Connect a machine to a System Management Server

Machines running AVEVA products need to connect to a System Management Server via a configured certificate in order to use encrypted communication.

To connect a machine to a System Management Server

1. Start the Configurator on the machine you wish to connect. The Configurator screen is displayed.

   

2. In the left pane, select Common Platform > System Management Server.

3. If you wish to connect to an already existing System Management Server, select the Connect to an existing System Management Server.

4. From the list of System Management Servers available, select the required System Management Server. Note that the list displays all machines on the network that have been configured to function as System Management Server. In most cases, there is only one System Management Server.

5. If you wish to configure a machine as a Redundant SSO (RSSO) server, under Connect to an existing System Management Server, select Configure this machine as a Redundant SSO Server.

6. Select Configure. The System Management Server configurator verifies the configuration, and if any conflicting certificate configuration or communications port binding is detected, the following Warning message is displayed.

   

7. Selecting No results in the following message being displayed in the Configuration Messages area, and the machine will not be connected to the System Management Server.

   

8. Selecting Yes replaces the binding. By default, the root certificate is downloaded from the System Management Server. This is possible only when the Automatically Generated certificate option is selected on the Advanced page. The following message is displayed.

   

9. Review the message carefully before you select Yes. Selecting No cancels the configuration process.

10. Select Details, to view more information about the certificate.

    If you are not a member of the aaAdministrators or Administrators group on the System Management Server, a dialog box prompting you to log on to the System Management Server with administrative credentials is displayed. Enter the credentials of a user that is a member of the aaAdministrators or Administrators group on the System Management Server and select OK.

    

    Note: If you have configured a communications proxy on the server where the System Management Server is installed, contact the AVEVA Global Customer Support team for information about installing and connecting to the System Management Server.

11. The Configuration Messages area displays the steps in the configuration process and the progress. If the configuration is unsuccessful, you can view details of the errors in the System Management Server.

12. Select Close to exit the Configurator.