Network eManager

The Network eManager application reduces the time required to manage multiple CIX equipment sites. While eManager can manage one CIX system during one administration session, Network

eManager can manage a group of CIX systems in a single session. The possible situations when an administrator may need to configure multiple CIX systems as a group include:

•	Multiple CIX systems in a Strata NET configuration.

•	Setting up several CIX systems, at different sites, through the dealership LAN at the same time.

•	Several sites, at different geographical locations, each with its own CIX, all managed centrally over a WAN.

To manage multiple CIX sites, the eManager user has to switch between CIX system sites by navigating back to a connection page. This closes the currently open pages, disconnects from the CIX system, and cleans all data collected from the eManager application. Once back on the connection page, the user selects the next single CIX and begins managing that system.

With Network eManager, the user selects an Equipment Group from a tree view. An Equipment

Group can include any number of CIX systems and associated Stratagy Enterprise Servers (SES). Once an Equipment Group is selected, the user can connect to all members in the selected group.

After a successful connection, Network eManager navigates to a menu with all of the member CIX systems of the connected Equipment Group available as destinations. The user can manage all member CIX systems of the selected Equipment Group without navigating back to the selection page. Compared to eManager, the new features in Network eManager provide three ways for managing multiple CIX systems more efficiently:

•	Instant selection of a group member CIX system added to existing eManager pages. These pages target one CIX system at a time, but the instant selection control allows switching systems without closing the current page and navigating back to the connection page.

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•	The user can apply changes or extend operations to all group member CIX systems at once.

•	A clipboard-like feature in Network eManager allows the user to copy and paste contents on the same page selectively.

•	Some of the Network eManager pages and functions are designed to make managing Strata Net sites easier and faster. These functions operate across the member Strata CIX systems in an Equipment Group.