7.18 MSS Administrative Console Reference

The Host Access Management and Security Server (MSS) provides an Administrative Console, a web-based centralized location where you can manage sessions, assign sessions to users, configure authentication, and much more. Work flows that include configuring additional settings in the MSS Administrative Console are marked with this icon

in the HACloud documentation.

This list includes the MSS Administrative Console functionality that is used by HACloud, including direct links to the associated sections in the MSS documentation. You can find these settings in the MSS Administrative Console left navigation panel.

Manage Sessions

On this panel, Add and configure a Host Access for the Cloud session.
Assign Access

Use Assign Access to specify which sessions each user has access to.
Configure Settings - Authentication and Authorization

Use to configure how users are authenticated when accessing the system and which method to use for authorizing their access to sessions. See Select a method to authenticate users.
Configure Settings - Automated Sign-on

This feature enables an end user to automatically log on to a mainframe host application using a terminal emulation client. Settings must be configured in the MSS Administrative Console, in the HACloud client, and on z/OS. See these references.
- Set Up Automated Single Sign-On for Mainframe.
- Automated Sign-on for Mainframe in the MSS Administrative Console help.
- Automated Sign-On for Mainframe - Administrator Guide
Metering

MSS provides metering capabilities to monitor host sessions. See:
- Set Up Metering.
- Metering in the MSS Administrator Guide.
Kerberos automatic sign-on (IBM 5250 only)

Kerberos is an authentication protocol that uses cryptographic tickets to avoid transmitting plain text passwords. See Set Up Kerberos for AS/400 Single Sign-on.
Terminal ID Manager

MSS provides a Terminal ID Manager to pool terminal IDs, track ID usage, and manage inactivity timeout values for specific users, thus conserving terminal ID resources and significantly reducing operating expenses. An additional license is required. See these references: