Admin: Servers

Page Description

Use the Servers page to assign host interfaces to servers to run the application in distributed mode, as well as delegate the HL7 parsing workload among the servers in the system. When you open this page, it lists all of the servers defined in the system. If you have the necessary security permissions, you may add or delete servers for the system. Note that only one server should ever be marked as the web resource server.

To view more information about the servers in service, view the Servers administration page, which displays connection and resource data for the system, as well as a record of system activity (inbound queues, outbound queues, and manual and automatic order creation).

For more help, click one of the following links:

Accessing this Page
Viewing the Server List
Searching for a Server
Accessing Server Information
Adding or Editing Server Details

Accessing this Page

Click the Administration menu button, click the Basic Setup button, and then click the Servers submenu link. You must have the necessary security permissions to access the Administration menu button.

When you click the Administration menu button, Copia opens the main Administration menu, which contains administrative menu buttons, including the Basic Setup menu. To return to the main menu for Copia, click the Lab Tasks menu button.

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Viewing the Server List

The Servers page contains a list of up to ten servers. If the list is longer than one page, use the Page links, located below the list of servers, to navigate through the list.
To view active servers only, select the Show active only checkbox at the top of the Servers page. You set the inactive/active status in the Server Details section of the Servers page after clicking a name link. See the "Adding or Editing Server Details" section below.
To narrow the list of displayed servers, or to find a specific server, use the Name field option. See "Searching for a Server" below.
If you cannot find the desired server, you may work with Orchard Software Technical Support personnel to create a new server in the Servers details page, accessed by clicking the Add button. Note that only Orchard Software Technical Support personnel may create new servers in this page. See "Adding or Editing Server Details" below.
Click the name of the server on the Servers list page to view or edit server information on the Servers details page. See "Adding or Editing Server Details" below.
Click the HL7 Parsing Distribution button to display the HL7 Parsing Distribution pop-up screen that allows the user to configure which server will parse messages for which patients from which hosts. See the HL7 Parsing Distribution topic.

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Searching for a Server

Enter text into the Name field to search by server name. Enter one or more characters in the Name field to view a list of all servers that match your search. Note that Copia searches for embedded text as well as starting characters.
If your search generates one or more matches, the matching servers are displayed with the server name and active status when the page refreshes. Select the desired server to view the server details. See "Adding or Editing Server Details" below.
If no search results are found or if the desired server is not found, search again, or you may work with Orchard Software Technical Support personnel to create a new server in the Servers details page, accessed by clicking the Add button. Note that only Orchard Software Technical Support personnel may create new servers in this page. See "Adding or Editing Server Details" below.
Click the Refresh button to refresh the page after entering new search criteria.
Once you refresh the list, Copia displays the Name, Active status, Description, IP Address, Path, IP Address, Port Number, Status Port, Web Resource, and Zetafax for each available server.

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Accessing Server Information

Use the Servers list page to access the Servers details page, where you may add or edit server details, as well as configure host interfaces running on the server.
You may work with Orchard Software Technical Support personnel to create a new server on the Servers details page, accessed by clicking the Add button. Note that only Orchard Software Technical Support personnel may create new servers in this page. This opens a blank record in the Servers details page to create a new server.
To edit an existing server, click the name of the server on the Servers list page. This opens the selected Server's details in the Servers details page.

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Adding or Editing Server Details

Use the Server Details section of the Servers details page to add or edit server information.

Enter the full name of the server in the Name field. This field is required.
Enter a brief description of the server in the Server Description field. For example, "This Copia2 running on Copiatest1 is the web resource."
Enter the server's IP address in the IP Address field in the format 000.000.000.00, respectively.
Enter the server's port number in the Port Number field. This defaults to blank.
Enter the server's status port in the Server Status Port field. This defaults to blank.
Enter the server path in the Path field. For example, "/copia2."
Enter the default archive work file path in the Default archive work file path to allow a local directory path to be entered that Copia will use to perform the file operations when merging patients that have archived orders. Click the Test button to test the file path to ensure that the file path is valid.
Click the ?Server Build Number Information? button to display the Server Build Number Information pop-up to view build information for the chosen server. This information will be pulled straight out of the buildNumber.ini file for the server. If the information is unavailable, the build numbers will be displayed as unknown. Click ?Close? to close the pop-up.
Select the Active checkbox to enable the server as active.
Select the Web Resource Server checkbox to enable the server as the web resource. Note that only one server should ever be marked as the web resource server. Upon attempting to save another server as a web resource server, the user will be warned that there is already an existing web resource server, and that saving the current server as the web resource server will remove the setting from the other server. If the user continues, the server will be saved and the web resource server setting will be removed from the other server. If the user does not continue, then they will be allowed to make additional changes before saving. Additionally, the user will now be warned when saving a server if there are no web resource servers at all. If the user continues, then the server will be saved as normal. If the user does not choose to continue, then they will be allowed to make additional changes to the server before saving.
Select the Fax Server checkbox to enable the server as the fax server.
Select the Receiving HL7 File, Inbound Queue HL7 Parsing, Inbound Queue Linked Document Parsing, Outbound Queue Message Delivery, or Listening to MLP (TCP/IP) Ports checkboxes accordingly to configure host interfaces running on the selected server. The host name will appear in the Host Name column of the Host Interfaces Running on this Server section. Delete the host(s) by clicking the X button to the far right of the host name.
- Use the "Parsing letters" display to see what letters any non-web resource server is parsing if the hosts parsing distribution is set up amongst many servers. This will be followed by a comma-delimited list of what letters it is parsing. Note this is not on the web resource server.
Click the Save button to record all changes when your modifications are complete, or click the < Back to List button to return to the Servers administration page without saving any changes.

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