Introduction to the Administrator

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Introduction to the Administration Interface

The graphical user interface to EFT Server is used to configure a server object, Sites, Settings Templates, user accounts, permission groups, custom commands, event rules, connections to DMZ Gateway, and to configure and run reports. After you install one or more Servers, configure clustering services, if used, and configure EFT Server to run as a Windows service, you then configure the connection to EFT Server in the interface.

The interface can connect to EFT Server on either a local or remote computer. You can install the interface on as many computers as you like, but EFT Server may only be installed on computers with valid Server software licenses.

To open the administration interface

Click the EFT Server shortcut on the Start menu or desktop (cftpsai.exe).

The left pane of the Administrator displays the Server tab by default. EFT Server tab provides a tree view of the Administrator components that are used to connect to and communicate with EFT Server (Server Groups, Servers, Sites, Settings Templates, Users, Permission Groups, Commands, Event Rules, and Gateway). The Report tab, Status tab, and VFS tab provide other views. Click the tabs in the illustration above or the links in Related Topics, below, for more information about each tab.

The right pane provides the tabs that contain the configuration options for the item selected in the left pane. For example, when you select a Server in the left pane, the right pane contains the configuration options for that Server.

When any node under the Server Group is selected, the Title bar displays the IP address and the connected username.

Unless otherwise indicated, the standard Windows keyboard shortcuts apply.

For details of each tab, the main menu, and the toolbar, refer to the topics below.