A.3 Enabling the Web browser for the NNMi console
Before you sign on to NNMi, make sure that the Web browser is configured to interact with the NNMi console. The following items must be enabled in the Web browser on each client machine that will access the NNMi management server:
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JavaScript
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Pop-up windows from the NNMi management server
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Cookies from the NNMi management server
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ActiveX
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VML, if you use Internet Explorer 8
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If the IE ESC configuration is enabled in an environment that uses Internet Explorer, add about:blank to Trusted Sites.
Below are Web browser configuration examples.
- Important note
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To complete the procedures below, you need to know the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server.
If your NNMi management server has more than one domain name, NNMi chooses one during the installation process. To determine which fully qualified domain name NNMi is using, run the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl script. See the nnmofficialfqdn.ovpl Reference Page for more information.
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Mozilla Firefox
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In Mozilla Firefox, click Tools, and then choose Options.
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On the Content tab, select the Enable JavaScript check box.
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Next to the Enable JavaScript check box, click Advanced.
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Select the Raise or lower windows check box, and then click OK.
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Click the Content tab, and then select the Block pop-up windows check box.
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Click Exceptions, and then add the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server to the list of allowed sites.
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Click the Privacy tab, and then click to open the Use custom settings for history pull-down menu.
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Select the Accept cookies from sites check box, and then click Exceptions.
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Add the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server to the list of allowed sites.
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Click OK.
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Restart the Web browser.
(2) Microsoft Internet Explorer
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In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then choose Internet Options.
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On the Security tab, select the zone that includes the NNMi management server, and then click Custom Level.
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In ActiveX controls and plug-ins, under Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins, select the Enable option.
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Under Scripting, select the Enable option for Active scripting.
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On the Privacy tab Settings area, select one of the options between Accept All Cookies and Medium High.
- Reference note
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This setting affects the Internet zone only. If you are connecting to the NNMi management server over an intranet, this setting has no effect.
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On the Privacy tab, select the Turn on Pop-up Blocker check box, and then click Settings.
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Add the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server to the list of allowed sites.
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Restart the Web browser.
For Internet Explorer 8, perform one of the following two procedures:
If the Internet Explorer Enhanced Security (IE ESC) configuration is enabled, perform the following steps in addition to the above:
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In Internet Explorer, choose Tools, Internet Options, and then click the Security tab.
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Add about:blank to the Trusted sites zone.
(3) Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
In the case of Internet Explorer 8, in addition to the steps in (2) Microsoft Internet Explorer, configure the browser using either of the following methods:
(a) Method 1
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In Internet Explorer, select Tools > Internet Options, and then click the Security tab.
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Add the site of the connected NNMi server to the Local intranet or Trusted sites zone.
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In the security zone added in step 2, click Customize Level, and then enable Binary and script behaviors. Hitachi recommends that you add the NNMi server to the Trusted sites zone, and that you enable privileges within a more restricted zone.
(b) Method 2
For this method, you must log in as a user with administrator privileges.
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If the most recent patch is out of date, VML might be disabled.
Use Windows Update or another method to install the latest update of Internet Explorer on the client machine.
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If performing step 1 does not solve the problem, perform step 3.
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Check whether VML's vgx.dll is registered. If it is not, run the following command:
regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
Check the Access Control List settings on vgx.dll.
cacls "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"