Operation and management

This chapter describes the initial operation tasks, as well as the full range of management options that are available on IBM Spectrum™ Control Base Edition.

Required and optional initial tasks
After IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition is installed, different tasks are required before the server can become fully operational.
Configuring LDAP-based directory user access
You can allow external directory users to connect to Spectrum Control and manage it without having a locally-defined user account.
Managing Spectrum Control from the graphical user interface (GUI)
You can log in to Spectrum Control through a web browser and use the configuration and management options that are available from the web-based graphical user interface (GUI).
Managing Spectrum Control from the command-line interface (CLI)
You can access and control Spectrum Control by using its command-line interface (CLI) functions locally from the Linux command prompt environment, or from a remote terminal connection.

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