The Hosts Page

The Hosts page allows you to view a list of the hosts and some basic information about them and to create hosts. The top row of the Hosts Page is used to create new hosts. The rows that follow lists the hosts and displays basic information about each host. The Hosts Page has the following fields.

(Check Box)

Marks a host for inclusion when one of the actions are clicked in the Actions for Checked Hosts area. When you initiate one of the Actions for Checked Hosts processes all hosts that are checked will acted upon.

Host

A user definable text string that names the host object. By default, the hosts are listed in alphabetical order by host name. You can change the sort order between ascending and descending by clicking on one of the sort arrows that are in the Hosts header area. The white arrow indicates the sort order. MS, LD, RA, Virtual Identifies the host as either a Master Server (MS), Local Distributor (LD), Resource Agent (RA), or a Virtual Host (Virtual). You can sort the host list by the items in this column by clicking on one of the sort arrows in the header area for this column.

Host Type

A user definable attribute used to categorize hosts. You can sort the host list by the items in this column by clicking on one of the sort arrows in the header area for this column. For more information see Working With Host Types.

OS

Displays the operating system installed on the host. Possible options are any of the supported Windows or UNIX operation systems. This attribute is set at the time the host is created and can not be changed.

Version

Displays the revision level of the host's operating system. This attribute is set at the time the host is created and can not be changed.

Description

An optional user defined text string that describes the host object. This attribute is not used by the provisioning software but can provide meaningful information to the user.

Action

Links that take you to other hosts related pages to either create a new host, view more information about a specific host, view the history of the host, or view the installed components for a specific host.

(Colored Bar)

This is a vertical colored bar located to the left of the check box for a given host. It indicates that the host is not prepared. The N1 Service Provisioning System software can not manage a host unless it is first prepared.

Actions for Checked Hosts

From this area you can either prepare or delete the hosts that are checked.