1.5.3 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:
JavaScript
Pop-up windows from the NNMi management server
Cookies from the NNMi management server
ActiveX
Automatic page loading
If the IE ESC configuration is enabled in an environment that uses Internet Explorer, add about:blank to Trusted Sites.
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When Internet Explorer is used, disable the Compatibility View Setting for the NNMi management server.
Below are Web browser configuration examples.
- Important
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
JavaScript is enabled by default in Mozilla Firefox. Privacy extensions are required to disable JavaScript. If an error is displayed in NNMi indicating that JavaScript is disabled, check the Extensions options in Add-ons Manager in Firefox to determine whether the privacy extensions are being used.
Enable pop-up windows by the following procedure:
a. In Mozilla Firefox, click Tools, and then choose Options.
b. Click Content.
c. Select the Block pop-up windows check box.
d. Click Exceptions located next to the Block pop-up windows check box.
e. Add the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server to the list of allowed sites, and then click Allow.
f. Click Close.
Enable cookies by the following procedure:
a. In Mozilla Firefox, click Tools, and then choose Options.
b. Click Privacy.
c. Move to History, and then select Remember history.
Restart the Web browser.
(2) Internet Explorer
To enable Internet Explorer as the Web browser for the NNMi console:
In Internet Explorer, click Tools, and then choose Internet Options.
On the Security tab, select the zone that includes the NNMi management server, and then click Custom Level.
In ActiveX controls and plug-ins, under Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins, select the Enable option.
Under Scripting, select the Enable option for Active scripting.
Under Others, select the Enable option for Automatic loading of pages.
On the Privacy tab Settings area, select one of the options between Accept All Cookies and Medium High.
- Note
This setting affects the Internet zone only. If you are connecting to the NNMi management server over an intranet, this setting has no effect.
If, in the Settings area of the Privacy tab, the Medium to High option does not exist, you do not need to specify that option.
On the Privacy tab, select the Turn on Pop-up Blocker check box, and then click Settings.
Add the fully qualified domain name of the NNMi management server to the list of allowed sites.
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:
In Internet Explorer, choose Tools, Internet Options, and then click the Security tab.
Add about:blank to the Trusted sites zone.