4 OBWI OPERATION
The OBWI for the AutoView™ switch for Dell® is a remote, web browser-based user interface. For details on
setting up your system, see Connecting the AutoView™ Switch for Dell® Hardware on page 5. The
following table lists the operating systems and browsers that are supported by the OBWI. Make sure that
you are using the latest version of your web browser.
OPERATING SYSTEM
BROWSER
MICROSOFT® INTERNET
EXPLORER® VERSION 9.0
FIREFOX VERSION
10 AND LATER
GOOGLE CHROME
VERSION 19 AND LATER
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 Standard,
Enterprise or Web Edition
Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or
Professional
Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 2008 Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 and 6 No Yes No
Canonical Ubuntu 12.04 No Yes No
Sun Solaris® 10 and 11 No Yes No
Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and 11 No Yes No
Apple Mac OS X Tiber 10.4+ No Yes No
Table 4.1 Operating Systems Supported by the OBWI
To log in to the switch OBWI:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of the browser, enter the IP address or host name assigned to the switch
you wish to access. Use https://xxx.xx.xx.xx or https://hostname as the format.
NOTE: If using IPv6 mode, you must include square brackets around the IP address. Use https://
[<ipaddress-] as the format.
3. When the browser makes contact with the switch, enter your username and password, then
click Login. The switch OBWI appears.
NOTE: The default username is Admin with no password.
To log in to the switch OBWI from outside a firewall, repeat the above procedure, entering the external IP
address of the firewall instead.
NOTE: The switch will attempt to detect if Java is already installed on your PC. If it is not, in order to
use the OBWI, you will need to install it. You can also need to associate the JNLP file with Java
WebStart.
NOTE: Using the OBWI requires using Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6.0_11 or higher.
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