Using an X Station with Vantage

An X Station is a terminal that can display X windows as well as the Vantage environment. This enables control of Vantage-managed resources from the X Station.




Currently, the HP700/RX X Station is supported. Please call Vantage Technical Support if you plan to use a different X Station.




It is important to realize that the processing required to run an X Station occurs on the Vantage workstation. Therefore, the Vantage workstation must be configured to handle the additional memory, disk space and processing requirements of the X Station. Adding X Stations will also have an effect on the expected throughput of the Vantage workstation.




The following guidelines should be used to configure the Vantage workstation if you plan to use an X Station with Vantage:




Memory-------------add 4 Mbytes per X Station
Disk Space-----------add 20 Mbytes per X Station
Processor------------add 2 to 4 MIPs per X Station
The following steps will set-up an X Station to work with Vantage:




1. Ensure that the Vantage workstation has enough memory, disk space and processing power to accommodate the X Station.




2. Load the X Server code on the workstation according to the manufacturer's instructions.




3. Install the X Station according to the manufacturer's instructions and assign its name and IP address.




4. Open a terminal window on the Vantage workstation.




5. Use your favorite editor to add the X Station's display name to a file called /opt/vantage/data/XDisplays in the form [display name]:0.0 For example to add an X Station with the display name of predator the entry would be predator:0.0.




6. cd /opt/vantage/.vue




7. mkdir [display name]:0




8. chmod 755 [display name]:0




9. cd sessions




10. cp -pr * . . /[display name]:0




11. exit the terminal window




Logging in to the X Station as vanmgr will display the the Vantage environment. It is now possible to control resources connected to the Vantage workstation from the X Station as well as display messages from the Vantage workstation to the X Station.




See also Operating Vantage

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