The prerequisites described in this section must be complete before anyone can access the Web Manager. If you have questions about any of the following prerequisites, contact your system or network administrator.
• Basic network parameters must be defined on the ACS so the Web Manager can be launched over the network.
When DHCP is enabled, a leased IP address is assigned to ACS. The leased IP address may change every time ACS reboots. Therefore, an additional step needs to be taken to find out the dynamically-assigned IP address before the Web Manager can be accessed through the browser. Following are three ways to find out the dynamically-assigned IP address:
• Make an inquiry to the DHCP server on the subnet that the ACS resides, using the MAC address (The MAC address is labeled at the bottom of the ACS).
• Connect to ACS remotely using Telnet or SSH and use the ifconfig command.
• Connect directly to the ACS and use the ifconfig command through a terminal emulator application.
By default, the “admin” has an account on the Web Manager. An administrator can add regular user accounts to grant access to the connected servers or devices using the Web Manager.