Operations Console is a Web-based console that lets you monitor system activities and perform routine administration tasks.
Installing Operations Console also installs a JINI server that communicates with the Unified Agent Framework (UAF) agents that are installed with each component. The JINI server and UAF agents enable administration of components that are installed on different machines over the network.
Architecture of the Operations Console
Operations Console interacts with different system components through the Unified Agent Framework (UAF). UAF plug-ins running on each server handle communication between Operations Console and RAP components.
When an agent starts on a server, the agent starts all of its plug-ins and registers with the JINI server. Operations Console queries the JINI server to learn about all agents (and their plug-ins).
Interaction between Operations Console and the plug-ins occurs via RMI (remote method invocation). Publisher and subscriber plug-ins communicate with publishers and subscribers components via TCP over a local socket. Each publisher and subscriber has an administration channel listening on a specific port. When Operations Console issues a command, the agent intercepts the request, and contacts the component. The component sends a response through the agent back to Operations Console.
