Interface Card OL* Support Guide

Chapter 2

pdweb - Peripheral Device Tool Web Interface

Starting and Stopping the pdweb Server

NOTE If you are starting pdweb from SAM, you do not need to manually start the pdweb server as it is

started automatically when Cards and Devices is selected. Refer to “Using SAM” on page 29 for

more information.

Stopping or Restarting the pdweb Server

You must have superuser capability to start the pdweb server. Restarting stops the pdweb server, then starts it

again. To start the pdweb server on a target host system:

Step 1. Log into the host system as root.

Step 2. Enter pdweb -s

action

where

action

is either stop or restart

The HP Apache and pdweb Web servers are both stopped or restarted depending on your action.

Restarting stops the pdweb server, then starts it again.

Starting the pdweb Server with No Timeout

You can start the pdweb Web server with the inactivity timeout feature disabled using the -s option. This

causes the pdweb server to run in a mode where it does not exit after a period of inactivity. This feature is

helpful in instances when you want to use pdweb several times throughout the day but don't want to conﬁgure

the autostart capability. Individual Client Web browser login sessions will still timeout, but you can log back

in without having to restart the pdweb Web server.

Step 1. Log into the host system as root.

Step 2. Enter pdweb -s startssl

The HP Apache and pdweb Web servers are both started.

Autostarting the pdweb Server and GUI

It is possible to start both the pdweb Web server and GUI client components automatically from a supported

Web browser:

Step 1. Enable the pdweb autostart feature with waconf (1M):

a. Log into the host system as root.

b. Enter waconf -a on

Now the pdweb autostart feature can be used. Once the autostart behavior is conﬁgured, it remains

on or off until waconf is executed to change it. The conﬁgured behavior is remembered regardless of

system rebooting.

Step 2. Open a Web browser on any network client that is connected to your company intranet.

Step 3. Enter http://hostname:1110/pd/pd.cgi where hostname is the hostname of the target host

system.

Once the pdweb Web server components have been started, the HP SAM WEB login screen is presented so

that you can log into the Peripheral Device Tool.