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Last modified: November, 2009
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Faronics Power Save Requirements Guide
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Important Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About Faronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Faronics Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About Faronics Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Elements of Core Server and Core Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About Product Loadins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Requirements for Faronics Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Core Console Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Core Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Core Database Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Advanced Features in Faronics Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Scalability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Requirements for Faronics Power Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Prerequisites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Resource Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Faronics Power Save Requirements Guide
Topics
Preface
This guide explains the hardware and software prerequisites required to assist potential and
current Faronics Power Save customers asses their deployment readiness.
The information listed in this requirements guide apply to computing
environments with up to 2,000 computers. For deployment information designed
for 2,000+ computers, please contact Faronics.
Important Information
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Technical Support
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Important Information
About Faronics
This section contains important information about Faronics and contact details.
Faronics delivers market-leading solutions that help manage, simplify, and secure complex IT
environments. Our products ensure 100% machine availability, and have dramatically impacted
the day-to-day lives of thousands of information technology professionals. Fueled by a
market-centric focus, Faronics’ technology innovations benefit educational institutions, health
care facilities, libraries, government organizations, and corporations.
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Technical Support
Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free. If
problems are encountered, contact Technical Support.
Email: support@faronics.com
Phone: 800-943-6422 or 1-604-637-3333
Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
Contact Information
•Web: www.faronics.com
• Email: sales@faronics.com
• Phone: 800-943-6422 or 1-604-637-3333
• Fax: 800-943-6488 or 1- 604-637-8188
• Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
• Address:
USA
2411 Old Crow Canyon Road, Suite 170
San Ramon, CA 94583
USA
Canada
Faronics Corporation
609 Granville St., Suite 620
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5
Canada
Europe
Siena Court, The Broadway
Maidenhead, Berkshire
SL6 1NJ UK
Email: eurosales@faronics.com
Phone: +44-1628-509008
Fax: +44-1628-509118
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Faronics Power Save Requirements Guide
Topics
Requirements
This chapter explains the hardware and software requirements for Faronics Power Save and
Faronics Core.
Faronics Core
Requirements for Faronics Core
Advanced Features in Faronics Core
Power Save
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Requirements for Faronics Power Save
Resource Usage
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Faronics Core
About Faronics Core
This section introduces Faronics Core and explains its components.
Faronics Core provides enterprise deployment and management capabilities for Faronics’
software solutions. Faronics Core also allows the monitoring and management of multiple
workstations from a central location. Faronics Core displays the current status of managed
workstations and allows commands to be applied to one or more of those workstations. Faronics
Core’s basic functionality is extended by installing Product Loadins. These Loadins extend the
functionality of Faronics Core with product-specific status, actions and reports.
Faronics Core has the following components:
• Core Console (UI Tier) — The user interface used to manage and monitor Core Servers and
workstations. A single instance of Core Console can connect to multiple Core Servers.
• Core Server (Logic Tier) — The management of workstations, processing of tasks and
communication between Core Console and workstations is done by the Core Server.
• Core Database (Data Tier) — The database stores the workstation list and information about
the workstation.
• Core Agent — The Core Agent, that is installed on the workstation, enables communication
between the workstation and the Core Server
Elements of Core Server and Core Database
The following table explains what is stored on Core Server and Core Database:
Core Server Core Database
Action Behavior Workstation list
Custom Workstation Groups Core Agent information
Scheduled Tasks IP, MAC address, Domain, and Subnet
History Operating System on each workstation
LDAP credentials Users and Roles
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About Product Loadins
Faronics Core implements basic management functionality. Its primary role is to serve as a
common platform for the management of other Faronics products. This is accomplished through
the installation of Product Loadins. A Product Loadin is a software library that adds new
product-specific functionality to Faronics Core.
Products that use Faronics Core consist of two main components: Product Loadin and workstation
component. The workstation component will be the actual product-specific features installed on
the workstation. The Product Loadin is installed on the Core Server and allows you to manage the
Product Loadins installed on the various workstations.
The system requirements for Faronics Core and its components is described in the following
section.
More Information
For more information about Faronics Core, refer to the latest user guide is available at
http://www.faronics.com/library.
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Requirements for Faronics Core
Core Console Requirements
Core Server Requirements
This section explains the requirements for the Core Console, Core Server, Core Database and the
remote workstations managed by Faronics Core.
The following system requirements must be met to successfully install Core Console:
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
• The console also requires Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft MMC 3.0
The following system requirements and hardware requirements must be met to successfully
install Core Server:
System Requirements
The following system requirements must be met to successfully install Core Server:
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
• Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 and Microsoft MMC 3.0
Hardware Requirements
The following hardware requirements must be met to successfully install Core Server:
•Minimum
— Pentium 4, 2.8 Ghz or equivalent
—2 GB RAM
— 80 GB available hard disk space
• Recommended
— Dual Core Pentium 2.4 Ghz or equivalent
—3 GB RAM
— 80 GB available hard disk space
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Core Database Requirements
The following system requirements must be met to successfully install Core Database:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 or
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 (all editions) or
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express is included with Faronics Core Console and is
perfectly acceptable for deployment sizes of 500 machines or less. Deployments of
500 to 1,000 machines can use the Express edition but may experience
performance issues. For deployments over 1,000 computers it is highly
recommended to use the Standard or Enterprise versions of SQL Server.
Workstation Requirements
The Core Agent can be installed on any computer running the following Microsoft Windows
operating systems:
•Windows 2000 SP4
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7
• 32- or 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
The Core Agent requires that Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), or greater, be installed.
On Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP 64-bit, the WMI Windows Installer
Provider is required but is not installed by default. To install this Windows
component, select the WMI Windows Installer Provider component found under
Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Management
and Monitoring Tools > Details.
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Advanced Features in Faronics Core
Scalability
Security
This section briefly explains the advanced features in Faronics Core.
Faronics Core is a highly scalable enterprise solution. By adding multiple Core Servers and Core
Databases, Faronics Core can be scaled both horizontally and vertically across the enterprise.
Faronics Core uses Windows Authentication and Microsoft Security Certificates to ensure secure
communication between:
• Core Console and Core Server
• Core Server and Workstations
• Core Server and Core Database
Reporting
Reporting is built into Faronics Core Console. As a result there is no application footprint
required for a separate reporting module and there is no impact on your SQL Server licensing.
More Information
For more information about the advanced features in Faronics Core, refer to the latest user guide
is available at http://www.faronics.com/library.
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Power Save
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Faronics Power Save delivers PC power management that does not interfere with user or IT needs.
Power Save keeps computers running when users need them, accurately determines when
computers are inactive so they can be powered down, and can prove its rapid
return-on-investment through network-wide power consumption and savings reports.
Power Save's non-disruptive PC power management analyzes CPU, disk, keyboard, mouse, and
network activity, as well as application status, before taking computer power management actions.
It is also available for both Windows and Mac computers. With an average savings of $50 per
computer per year for every computer deployed, Power Save is the ultimate PC power
management software solution for desktop and laptop computers.
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Requirements for Faronics Power Save
Prerequisites
System Requirements
This section explains the requirements for Faronics Power Save.
The Power Save Loadin requires Faronics Core. For more information about Faronics Core, refer
to the section Faronics Core.
Power Save on the workstation computer requires any of the following operating systems:
• Windows 2000 SP4 (32-bit)
• Windows XP SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit or 64 bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit or 64 bit)
It is highly recommended that all components be installed using a Windows Administrator
account.
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Resource Usage
This section explains the resources used by Faronics Power Save.
Footprint
Faronics Power Save and Faronics Core have the following footprint on the computer where Core
Console is installed:
Hard Disk ~ MB Memory ~ MB
Core Console 5 Core Agent 8
Custom Workstation Groups 20 Power Save Service 7
Power Save Icon (System Tray) 5
Power Save VNC Monitor 1
Total 25 Total 21
Communications
Communication between Core Server, Core Console, and the Core Agent is accomplished using the
SOAP protocol. One of the key benefits of SOAP is that it allows for communication between
applications running on different operating systems, with different technologies and
programming languages.
Bandwidth requirements are low since unnecessary network traffic is eliminated. For example, a
Faronics Power Save deployment using the default settings would generate:
• First day traffic of 2.5 KB between the console and the workstation
• Subsequent daily traffic of 0.3 KB with the same settings applied
More Information
For more information about Faronics Power Save, refer to the latest user guide is available at
http://www.faronics.com/library.
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