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Configuration
Configuration is the period after Installation involving cre-
ating and configuring consoles, profiles, and user ac-
counts. Invocations are in a default mode after installa-
tion and are not fully functional until configured. Con-
figuration operations are performed using a web browser
and are described in the ConsoleWorks Administration
and User Guide.
Invocation Components (Figure 2)
Invocation
A copy of the ConsoleWorks application running on the
host. Users, profiles, and consoles are exclusive to each
invocation.
Device Console Port
The physical connection between the host and the external device.
Console
The representation within ConsoleWorks of the a device console including all the parameters necessary to
communicate with that console. A console has four privileges: Read, Write, Acknowledge and Control
(RWAC). Access to a console is controlled via profiles. Each user is given access to a specific profile or
profiles.
Profile
A configured set of privileges providing access to consoles and/or to ConsoleWorks administration within
an invocation. Users are given profile access by user(s) with access to ConsoleWorks management profile
(s). Console privileges are Read, Write, Acknowledge and Control (RAWC). ConsoleWorks administration
privileges are Read, Write, Delete and Control (RWDC).
Some rules for configuring and using profiles per invocation are:
rule 1: each profile has only one set of privileges per console,
rule 2: each profile may have access to one or more console,
rule 3: each user may have only one active profile at a time,
rule 4: more than one user may have access to and use a profile, and
rule 5: privileges to a console may vary between profiles.
A tabular example of these rules is shown below in Table 1. In Table 1, the profiles User 1, User 2, Manager
1 and Manager 2 were created solely for the purpose of the example and are not standard profiles in
ConsoleWorks.
User
A person logging into a ConsoleWorks invocation's user account. Generally speaking, the difference be-
tween an administrative account and a user account is the access to ConsoleWorks management pro-
files. All users are permitted to have access to more than one profile, but can only use one profile at a
time per invocation.
ConsoleWorks Manager
A person logging into a ConsoleWorks invocation with the ConsoleWorks Administrative privileges which
are the ability to Read, Write,
Delete and Control (RWDC)
user accounts, profiles and
console ports. ConsoleWorks
Managers are permitted to ac-
cess more than one profile, but
can only use one profile at a
time per invocation.
Figure 2 - Invocation Components
console port 02 RW
console port 03 R ConsoleWorks management
Concept of a ConsoleWorks invocation
device
console
port(s)
(physical)
or Syslog
Event
console port 01
read
write
acknowledge
control
read
write
delete
control
rule1: only one set of privileges per console port to a profile
rule 2: only one active profile at a time for each user
rule 3: more than one user may have access to and use a profile
rule 4: privileges to a console port may vary between profiles
02
03
04
user 01
user 02
user 03
console port 03 RW
console port 01 RWAC
console port 04 R
console port 01 RW
console port 02 RWAC
ConsoleWorks management
RWDC
access privileges to a console port or to
ConsoleWorks management
profile
A
B
C A
C
A
B
C
A
console port 01 RWAC
users profiles
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profiles device a device b device c consoleworks app
user 1 R R - -
user 2 RW - R R
manager 1 RW RWAC RW RWDC
manager 2 RWAC - - RWDC
Table 1. Profiles to device mapping example