Applet mode is similar to using Web-based System Manager in client-server mode when using the -host argument. In client-server mode, you use the following command:
/usr/websm/bin/wsm -host [managing machine]
while in applet mode, you point your browser to
http://managing machine/wsm.html
In both cases, managing machine is the machine that contains the Web-based System Manager application. The managed machine is the first machine to be listed in the Management Environment.
There is a significant difference between using applet mode and client-server mode. In applet mode, it is only possible to manage a set of machines that have the same version of Web-based System Manager installed. The reason for this is that applets in general are restricted for security reasons to loading Java classes only from the HTTP server running the applet. While the Java classes needed to operate the Web-based System Manager console come from the managing machine, another set of Java classes is used to operate tasks on the managed machines. These classes must be loaded from the machine being managed (this is different from the managing machine) in order for these classes to match the operating system being managed. In applet mode, this situation is not possible.
Remote Client mode allows you to run the Web-based System Manager console on a Windows or Linux system and manage remote AIX computers. This method is similar to using Web-based System Manager in client-server mode when using the -host argument. There are several ways to start Remote Client.
On a Windows system, complete the following steps:
On a Linux system running the Gnome Desktop, complete the following steps:
On a Linux system running the KDE Desktop, complete the following steps:
As with client-server mode, the systems listed in the Management Environment area are managed machines. However, Remote Client differs from client-server mode in that the Windows or Linux system running Remote Client is the managing machine and does not show up in the Management Environment area.
Security issues are identical to those found in client-server mode with regard to loading classes, as opposed to the limitations found in Applet mode, where it is only possible to manage a set of machines that have the same version of Web-based System Manager installed. For more information on security issues, see Securing Web-based System Manager.
For more information, see Client-Server Mode and Applet Mode.