Sun Microsystems SL500 User Manual

Web-launched SL Console

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Chapter 2 StorageTek Library Console 43

Starting the Web-launched SL Console on a Client

You can use either of the following methods to start and log in to the Web-launched 

SL Console on a client: 

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From a command line (Solaris only) or supported browser. See 

. 

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By double-clicking the slc.jnlp icon on your client. In order to use this method 

from a client, you must use the browser method at least once and save the 
slc.jnlp

 file locally. See 

▼ 

Log in to the Web-launched SL Console Using a 

Browser or Command Line 

Before you perform this activity, you must obtain the DNS alias or IP address 

of the SL Console server. Depending on how your Web-launched SL Console server has 

been set up, it may be accessible only by IP address. See your library administrator for 

assistance. 

The command line option is available on Solaris platforms only. 

On Windows 2000, you may need to install a Java plugin for your Web browser before 

performing this procedure. You can download the plugin from the following location:
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_04/index.html

 

On Solaris platforms, it is easier to log in to the Web-launched SL Console using the 

command line. If you prefer to log in using a Web browser, however, you need to 

download a recent version of the Firefox Web browser from the following location: 
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0

.9/contrib/solaris_tarball/firefox-2.0.0.9.en-US.solaris8-sparc-

gtk1.tar.bz2

 

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C

ommand line—available on Solaris only. Proceed to 

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Web browser—available on either Windows or Solaris. Proceed to 

javaws http://

server_ID/opel/slc.jnlp 

where:

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server_ID is either of the following:

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IP address of the SL Console server (in nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn format)

■

DNS alias of the SL Console server

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opel

 is the name (context root) of the Web-launched SL Console application on the 

server. 

Proceed to 

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