In order to access the Enterprise Server Administration user interface, the Directory Server must be running.
When Enterprise Server is installed, the Directory Server is configured to start automatically as a Windows service. As with other Windows services, you can stop the Directory Server and start it again if required.
You can also start Directory Server from the command line using the mfds command. This method of starting the Directory Server is useful if you want to debug applications running as services. Before you can use the mfds command, you must stop Directory Server running as a Windows service. If you start Directory Server using the mfds command, you must stop it using a menu option on the Web interface.
The mfds command also provides options to deinstall and reinstall the Directory Server as a Windows service.
In a UNIX environment, depending on how Enterprise Server has been installed, either you can use the mfds command to start it, or it can start automatically when the machine is started.
To stop the Directory Server, you use a menu option on the Web interface.
To access the Directory Server using the Web interface, you start a Web browser and enter the address where the Directory Server is running.
Alternatively, if you are running Enterprise Developer, you can right click on the host name in the Server Explorer, and select Open Administration Page from the context menu.
Depending on how the Directory Server has been configured, and what you want to do, you might require a user ID and password. What you see and what you can do using Enterprise Server Administration depends on the security configuration settings and the permissions granted to your user account.