IMPORTANT:The Administration Console is a combination of iManager and a device manager. It has been customized for Access Manager so that it can manage the Access Manager components.
You cannot use it to log in to other eDirectory trees and manage them.
Do not download and add iManager plug-ins to this customized version. It may result in destroying the Access Manager schema, which can prevent you from managing Access Manager components. This can also prevent communication among the modules.
Do not start multiple sessions of the Administration Console on the same machine through the same browser. Browser shares session information and this can cause unpredictable issues in the Administration Console. You can, however, start different sessions with different brands of browsers.
Do not apply Group Policy Object (GPO) settings to your browser while accessing Administration Console because the GPO settings might not allow some contents to display.
To log in to:
Enable browser pop-ups.
On the Administration Console, ensure that ports 8080 and 8443 are open.
For information about how to do this, see Configuring the Linux Administration Console Firewall and Configuring the Windows Administration Console Firewall.
From a client machine external to your Administration Console server, launch browser and specify the Administration Console URL.
Use the IP address established when you installed the Administration Console. It should include ports 8080 (HTTP) and 8443 (HTTPs) (if it is installed on a separate machine) and ports 2080 (HTTP) and 2443 (HTTPs) (when Identity Server is installed on the same machine) and the application /nps. If the IP address of your Administration Console for example is 10.10.10.50, specify the following:
http://10.10.10.50:8080/nps
Click OK to accept the certificate. You can select either the permanent or temporary session certificate option.
On the Login page, specify the administrator name and password that you defined during the Administration Console installation.
Click Login. Access Manager Dashboard opens.
For more information about this view or about configuring the Administration Console, see Configuring the Default View in the NetIQ Access Manager 4.2 Administration Guide .
IMPORTANT:All configuration and management tasks in the Access Manager documentation assume that you know how to log in to the Administration Console.
Continue with one of the following:
Before you can configure the system, you need to install other Access Manager components. You need to install at least one Identity Server and one Access Gateway. It is recommended to next install the Identity Server. See Section 3.0, Installing the Identity Servers.
If your Administration Console server has multiple interface cards, see Enabling the Administration Console for Multiple Network Interface Cards.
NOTE:You can provide fault tolerance for the configuration store on the Administration Console by installing secondary versions of the console. See Installing Access Manager Components in NAT Environments.