There are several local user interfaces designed
to support iPAM administration. The one shown above is the main iPAM administrative
tool.
In the picture above there are a variety of areas displaying different
information. The top line displays the Build number (PAM 38). Below this
is a "pick list" and the current date and time. The pick list allows the
administrator to select what is being viewed:
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Daemon list
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Input agents
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Handler agents
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Output agents
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State of the Input Queue
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State of the Handler and Daemon Queue
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State of the Output Queue
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State of the Executive
In this example the input list has been selected. The list of input agents
is displayed below the pick list, though there is only one input called
"Test Source."
To the right of the list are the attributes of this input. The iPAM
framework provides a general representation of agent state based on attributes
and values. Agents have multiple attributes and each attribute can have
one or more values. In the example we see that the input is not enabled
because its enable attribute is "false." Other attributes (not shown above)
determine how often this agent is activated.
Below the input list are:
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The Enabled Checkbox - allows the administator to easily enable or disable
the selected agent (ckpt in the example)
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The Edit button - allows you to change existing attributes and create new
ones for the selected agent
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The Activate Now button - allows enabled agents to be activated within
the next few seconds even if they are not scheduled to run soon
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The Refresh button - allows you to refresh the list (deamon list in the
example).
On the mid-lower right under the agent attributes are a list of inputs
and outputs. In the example there is one input and one output. You can
also double click on the names in the Inputs" or "Outputs" area to change
the agent under inspection.
The final row of buttons on the bottom of the example contains:
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Checkpoint button - requests the executive to checkpoint as soon as possible.
Most of the time the checkpoint is performed within a few seconds. Under
some conditions the executive may wait until a currently executing agent
is finished.
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Show Network button - not enabled as of iPAM 2.4; a placeholder for planned
functionality
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New Monitor button - allows the administrator to create multiple windows
of this type. Each window can monitor different agents. However, the initial
window is special. Only the initial window will have the Stop button enabled.
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Stop button - requests the executive to checkpoint and cease all operations.
It may take 15 seconds or more for the executive to fully shutdown. Large
configurations take longer to checkpoint. Also, the exec may be waiting
for currently executing agents to finish.