The Operations Console is a Web-based console that monitors system status and performs routine administration tasks.
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 agents and their plug-ins.
Communication between Operations Console and the plug-ins occurs via Remote Method Invocation (RMI). Publisher and Subscriber plug-ins communicate with Publisher and Subscriber 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.