates are installed on the server, they are downloaded 

automatically to all clients whenever the application is started on the client. 

Solaris 9—SPARC (Firefox 2.x)
Solaris 10—SPARC (Firefox 2.x)
Windows 2000—32 bit (IE 5, IE 5.5, Firefox 2.x)
Windows XP—32 bit (IE 6, IE 7, Firefox 2.x)
Windows Vista—32 bit (IE 7, Firefox 2.x)

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Java 1.5 Plug-in (the browser will install this 

automatically if it is not present already)

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Ethernet connection to the library

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Ethernet connection to the Web-launched SL Console 

server