Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 5.0
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Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable Administrator’s Guide
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Understanding the User Interface
This chapter describes how to access the Broadband Access Center (BAC) administrative user interface
and explains important aspects about it.
and explains important aspects about it.
explains how
to use the BAC administrator user interface to perform administrative activities. In addition,
describes the CLI commands used
to access, monitor, and control the device provisioning engine (DPE) devices.
Accessing the BAC Administrators Graphical User Interface
Complete this procedure to access the BAC administrator graphical user interface (GUI):
Step 1
Launch your web browser.
lists the browsers supported in this BAC release.
Step 2
Enter the administrator’s location using this syntax:
http://<machine_name>:8100/adminui/
Where:
•
<machine_name>—identifies the computer on which the regional distribution unit (RDU) is
running.
running.
•
8100—identifies the computer port on which the server-side of the administrator application is
running. This port number is fixed at 8100.
running. This port number is fixed at 8100.
Table 3-1
Browser Platform Support
Platform
Supported Browsers
Windows 2000 (Service pack 2)
Internet Explorer 6.0 and above
Netscape 4.7 and above
Red Hat Linux (7.1)
Netscape 4.7 and above
Solaris (2.8)
Netscape 4.7 and above