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ATTO Technology Inc. iPBridge Installation and Operation Manual
3 ATTO ExpressNAV interface
The easiest way to communicate with the ATTO iPBridge is to use the browser-based interface. ATTO
Technology’s ExpressNAV, a browser-based configuration tool, contains all the current capabilities of
the CLI in a user-friendly GUI interface accessed through a web browser.
Access from any web browser that supports the
latest standards for XHTML 1.0 and CSS1.To
take full advantage of the ExpressNAV interface
you should have JavaScript
TM enabled through
your browser.
Note
The recommended management tool for the
iPBridge is ATTO ExpressNAV.
Browser compatibility
To make ExpressNAV as compatible as possible
with as many browsers as possible, all pages are
written in pure XHTML 1.0 and CSS1. It is
compatible with the latest versions of Internet
Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla (including K-
Meleon, Camino, Mozilla Firefox, Epiphany and
Galeon), and KHTML (including Konqueror and
Safari).
Minimum requirement for Windows-based
systems is Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 6.2.
The minimum requirement for Macintosh
browsers is Internet Explorer 5.2 or Safari 1.2.
To optimize ExpressNAV in Internet Explorer
1
Go to the browser toolbar and select Tools
2 Select Internet Options
3 Select the Security tab
4 Select the Custom Level button.
5 On the menu presented, go to the Microsoft
VM, Java permissions and make sure
Disable Java is not selected.
6 Go to the Miscellaneous topic and select
METAREFRESH.
Accessing ExpressNAV
ATTO ExpressNAV resides on the iPBridge. Use
the QuickNAV utility to identify your iPBridge
and use the ExpressNAV interface.
Note
For Windows-based systems with a DHCP
server only.
1 Connect the Ethernet ports to your network.
Refer to
Getting an IP address on page 10.
2 Work from the computer attached to the
iPBridge serial port. Find and download the
QuickNAV utility, QuickNAV-windows.exe,
from the ATTO website,
www.attotech.com, or
from the CD included with your iPBridge.
3 Turn on the iPBridge.
4 Run the QuickNAV application.
a. Click Next on the QuickNAV Wizard
page.
b. Select your iPBridge serial number
from the list of choices displayed.
c. Click Next.
d. Click Launch Browser.
Your browser points to the
ExpressNAV splash screen.
Opening an ExpressNAV session
ATTO ExpressNAV is the recommended
management tool for the iPBridge. It is a web-
based graphical user interface (GUI) that allows
you to manage the iPBridge by clicking choices
and commands in traditional GUI fashion or by
entering CLI commands directly, as you would in
a terminal emulation session.
1 Obtain the IP address of the iPBridge
management port (mp0).
This address was set in Getting an IP address
on page 10.
2 Point your browser at the IP address of the
iPBridge.
3 The ExpressNAV home page is displayed.
Click Enter.
4 Enter the user name and password values.
The default values are username: “root” and
password: “Password”. The username is case
insensitive and password is case sensitive.