Connecting to a DMA with the SLNetClientTest tool

Before you can use any of the SLNetClientTest tool functions, you must first connect to a DMA:

• From DataMiner 10.3.1/10.4.0 onwards
• Prior to DataMiner 10.3.1/10.4.0

1. In the Connection menu, click Connect.

2. In the Connect window, select the host DMA.

3. Indicate how the connection has to be established, in the Connection Type section:

   Option	Description
   Autodetect	Connects to the local machine or a remote machine using a method that will be detected automatically.
   gRPC	Supported from DataMiner 10.3.0/10.3.2 onwards. Connects to the local machine or a remote machine via the APIGateway service using the GRPCWeb protocol. When you choose this option, you can specify a custom port (default: 443) and a custom endpoint (default: /APIGateway).
   .NET Remoting (legacy)	Connects to the local machine or a remote machine using .NET Remoting. When you choose this option, you can specify a custom port (default: 8004).
   IPC (only local)	Connects to the local machine using IPC.

4. In the Authentication section, specify the necessary options, and then click Connect:

   • Single sign-on

     Note

     • You will be logged on with your current Windows user account.
     • External authentication is not yet supported.

   • Explicit credentials (with Force Authenticate Local User option)

   • Ticket

   • Debug SAML (Available from DataMiner 10.3.11/10.4.0 onwards)

     Note

     When you select this option before connecting to a DMA that uses external authentication via SAML, two pop-up windows will appear, displaying the SAML requests and SAML responses respectively.

Warning

Always be extremely careful when using this tool, as it can have far-reaching consequences on the functionality of your DataMiner System.