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Data Center Audit Operation Guide

Main Login Screen
Add Element Panel
Add Host Element
Add Storage Element
Add MVS Element
Add Switch/Router Element
Updating an Element
Main View
Checking out or Reserving an Element
Mapping Elements
View Mappings
View Checked Out Elements
View All Elements with Comments
View Graphical Layout
View Graphical View of a Rack
Downloading Exported CSV Files
Administration Panel
Registering a New User
Resetting passwords for Users
Activity Log
Make Data Center AuditAccessible from anywhere on the Network
Where is the WAMP taskbar ICON



Once installation and setup is complete you will be taken to the following login prompt


Log in, with the default username of admin and password admin. (both are in lower case). You can change the passwords at the admin screen.


After you log in, you will see the Element add panel. This page will allow you to add

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  • Hosts
  • Storage
  • Switches
  • MVS(Mainframes)
  • Backup Libraries
  • Other (Any other type of elements)

See Below:



Selecting SUBMIT will take you the following element add details page.



Here, you can enter all pertinent and required information.

*note: Rack Location Coordinates are required information.






If the operating system (OS) is not listed, click on ADD and you have the ability to add a new OS to the drop down menu.






If the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or Network Interface Card (NIC) is unlisted in the drop down, click on ADD and you have the ability to add it to the drop down menu.





Click on ADD ELEMENT and you will see a confirmation screen like the following:




To continue adding elements you can click on the Add New link on the top menu bar.




The following screen displays the add host menu where you may click the Storage radio button and clicking submit.

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Clicking submit will display the following



If your storage is unlisted then click on ADD and you will have the ability to add it to the drop down menu



Clicking Submit will display the results of your form submission




The following screen displays what is shown by click on the MVS radio button and clicking submit.





Clicking Submit will display the results of your add element form submission.





The following screen displays the add switch menu where you may click the Switch radio button and then submit.

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Clicking submit will display the following



Clicking Submit will display the results of your form submission




 

If you wish to UPDATE an element, then you can click on the Update link. This will show the following screen:

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The above update view contains hyperlinks for each IP Address.

Clicking on the IP address will display the Update element screen below:

Pressing the Update element button will show the success confirmation screen.

 

 

 

 


Clicking on the MAIN link on the top menu bar will show:

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The above shows an item in red because that item is checked out.



To check out the element you click on the "check out" link on the top menu bar.

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This will take you to the check out screen.




After selecting the IP address (or ip addresses) you wish to check out, and clicking submit, you will see the Checkout details page.


Here you can enter details regarding the dates you wish to checkout the element, and any comments for others.



*note: there is a DEDICATED Server radio button.

If you check the Dedicated Server radio button, when you click UPDATE to check the element out, it will be highlighted in RED, and the dates will reflect that the element is to be a dedicated server.

After selecting submit now you will see the following confirmation screen


Clicking on the View checked Out link at the top menu will show the following screen.

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The Comments screen shows the comments about the element entered at the ADD NEW or UPDATE page.

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Mapping an element gives you the ability to list or "map" connections from Host servers -to- switches -to- storage.

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Clicking on the MAP link at the top will display.





After selecting the host name of the host you wish to map to a switch, select the IP address on that host you wish to map to a switch:




After selecting the IP address from the host you are mapping, select the name of the switch that interface (ip address) that the host is connected TO.





After selecting the name of the switch, select the IP address from that switch:





After selecting the IP address of the switch you have now mapped the host to, select the port number on the switch where the host is conneted to on that switch.





After selecting the Port on the switch you have mapped the host to, now select the storage and port number on the storage to complete the host-to-switch-to-storage mapping!




A successful mapping will show the following screen.





Now to VIEW the mapping, click on the View Mapping link on the top menu bar to display the following splash confirmation screen.





You may also delete a mapping. In which case you select DELETE, then press the DELETE MAPPING button




*note: You will be automatically redirected back to the mapping screen.




To view a graphical representation of the Data Center environment, click on the Layout link atop the menu bar.

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The following screen shot displays the resulting page:


*note: The above lab layout view mirrors Microsoft Excel.

 

Clicking on the specific rack in the above lab layout view will produce a graphical representation of the elements within the rack(below)

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If you select a rack that has more than one element, then you will see them in order as listed below:



*note: the rack order numbers start at "0" which represents the bottom row of the rack and counts upwards.

 

If you select a rack that has an element that is already checked out (in use), then you will see red lights next to that element within the rack.

 

 


 

At the top of several screens you will see a button labled "EXPORT TO CSV"

 

 

 

If you click on EXPORT TO CSV the data from that screen will be exported to a Comma Separated Value (CSV) Text format file. The following shows the confirmation message.

 

 

 

Clicking on the Download link at the top menu to view a list of all CSV files that may be downloaded.

 

 

 

The files are stored such that they include the view exported, the person who exported the file, and the date/time the file was exported. Clicking on the file will either download it or import it directly into Microsoft Excel (shown below):

 

 

 


 

 

 

The ADMIN screen for dca allows the designated admin to add the names of all element vendors for host, host bus adapters, storage,switches, MVS(mainframes), and Backup Libraries. The menu also allows you to delete IP addresses, register new users, and reset the passwords for any dca users.

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The following screen shows how you can select a name to reset the password for a user

*note: When resetting the password, the password is reset TO "password" Upon the next login, the user will be prompted to change their password if their password is reset.





Below displays the screen that you are shown when you click RESET PASSWORD.
Enter the new password and confirm the password.







Next you will see the following confirmation screen then you will be automatically re-directed to the login screen.





IF you wish to register a new user you can click on the Register New User button on the Admin Panel.

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Clicking on the Register User button will bring up the user registration screen.


Every operation on an element that involves a change (adding,updating, releasing,etc) is logged in the lab activity log.

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The lab activity log stores all new information into the database by month, and you may view the log by month by selecting the month and selecting GO.

 






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Making WAMP Viewable Externally on the network (i.e. from any host browser)

If you wish to view Data Center Audit only LOCALLY on the machine (Meaning no one can connect to the IP address or Host Name of your machine via web browser to view Data Center Audit lab) and you are running WAMP, then leave WAMP in local mode.

Above shows that wamp is in local mode. If you click on the WAMP icon, then you will see the WAMP menu

 

If you click PUT ONLINE (below)

 

Then you will change the WAMP icon to look like the following.

 

Now you can put in the hostname or IP address of your system into your browser (i.e. http://<hostname> ) and it may be seen from any system on the network!