Open the SmartServer CMS (Release 4.1 and Prior)

After your initial setup, most of your interaction with the SmartServer will be through the SmartServer Central Management System (CMS). You will use the CMS to define device types, plan your sites, and to manage, monitor, and control your devices. You can access the CMS from any client with a web browser. 

To open the SmartServer CMS, follow these steps:

1. Make sure your client can communicate with the SmartServer as described in Connecting through a LAN.
   
   
   

2. Open a web browser (supported browsers are current versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge) and enter one of the following addresses to open the SmartServer CMS (prior to SmartServer 2.8 you had to specify port 8443; this is no longer required starting with SmartServer 2.8):

   https://SmartServer_IPaddress/cms/#/login    
   (where SmartServer_IPaddress is the IP address of your SmartServer)
   
   https://smartserver-nnnnnn.local/cms/#/login       
   (where nnnnnn is the SmartServer's install code. See Connecting through a LAN)
   
   You can also open the CMS from the SmartServer Configuration web page by clicking CMS in the top margin of the page, as shown in the following figure.
   
   

   
   
   The CMS opens in the browser allowing you to log in. 

3. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields. The default username is apollo and the default password is printed on the label on the bottom of the SmartServer. If you changed either the username or password, use the username and password you selected. Use the defaults if you did not change them.

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4. Click LOGIN.
   
   
   

5. If you are logging in to the SmartServer CMS for the first time, read the end-user licensing agreement and accept it if you agree.
   
   
   

6. If your login credentials are verified, then the SmartServer CMS main page appears similar to the image shown below. For a description of the key parts of the SmartServer CMS main page, go to SmartServer CMS Overview.

   
   
   To customize your working environment, refer to the Customize Your CMS Dashboard section. 

   To log out of the SmartServer CMS, click the LOGOUT button (

   ) located at the bottom left of the page.