H. Running Grid Appliance

This lesson will teach you how to open the Grid appliance. Future sections will explain how it can be used.

Starting Grid Appliance

Go to the SCOOP folder you created in the G. Downloading and Installing lesson
Open the grid appliance folder
Click on Grid Appliance VMware configuration file to launch the grid appliance
Click on "Start this virtual machine"
Wait for the virtual machine to load {it might take a couple minutes)
Once it is fully loaded, commands can be typed in to carry out different functions

Open your browser outside of the grid appliance (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.)
For the web address, enter in http://gridappliance
- Note: the Appliance web address http://gridappliance works in most Windows machines, but in some configurations it does not. If your browser does not recognize http://gridappliance, you will need to enter in a numeric Web address of the form http://www.xxx.yy.zzz (Where www.xxx.yy.zzz is the 4-digit IP address displayed in the xmessage box at the top left of the appliance window)
- Note also that the Grid Appliance must be turned on to be able to access this address

Go back to the VMware window
Right click on the grid appliance tab at the top of the screen and select power off
This will bring you back to the main menu
You can now close the Virtual Machine appliance

In the following sections you will learn how this Grid appliance can be used to carry out different functions.

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