The VBrick DME server has an integrated management interface (VBAdmin) that lets you manage the DME configuration from an external Web browser. This allows network managers to remotely configure and monitor the appliances from virtually any location that has Web access.

The most convenient way to access the VBAdmin interface (DME Home Page) is via the VBDirectory utility. After installing VBDirectory you will see the initial screen shown for VBDirectory. Locate a specific DME and simply double-click on the Name to launch the VBAdmin Login to the DME screen.

To optimize the functionality of this tool, set the Host Name of the DME (on the System Configuration > Network page) to a meaningful text string during initial configuration.

Alternatively, if you know the DME's IP address, you can access it directly from a browser. As shown in the table below, you can launch VBAdmin in Internet Explorer or Firefox (other browsers are not supported by VBrick). Connect to VBAdmin by pointing to the IP Address and Port Number (for example: http://192.168.5.5:8181) of the DME and log in with valid credentials. Note that the DME's management interface is not on Port 80. By default the admin port for the DME is 8181. This allows Port 80 to be reserved for HTTP downloads.