The Rhino Element Manager has the following main functional areas:
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More detailed instructions for each area can be found in the built-in help in REM. |
REM Management
Rhino instances
REM can monitor and manage multiple Rhino instances at once.
The instances can be:
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RhinoSDKs
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Production Rhino clusters
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different versions (as long as listed as a supported version in the REM documentation)
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local or remote (as long as they are accessible by the REM server)
To manage Rhino instances in REM, select Edit Rhino Instances from the home page.
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You must be logged in as a REM user that is assigned a role with the REM Feature: Edit Rhino Instances permission.
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REM users and roles
REM has its own users and roles separate from those in Rhino.
REM users can be assigned one or more roles. Roles can be assigned permissions for various high-level REM features and given access to specific Rhino instances.
To manage REM users and roles, select Edit Element Manager Users and Roles from the home page.
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You must be logged in as a REM user that is assigned a role with the REM Feature: Edit Users and Roles permission.
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Rhino Management
To manage aspects of a specific Rhino instance:
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When configuring a Rhino instance the admin password is located in <rhino installation>/client/etc/client.properties
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Select Manage a Rhino Element from the home page. |
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Connect to a configured Rhino instance using the Connect to … dropdown in the main area or by clicking the New Connection link in the upper right. |
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You must be logged in as a REM user that is assigned a role with the REM Feature: Manage Element permission.
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SLEE Management
REM allows one to view and modify a Rhino instance’s SLEE management state.
To view or modify SLEE management state:
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Ensure you are in the Rhino Management area and connected to a Rhino instance. |
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Select an item from the Management menu. |
This includes:
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SLEE State |
View current SLEE state; start/stop SLEE, services, and RA entities. |
Alarms |
View current alarms; clear alarms; log all alarms; rebroadcast all alarms. |
Deployment |
View deployed components; install new DUs; uninstall DUs; change component install levels. |
Profiles |
View profile tables, profiles, and profile data; create/delete profile tables; create/edit/delete profiles. |
Resources |
View resource adaptors and RA entities; create/edit/delete RA entities. |
Services |
View/start/stop services. |
Usage |
View/create usage parameter sets; view/enable/disable usage notifications. |
Bindings |
View/add/remove service bindings. |
Component Priorities |
View/edit component start/stop priorities. |
Rhino Configuration
REM allows one to view and modify a Rhino instance’s runtime configuration.
To view or modify Rhino configuration:
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Ensure you are in the Rhino Management area and connected to a Rhino instance. |
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Select an item from the Configuration menu. |
This includes:
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Threshold Rules |
View/edit/create/delete/enable/disable threshold rules. |
Rate Limiters |
View/edit/delete rate limiters. |
Licenses |
View/install/remove licenses. |
Logging |
View/edit log levels; view/edit/create/remove appenders. |
Pools |
View/edit object pools. |
Staging Queue |
View/edit staging queue settings. |
SNMP |
View/edit SNMP configuration; enable/disable SNMP agent; view/edit OID and counter mappings. |
Auditing |
View/edit auditing level; view opcodes. |
Domains |
View replication domains. |
Security Policy |
View Rhino security policy. |
Alarm Catalog |
View information on alarms that could be raised. |
Access Control |
Manage Rhino roles and permissions; enable/disable permission logging. |
Persistence |
View/edit/delete persistence instances, persistence resources, and JDBC resources. |
Inspecting state
REM allows one to inspect the state of a Rhino instance.
To inspect Rhino state:
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Ensure you are in the Rhino Management area and connected to a Rhino instance. |
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Select an item from the Inspections menu. |
This includes:
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Activities |
View and remove activities. |
SBBs |
View and remove SBBs. |
Timers |
View and remove timers. |
Transactions |
View and rollback long-running transactions. |
Threads |
View SLEE event router threads. |
AC Bindings |
View activity context bindings. |
Monitoring
REM allows one to monitor the state of a Rhino instance.
To monitor a Rhino instance:
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Ensure you are in the Rhino Management area and connected to a Rhino instance. |
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Select an item from the Monitoring menu. |
This includes:
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Dashboard |
See a general overview instance state and statistics. |
Tracing |
Configure trace levels and monitor trace messages. |
Statistics |
Subscribe to and monitor statistics. |
Logging |
Monitor log messages. |
Network Monitor
REM has a network monitor that can be used to monitor the health of multiple Rhino instances on one screen.
Select Monitor all Rhino Elements from the home page.
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You must be logged in as a REM user that is assigned a role with the REM Feature: Monitor Elements permission.
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