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Essentials is based on a client/network architecture that connects multiple web-based clients to a server residing on the network. As the number of devices on the network increases, additional servers or collection points can be added to manage network growth with little impact on the client browser application.
By taking advantage of the scalability inherent in the intranet architecture, Essentials supports multiple users anywhere on the network. The web-based infrastructure gives network operators, administrators, technicians, Help Desk staff, IS managers, and end users access to network management tools, applications, and services.
Essentials provides five roles:
A special admin login provides superuser privileges for the Essentials product. This login allows its user to perform any task.
There is also a guest login account, which the system administrator can use if desired.
Each role has a predetermined set of applications, tools, and product features that it has the right to use. To view role permissions, select Admin > User Accounts >
Permissions Report.
When users are granted logins to the Essentials application, they are assigned one or more roles. Users with the system administrator role and admin login are the only users allowed to assign roles. The role or combination of roles dictates which Essentials applications are presented to the user on the navigation tree.
After they receive logins, users can use Essentials administrative tools to change their own passwords and other aspects of their profiles. Ask your system administrator what your privilege level is and which tasks you can access.
Essentials comes with two user logins that map to the roles:
1. guest (Help Desk)
2. admin (superuser/all roles)
 | Caution When the system is installed initially, admin is the default password. To prevent all users from accessing privileged applications, change the password for admin immediately after installation. The guest login has no password. If you require passwords, add a password for the guest user. |
Step 1 Enter admin in both the User Name and Password fields of the Login Manager.
Step 2 Click Connect. You are logged in.
Step 3 Change the admin password.
Refer to "Security" in Chapter 8 for more about the Essentials security mechanism.
Essentials lets you do the following:
Access to all Essentials tasks and operations takes place through the navigation tree. The navigation tree consists of one or more drawers, each of which contains a group of folders. These folders contain groups of associated or similar tasks, tools, reports, or other options. The drawer you select determines the folders you see.
To use the navigation tree, follow these conventions:
Step 1 From the navigation tree, open several folders.
Step 2 Click one label (either a folder or an option).
If you click a folder, no change occurs in the main frame (the frame on the right side of the screen). If you click an option, the contents of that option appear.
Step 3 Press the up and down arrow keys. Notice how the main frame changes to display the selected option.
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Essentials also lets you create and install connection files that link Essentials to external applications. After a connection file is installed, the newly defined folders and items are added to the Tools drawer.
Consult the package readme files and Resource Manager Essentials release notes for additional information on installing new features and enhancements.
Before proceeding with the scenarios in this document, be sure your administrator has set up the Essentials applications and performed the administrator tasks described in the installation guide. If, for example, the proxy URL is not set, you might be unable to complete Essentials tasks outside your network.
This completes the chapter on Product Overview.
Posted: Wed Oct 6 12:04:26 PDT 1999
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