About the TABM Application 3-9
About the TABM
Application
The TABM application is an easy-to-use, graphical environment for
configuring and monitoring AccessBuilder servers that are reachable
from your network.
Autodiscovery In addition to TABMTOOL listening for new AccessBuilder BootP
requests, an autodiscovery facility is included. This facility issues a
proprietary UDP request to discover (previously configured)
AccessBuilders on the same network segment as the TABM
workstation. This request occurs automatically when TABM is
launched, or when the Autodiscover icon is clicked while TABM is
running.
A previously configured AccessBuilder residing on the opposite side of
a router on the same network segment as the TABM management
station cannot be discovered by TABM because the router cannot
bridge TABM’s special UDP requests. In this case the IP address of the
target AccessBuilder must be manually entered into TABM.
IP Networks
New servers that are connected to the network send configuration
requests (BootP requests) to the TABMTOOL application.
Upon receiving such a request, the application automatically displays a
dialog box so you can enter the required information. After you enter
the required information, the application (TABM) adds the new server
to the All Servers List, which is described in the next section.
IPX Networks
In IPX networks, the AccessBuilder Manager can auto discover the
AccessBuilders on the LAN without knowing the IPX address of the
management workstation on which it is running. All servers, including
those on different subnets that respond are added to the All Servers
List, which is described in the next section.
Main Window (All
Servers List View)
The main window appears when you first start the application. The
main window lists all servers known to the application by IP/IPX address
and user-defined name.
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