Remote Access to S-Pol server consoles (and power management)

Using Firefox on Linux, or Firefox or Internet Explorer on Windows, open

spol-kvm.ucar.edu

Login as 'Admin', password is the usual S-Pol root password.

The 'Target Devices' tab allows you to control power or access the console for S-Pol servers.

Configuring your browser to use  Java Web Start, (JavaWS):

Your browser needs the Java Plugin and the java runtime, from java.com.  For 64 bit Linux, install Sun's 64 bit java package, and link the plug as shown:.  (Sun's installation page says to use the 32 bit version - these instructions are obsolete.)

/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins-wrapped/libnpjp2.so -> /usr/local/java/jre1.6.0_17/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so

Open a 'KVM' session.

Firefox will ask you what application to use when opening 'kvm.cgi', which is a 'JNLP' file.  Choose "/usr/local/java/jre1.6.0_17/bin/javaws".