General Information

First section of the Hosts Edit Page.

Host

A user definable text string that names the host object.

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.

OS

Displays the operating system installed on the host. Possible options are any of the supported Windows or UNIX operation systems.

OS Version

Displays the revision level of the host's operating system.

Locked Status

Indicates whether the host is locked or not. This is controlled by the provisioning software and cannot be changed by the user.

Last Prepared

Displays the date the host was last prepared or that the host is not prepared yet.

Host Type

A pull down menu the allows you to select one of the user defined host types. For more information on host types see Working With Host Types. Along with one of the user definable hosts type, you must select one of the two radio buttons that indicate whether this is a Physical Host (the default) or a Virtual Host.

For more information on Physical Hosts see Physical Hosts, and for Virtual Hosts see Virtual Hosts.

Attributes

A user-definable object that can control some aspect of a deployment. For example, you can define an attribute calling it port and set its default value to 1020. This can then be used to configure the communication port for an application. This attribute is set at the time the host Type is created.

This area contains three fields that displays information about the host attributes.

• Attribute - Displays the Attribute name.

• Default Value - Displays the default value for the attribute.

• Attribute Value - Displays the actual value for the attribute. If this value is different from the default value, the background color is different from the background color of the default values.