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NOTE: SDM Client requires Firefox web browser. On the SDM Server, Firefox gets installed by default when you install the SDM OS. On other platforms, you may need to install Firefox (if not already present) manually from the URL https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
There are two types of SDM Clients available:
  1. Java Client comprising a rich and dynamic user interface providing access to all the supported functionality.
  2. HTML Client that allows the user to perform the limited functions like Firmware Management, Backup/Restore and Reports

Access SDM Client Login page:

Launch the Firefox browser and enter the following:

https://###.###.###.###

where ###.###.###.### is the IP address of the SDM Server.
NOTE: Firefox may display a warning, "Your connection is not secure." SDM Server uses a self-signed certificate by default. Click Advanced > Add Exception > Confirm Security Exception to add the SDM Server to the trusted servers list.

Login to HTML Client:

Enter the SDM username and password at the login page. Click the Login button.

Login to HTML Client:

Java Client can be launched using the appropriate steps provided below:

Run client on

Notes

SDM Server

  • Login to the SDM Server as sdm user
  • cd /home/sdm/SDMClientLinux
  • Launch client by running the script: ./SDMClient.sh
  • Login to SDM by providing the SDM Server IP, username and password
Windows PC
  • On the SDM Client Login page, download the Java Client for Windows using the download link
  • Save the file SDMClientWin.zip to the PC
  • Unzip the file SDMClientWin.zip to a local folder
  • Launch the Java Client by running the file SDMClient.bat
  • Login to SDM by providing the SDM Server IP, username and password
NOTE: SDM Client uses Firefox's default installation folder, C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox. If Firefox is installed in a different folder, update the BROWSER_PATH entry in the SDMClient.bat file accordingly
Linux PC
  • On the SDM Client Login page, download the Java Client for Linux using the download link
  • Save the file SDMClientLinux.tar.gz to the PC
  • Extract the contents of the file SDMClientLinux.tar.gz to a local folder using the command: tar -zxvf SDMClientLinux.tar.gz
  • Launch the Java Client by running the script: ./SDMClient.sh
  • Login to SDM by providing the SDM Server IP, username and password