About This Guide


Managing Servers With iPlanet™ Console provides background information that system architects and administrators need to successfully install and manage iPlanet servers in their enterprise. Read about iPlanet server basics here before you begin installing and configuring servers in your enterprise.

What's in This Guide

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This book provides information you need to use iPlanet servers. It is divided into the following parts:

• Part 1, "Overview of iPlanet Console"

• Part 2, "iPlanet Console Basics"

• Part 3, "Using iPlanet Administration Server"

• Part 4, "Advanced Server Management"

• Part 5, "Appendixes"

Conventions Used in This Guide

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The following typographical conventions are used in this guide:

Monospaced font

Monospaced font is used for any text that appears on the computer screen or text that you should type. It's also used for file, path, and function names.

Boldface

In UI reference material, boldface type identifies window elements such as input areas and checkboxes.

Italic

Italic type is used for emphasis, book titles, glossary terms, and variables.

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Tip	Tips are useful information that can help you save time.

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Note	Notes mark important information. Make sure you read the information before continuing with a task.

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Caution

Cautions alert you to potentially problematic situations, and tell you how to avoid them.

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[ ]

Square brackets enclose commands that are optional. You can choose to omit any text that appears in square brackets.

/

Forward slashes are used to separate directories in a path. If you use the Windows NT operating system, you may be more familiar with paths containing back slashes (\). NT supports both types of slashes; you can use whichever you prefer.

>

Forward angle brackets are used to indicate menu hierarchies. For example, the text "from the Console menu, choose Security > Manage Certificates" means that you should open the Console menu, select the Security item to open its submenu, and then choose the Manage Certificates item from that submenu.

"Start"

In Windows NT -related sections of this guide, "Start" typically refers to the Windows NT Start menu button. For example, "click Start, and then choose Programs > iPlanet Server Products > iPlanet Console 5.0" means that you should click the Windows NT Start menu button, and then select Programs > iPlanet Server Products > iPlanet Console 5.0.

UNIX

Marks text that applies only to UNIX users.

NT

Marks text that applies only to Windows NT users.

Getting Additional Help

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The following types of help are available from within iPlanet Console:

• Context-sensitive help

• A searchable version of this guide's index

• A Documentation Resources page with product-related links.

This section shows you how to access these resources.

To Get Context-Sensitive Help

1. Click a Help button.

   You will see a browser window with information about the screen you are viewing.

2. If you need further assistance, click one of the following links at the top or bottom of the help screen:

   Help Topics and Procedures. This displays a list of all available help topics and procedures for the product you're working in.

   Manual Contents. This displays the table of contents of the manual for the product you're working in.

   Manual Index. This displays the index of the manual for the product you're working in.

   Documentation Resources. This displays the Documentation Resources page, which contains links to documentation for the product you're using.

To Search this Guide's Index

1. From the Help menu, choose Index.

   This opens the Search Index dialog box, an interface used for searching this guide's index. The text field at the top of the dialog box accepts a search term, the middle frame shows an alphabetical list of all indexed terms, and the bottom frame is used to show topics.

2. Enter a search term in the top field of the search interface.

   If the index contains your search term, you will see it highlighted in the alphabetical list. If your search term is not found, the closest match is highlighted.

3. Click the desired topic from the bottom frame.

   These topics are links to sections of this guide. Clicking one opens a browser displaying the appropriate section.

4. To dismiss the Search Index dialog box, click Close.

To Open the Product Homepage

• From the Help menu, choose Documentation Home.

  A browser window opens containing a list of iPlanet Console-related links. Alternatively, you can access this page by clicking Documentation Resources from within context-sensitive help.