1.0 Overview of Unified Management Console

Open Enterprise Server (OES) 23.4 is built on SLES and ships with eDirectory. Various consoles and command-line tools are used to manage OES services. Unified Management Console (UMC) is installed and configured through YaST.

UMC is a highly responsive, simple, and secure web-based management console for managing small and large OES deployments. UMC provides customized access to network administration utilities and content from virtually anywhere using the Internet and a web browser similar to iManager. UMC provides single point of administration for OES resources.

Because UMC is a Web-based tool, it has several advantages over client-based administrative tools:

  • Changes to UMC look, feel, and functionality are immediately available to all administrative users.

  • No need to open additional administrative ports for remote access. UMC leverages standard HTTPS ports (443).

  • Not necessary to download and maintain an administrative client.