Before You Begin

Before You Begin

Typographic and Other Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions used in Cyclades documentation.
See the AlterPath Manager Quick Start.
Filename or Command
Edit the pslave.conf file.
User input
[APM #] ifconfig eth0
The following table describes other terms and conventions.
When hot keys are shown, a plus (+) appears between two keys that must be pressed at the same time, and a space appears between two keys that must be pressed sequentially.
Ctrl+k p
entered while the user is connected to a KVM port brings up an IPDU power management screen. Ctrl and k must be pressed at the same time followed by p.
Ctrl+Shift+i
entered while the user is connected to a serial port brings up the IPMI power management utility. The Ctrl key and the Shift and i keys must be pressed at the same time.
Shortcuts use the “greater than” symbol (>) to indicate how to navigate to Web Manager forms.
Go to Configuration>KVM> General >IP Users in Expert mode.
Also referred to as the Admin User. The system administrator of the AlterPath Manager who has the authority to configure and manage the AlterPath Manager.
AlterPath Manager. Synonymous with E2000, 2500, or 5000 “APM” is often used in the Command Line Interface.
The form is the largest area as well as the basic unit of the web graphical user interface; it contains the user selection or input fields for each selected item in the menu.
The form names of the application’s GUI do not necessarily appear on the actual window. Because some forms do not have titles, these names are used to distinguish each form as well as to reflect the form function.
The most commonly used form names are List forms and Detail forms. The configuration forms of the AlterPath Manager (i.e., Devices, Consoles, Users, Alarm Trigger) use the two types of forms.
Examples:
Console List form; Console Detail form.
Refers to one who uses the AlterPath Manager application as a regular user (i.e., the web management interface is on “Access” mode, not “Admin” mode) even though the user may be a system administrator
To click the left mouse button.
To select is the same as to click your mouse.

Before You Begin