Comtech EF Data Vipersat Circuit Scheduler v3.7.x ArrangeLink - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter 1
General
How to Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Manual Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Chapter 1 — General . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Chapter 2 — Installation . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Chapter 3 — Using ArrangeLink. . . . . 1-2
Appendix A — Glossary . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Conventions and References . . . . . . . . 1-2
Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
ArrangeLink Main Features . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Schedule Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Supported Circuit Types . . . . . . . 1-3
Schedule Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Contention Verification. . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Schedule View . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Schedule View Details . . . . . . . . 1-5
Schedule Operations . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Schedule Execution . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Time Zone Auto-Adjustment . . . . . . 1-5
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
ArrangeLink and VMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
New in this Release (v3.7.2) . . . . . . . . 1-6
VMS Web Services Client . . . . . . . . 1-6
Event Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Return Material Authorization . . . . . . 1-7
Reader Comments / Corrections . . . . 1-7
Chapter 2
Installation
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Server Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Server Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
IIS and ASP.NET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Uninstall Previous Version . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Remove ArrangeLink or VCS . . . . . . 2-7
Remove VMS SOAP Server . . . . . . . 2-7
Remove VMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Install VMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Install SOAP Services . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Install ArrangeLink Web Application . . . 2-12
Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Set Up Log On Account . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Set Users Security . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Configure Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Verifying Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Chapter 3
Using ArrangeLink
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Accessing ArrangeLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
SOAP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Local/Remote PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Log In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Schedule Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Schedule Setup Sub-Screens . . . . . . 3-8
Generic Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Schedule Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Time Zone Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
First Occurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Exclusion Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Max. Execution Delay . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Schedule Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Scheduling Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Schedule Type . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Valid Date Range . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Each Occurrence . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Recurrence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Daily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Circuit Specific Options . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Circuit Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
InBand Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Out-of-Band Circuit . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Point-to-Point Out-of-Band . . . . . 3-17
Point-to-Point InBand . . . . . . . . 3-17
Point-to-MultiPoint Out-of-Band . . . 3-19
Point-to-MultiPoint InBand . . . . . 3-19
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