When you start Sybase Central, the main window opens, displaying the Adaptive Server plug-in, with the list of icons of the clusters and instances to which you have previously connected. If the cluster is running, a green triangle appears next to the cluster name.
If the cluster managed by Adaptive Server plug-in is not running, a red square appears in the server icon. If neither triangle nor square indicator is displayed, see the instructions for configuring the Adaptive Server plug-in and Unified Agent at “Starting a cluster”.
The fastest way to connect to a running cluster in the list is to right-click the cluster name and select Connect. The Adaptive Server plug-in uses the previous connection data to make the connection. If a cluster does not appear in the tree view, you can find it with Server Discovery or provide the cluster’s host and port, login name, and password information. Either method starts by clicking the Connect icon in the toolbar near the top of the Sybase Central window. If you know the required connection information, enter this into the appropriate fields in the Connect window. If you do not have the host and port number for the cluster or a cluster node, enter the login name and password and click the Find button. The Unified Agent searches for clusters and provide a list of those available. If the list does not include the cluster you are searching for, see “Changing server discovery settings”.
Select Tools | Connect.
If you are running multiple registered Sybase Central plug-ins, select the Adaptive Server plug-in.
Enter the login name you want to use to connect to the instance.
Enter the password for the login.
Select the cluster name from the Server Name list (which is populated with entries from the interfaces file for Linux, Solaris, IBM AIX, and HP-UX, and from sql.ini from Windows), or type in the host and port of a cluster node.
(Optional) Specify the host and port of an instance within the cluster.
Click OK.
Right-click the cluster icon and select Connect.
Once you connect to the cluster, the cluster icon changes from grey to blue.
Connecting to a cluster