ViewSonic SD-T225, SD-T245 User Manual

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SD-T225/SD-T245 ViewSonic Device Manager Pro

User Guide

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Table of Contents

Copyright and Trademark Statements ............................................................................................ 1

Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 2

Acronyms and Abbreviations .......................................................................................................... 5

Convention Types ............................................................................................................................. 6

Global Declaration ............................................................................................................................ 6

Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 7

VDM Pro Smart Client Management Suite ...................................................................................... 7

VDM Pro Base Framework - Introduction ..................................................................................... 7

System Requirements ................................................................................................................. 8

Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................................... 9

VDM Pro Base Framework Installation ............................................................................................ 9

Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................................... 17

Getting Started ... .......................................................................................................................... 17

Start VDM Pro Service ............................................................................................................... 17

Stop VDM Pro Service ............................................................................................................... 17

Login VDM Pro Application ........................................................................................................ 17

Logout VDM Pro Application ...................................................................................................... 18

Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................................... 19

VDM Pro Welcome Dialog ............................................................................................................. 19

Quick Tips ................................................................................................................................. 19

Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................... 19

Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................................... 20

VDM Pro GUI Layout..................................................................................................................... 20

Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................................... 21

VDM Pro Configuration ................................................................................................................. 21

Discovery Configuration ............................................................................................................. 22

Messaging Window .................................................................................................................... 26

SSL Upload ............................................................................................................................... 27

VDM Pro Users .......................................................................................................................... 28

Language Selection ................................................................................................................... 32

Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................................... 33

VDM Pro Tools ... .......................................................................................................................... 33

VDM Pro Reports Framework .................................................................................................... 33

Retrieving VDM Pro Server Events ............................................................................................ 39

Downloading VDM Pro Logs ...................................................................................................... 41

Messaging Actions ..................................................................................................................... 42

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Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................................... 44

Device List Operation .................................................................................................................... 44

Node Management Group ......................................................................................................... 45

Device Options .......................................................................................................................... 45

Messaging Console Options ...................................................................................................... 45

Category Summaries ................................................................................................................. 46

IP Management Group .............................................................................................................. 47

Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................................... 49

About VDM Pro .. .......................................................................................................................... 49

View VDM Pro Information ......................................................................................................... 49

Generate Debug Report............................................................................................................. 50

Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................................... 51

Smart Client Management (SCX) .................................................................................................. 51

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 51

Hardware Requirement .............................................................................................................. 51

System Requirement for Installing SCX ..................................................................................... 52

Supported Operating Systems for Installing SCX ....................................................................... 52

Security ..................................................................................................................................... 52

Compatibility .............................................................................................................................. 52

Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................................... 53

Smart Client Management Configuration ....................................................................................... 53

Viewing Smart Client Management Page ................................................................................... 53

Group Management ................................................................................................................... 55

Firmware Manager ..................................................................................................................... 56

Quick Connection P olic y Manager ............................................................................................. 62

Connection Manager ................................................................................................................. 66

Managing Client Policies............................................................................................................ 70

Quick Connection ...................................................................................................................... 75

Connection Manager ................................................................................................................. 76

Client Setup ............................................................................................................................... 77

Password Setting ....................................................................................................................... 78

SCX Tools .......... .......................................................................................................................... 78

Power Control ............................................................................................................................ 78

VNC Connector ......................................................................................................................... 79

Send Message ........................................................................................................................... 80

Certificate Upload ...................................................................................................................... 80

Firmware Update ....................................................................................................................... 81

General Information ...................................................................................................................... 82

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Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................................... 84

Appendix ............ .......................................................................................................................... 84

Event Logs ................................................................................................................................ 84

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Acronyms an d Abbreviations

Acronyms

Abbreviations

CIM

Common Information Model

Domain Name

DNS

Domain Name Server

GUI

Graphical User Interface

Internet Protocol

KVM

Kernel-based Virtual Machine

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Operating System

PRN

Purchase Reference Number

SCX

Smart Client Management

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TLS

Transport Layer Security

VNC

Virtual Network Computing

WSMAN

Web Services for Management

VDM Pro

ViewSonic Device Manager Pro

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Convention Ty pes

Types

Usage

Text

Button Names, Text Boxes, Labels

Text

Hyperlink

“Text”

Cross Reference

Text

Code

Note

Remember

Mandatory field

Text

Refer

Global Declaration

Button

Usage

Cancel

Cancel the current process and return to the previous screen

Back

Go back to the previous screen

Exit from the current screen

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Chapter 1

VDM Pro Smart Client Managemen t Suite

VDM Pro Base Framewor k - Introduction

VDM Pro is an ViewSonic Device Manager Pro that provides centralized management of systems deployed in a network. Organized as a plug-in framework, VDM Pro provides device specific management features for individual plug-ins.

Following are the VDM Pro plug-ins: Smart Client Management (SCX) is a thin client management plugin for VDM Pro that provides

aggregated management of thin client devices equipped with ViewSonic thin client agents. SCX will provide remote manageability of the system.

VDM Pro uses industry standard protocols and completely provide remote manageability. VDM Pro provides a browser agnostic and intuitive web interface that allows an administrator to manage the devices by using any standard web browser. In addition, VDM Pro also supports CIM-XML, WSMAN and SSH for remote manageability.

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System Requirements

Minimum hardware and software requirements for installing VDM Pro are as follows:

Hardware Requirements

System Processor: 2 GHZ System Memory: 4 GB RAM Free Disk Space: 10 GB (May need more disk space depending on the nodes managed and

the amount of history information needed) Note: The minimum system requirements listed above can support up to 200 devices. The VDM Pro

software is capable of managing up to 10,000 clients and licenses.

Software requirements

Browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or later Google Chrome 5.0 or later

Operating System:

The details of VDM Pro installable OS are shown in a table below.

S.No

VDM Pro Installable OS

Windows 7 Enterprise – 32 bit

Windows 7 Enterprise – 64 bit

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard - 64 bit

Windows 7 Ultimate – 32 bit

Windows 2012 Server

Windows 8

Port requirements

VDM Pro requires ports 80/443 (http), 2121 (FTP), 50000 (Agent). Make sure no other application is

using these ports.

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Chapter 2

VDM Pro Base Framework Installati on

VDM Pro installation includes install and uninstall actions for Windows operating system.

For Windows

Installing VDM Pro

1. Uninstall the old version of VDM Pro, if available. This step is for clean installation.

2. Right click the VDM Pro.client-3.0-xxxxxx-win32-x86.exe and click Run as Administrator. An

Extracting window appears for displaying the progress stage and then VDM Pro Base

Framework Setup dialog box appears as displayed in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 1: Setup

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3. Click Next to continue. This action opens Destination Folder section in the same dialog box as

displayed in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 2: Destination Folder

4. Click Next to continue installation in the default folder, (Or) click Change to choose another folder.

By clicking Next button, the install options appear in the Setup dialog box.

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5. Click Install button to start the insta lla tion process. Click Back to review or change the installation

settings. Click Cancel to exit the wizard. A related screenshot is displayed below.

Figure 3: VDM Pro Installer Notification

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6. Installation process is started by clicking Install button. A related screenshot is shown below.

Figure 4: Installation Process

7. Click Finish to exit the Setup Wizard as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 5: Installation – Finish

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8. Once the installation is successfully completed, VDM Pro Installer dialog box appears to display

the successful installation.

Figure 6: Installation Complete

Uninstalling VDM Pro

Before uninstalling VDM Pro, the user has to follow the steps given below:

• Close all the instances of VDM Pro application and make sure that no files within the VDM Pro

installation folder are opened in the external editors.

• Stop the service from Start menu. Go to Start > All Programs > VDM Pro > VDM Pro > Stop

Service. This is required for making a clean un-installation. For more information on how to stop

the service, see “Stop VDM Pro Service”.

There are two ways to uninstall VDM Pro. They are as follows:

Uninstalling from Start Menu (Recommended)

1. In Window 7, go to Start > All Programs > VSC > VDM Pro > Uninstall folder to uninstall VDM Pro.

2. (OR) In Windows 8, enter uninstall VDM Pro in Search text box, and then click Uninstall VDM Pro appears in the screen to uninstall the VDM Pro.

3. Clicking Uninstall folder displays Uninstall VDM Pro and Uninstall VDM Pr o icons. A related screenshot is displayed below.

Figure 7: Unins tall

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4. Click Uninstall VDM Pro icon to start un-installation process only for VDM Pro. Base Framework will be available in the machine.

The installer will automatically uninstall only the client management suite without uninstalling

Base.

5. (Or) click Uninstall VDM Pro icon to start un-installation process for entire VDM Pro in the

machine and removes Client Management Suite too.

Wait until VDM Pro is uninstalled completely. The installer will automatically uninstall the client

management suite installed with the Base Framework installation.

6. A confirmation message box appears to confirm the un-installation. Click Yes to begin the

uninstall action. A related screenshot is displayed below.

Figure 8: Windows Installer

Uninstalling from Control Panel

1. Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.

2. Select VDM Pro Base Framework from the list and right click on it and select uninstall. This

starts the un-installation process for entire VDM Pro in the machine and removes Client Management Suite too.

Wait until VDM Pro is uninstalled completely. The installer will automatically uninstall the client

management suite installed with the Base Framework installation.

3. (OR), select VDM Pro and click Uninstall to start un-installation process only for Client

Management Suite. Base Framework will be available in the machine.

The installer will automatically uninstall the client management suite only without uninstalling the

Base framework.

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Configuring VDM Pro at the End of Installation

At the end of the installation process, an VDM Pro Configuration window appears as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 9: VDM Pro Configuration – Installation

The web server ports section displays the availability of default web server ports.

In HTTP Port, 80 is set as the default port during installation.

In HTTPS Port, 443 is set as the default port during installation.

1. Click Check Port Availability button to check the port availability before applying the settings.

2. Select the other options such as Restart Services and Launch Web UI as per the need. (This step is optional).

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3. Click Apply to save the entered settings successfully. VDM Pro Configuration dialog appears as shown in the subsequent screenshot. The Saving Configuration process may take a few minutes to complete. VDM Pro will get launched in a web browser, when Start Services and Launch UI Options are chosen.

Figure 10: VDM Pro Configuration

4. Click OK to complete the installation.

Configuring VDM Pro after Installation

VDM Pro configuration can be done anytime even after the installation.

1. Click Start > All Programs > VSC > VDM Pro > VDM Pro Configuration as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 11: Launch VDM Pro Configuration

2. Follow the steps given above in ‘‘Configuring VDM Pro at the end of installation’’.

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Chapter 3

Getting Started

To get started with the VDM Pro application, the user has to perform the following steps:

• Start the VDM Pro service from Start menu. For more information on how to start the service, see “Start VDM Pro Service”.

• Open a browser and type http://127.0.0.1/launch.html

in the address bar or double click icon

in the Windows desktop to open VDM Pro login page.

• Login the VDM Pro application by using default user name and password. For more information on how to log in, see “Login VDM Pro Application”.

Start VDM Pro Service

Before logging into the VDM Pro application, the user has to start the service if it is not automatically started.

For Windows:

Go to Start > All Programs > VSC > VDM Pro > Start VDM Pro Service. This opens the command prompt, where it displays all the background processes and waits until the command prompt disappears.

Stop VDM Pro Service

Before uninstalling the VD M Pro application, the user has to stop the services that are running.

For Windows:

Go to Start > All Programs > VSC > VDM Pro > Stop VDM Pro Service. This opens the command prompt, where it displays all the background processes. Wait until the command prompt disappears.

To log into the VDM Pro application, the user has to follow the steps given below:

1. Enter the name of the user in Name text box. The user name can be either in al phabets or in alpha numerals.

2. Enter the user password in Password text box. The default user name and password is shown below.

Field

Default

User Name

admin

Password

password

Default user name and password must be in lower-case characters. It is advised that once you

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The VDM Pro Users can create a new user name and password to login to the VDM Pro application. For more details, see “Configuring User”.

3. Click Log In to log in the VDM Pro application.

4. Enable Use LDAP Authentication checkbox to login using LDAP credentials that has been configured. If an LDAP setting is not configured, a warning message “The LDAP Server is not configured” will be displayed.

A sample Login screenshot is shown below.

Figure 12: Login

Logout VDM Pro Application

To logout of the VDM Pro application:

1. Click button on the top right corner of the VDM Pro application. A confirmation message is displayed.

2. Click Yes to log out of the VDM Pro application or click No to return to the previous screen.

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Chapter 4

VDM Pro Welcome Dialog

Once logged into VDM Pro, a Welcome Dialog appears as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 13: Welcome to VDM Pro

Quick Tips

The Welcome Dialog includes quick tips for the users. To view more tips, click Get another tip. To enable the Welcome Dialog at the startup of VDM Pro, select Show this dialog at startup. The Welcome dialog can be accessed by another way; click About > Show Welcome Dialog.

Shortcuts

To get started, the user has to set discovery ranges and create global users for the devices. The Welcome Dialog provides shortcuts to set discovery ranges, create global users and to add IP address or the type of manageability.

1. To add a new device by the IP address or the type of manageability, click Add new device or manageability. To know more about discovery ranges, refer “Device Options

”.

2. To set discovery ranges, click Add or edit discovery ranges. To know more about discovery ranges, refer “Discovery Configuration

”.

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Chapter 5

VDM Pro GUI Layout

The following screenshot explains the layout of VDM Pro:

Figure 14: VDM Pro Layout

Device Details Window

Breadcrumbs

Node Categories List

Top Banner

Base categories

Built-in Categories List

Logout Button

Database Usage Bar

General Menu Bar

Device List Tool Bar

Messaging System Window

Device Category Summary

Go Back Button

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Chapter 6

VDM Pro Configuration

VDM Pro facilitates the user with options for configuring an application for various features according to the user needs and identifies the attributes of the product to meet the requirements of an end user. This helps the user to manage a device easily and effectively.

Various feature configurations are as follows:

• Discovery Configuration

• DNS Configuration

• Messaging Window

• SSL Upload

• VDM Pro Users

• Language Selection

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Discovery Conf iguration

Scouts the network for manageable devices and presents in a web interface. The liveliness of the devices is also monitored and presented to the end user. Discovered devices are listed in the IP Management.

Discovery range is a range of IP address of devices available over intranet and internet. Range must be in the following format.

Example: Start End

192.168.1.1 192.168.1.255 So defining one range the user can discover maximum of 255 devices. To configure discovery range, follow the steps given below:

1. Login the VDM Pro application, a Welcome to VDM Pro page appears.

2. Click Open Discovery Settings button in the bottom left-hand side of the Welco me page to configure the discovery ranges. (Or) Click V DM Pro Options > Configuration > Discovery Configuration. Discovery Configuration tab is selected by default in VDM Pro Configuration screen as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 15: Discovery Configuration

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To Create/Delete Discovery Ranges by Start and End IP:

1. Click New Range button to create a new blank entry for providing the IP ranges as shown in the following screenshot.

Figure 16: Discovery Ranges – Start and End IP

2. Enter the IP address ranges in Start and End columns to discover the devices within the specified range to avoid unwanted device discovery.

3. Click Save to trigger the discovery process. A Confirmation message appears, click Yes to save the discovery settings successfully or click No to return to the previous screen.

4. Click Reload Discovery Settings, a Confirmation message appears. Click Yes to reload all the settings to the saved values or click No to return to the previous screen.

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5. Select a required discovery range and click Delete Range button to delete a discovery range.

Click Save to commit all changes. Entries are limited to 256 addresses.

To Create/Delete a Single IP:

1. Click New IP button to create a new blank entry as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 17: Create New IP

2. Enter the IP address in the IP field.

3. Click Save to trigger the discovery process. A Confirmation message appears, click Yes to save the discovery settings successfully or click No to return to the previous screen.

4. Click Reload Discovery Settings, a Confirmation message appears. Click Yes to reload all the settings to the saved values or click No to return to the previous screen.

5. Select a required IP address and click Delete IP button to delete an IP address.

Click Save to commit all changes. The single IP addresses may have also been added manually

or created with the Add Device function.

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To Create/Delete Discovery Ranges by IP and Subnet Prefix:

1. Click New IP/Prefix button to create a new blank entry as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 18: Create New IP/Prefix

2. Enter the starting IP address and Subnet Prefix in the Start IP and Subnet Prefix fields, respectively.

3. Click Save to trigger the discovery process. A Confirmation message appears, click Yes to save the discovery settings successfully or click No to return to the previous screen.

4. Click Reload Discovery Settings, a Confirmation message appears. Click Yes to reload all the settings to the saved values or click No to return to the previous screen.

5. Select a required entry and click Delete IP /Prefix button to delete a discovery range.

Click Save to commit all changes.

The discovered devices in the device tree are una uthenticated devices. To authenticate these devices, the user has to select the required unauthenticated devices and provide the corresponding user credentials to identify the devices as SCX Device.

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Messaging Window

Messaging Window provides information for various activities performed by the VDM Pro application. Whenever the user performs some activities like system login, system logout, device discovery and so on, a message will be displayed with the timestamp in the Messaging Window. The user can also configure the output window and optimize the messaging window size according to their needs.

1. Click VDM Pro Options > Configuration > Messaging Window to configure the messaging window as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 19: Messaging Window

2. Choose the size of the messaging window from the Messaging Window Size on Startup section.

3. Click Save button to save the settings for messaging window successfully.

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SSL Upload

SSL means Secure Socket Layer, which is a protocol used to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA) to identify one end or both end of the transactions. SSL encrypt the segments of network connections at the Application Layer to ensure secure end-to-end transit at the Transport Layer. SSL certificate is needed for secured communications over the networks.

VDM Pro supports only .cert and .key files to be part of SSL configuration. Other formats have not been tested.

To upload SSL certificate:

1. Click VDM Pro Options > SSL to upload the SSL certificate file as show n in the screenshot below .

Figure 20: Certificate Upload

2. Click Browse to select the SSL certificate file.

3. Click Upload to upload the SSL certificate file.

4. Once the SSL certificate file is uploaded, Key text box is enabled. Click Browse to select the SSL key. A related screenshot is displayed below.

Figure 21: Key Upload

5. Click Upload to upload the SSL key.

Uploading new certificate will terminate all existing web sessions. You have to login again after

uploading SSL certificate.

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VDM Pro Users

VDM Pro provides an option to the user for configuring and managing the users on a domain. User configuration includes

• Configuring User

To configure the user account, the user has to log into the application by providing the user credentials, the user can login and authenticate the credentials from anywhere in the network. This helps the administrators to manage many numbers of users on a domain.

Configuring User

VDM Pro provides an option to create their own credentials for logging the VDM Pro application apart from logging with default username and password. After configuring the user, the user can log into the application with the newly created user credentials.

Various actions performed on VDM Pro user configuration are as follows:

• Add New User

• Edit User

• Delete User

To add new user:

1. Click VDM Pro Options > VDM Pro Users > VDM Pro Users to configure the user as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 22: VDM Pro User Configuration

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2. Click Add New button to add the credentials as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 23: Add User

3. Enter the name of the user in Name text box.

4. Enter the user password in Password text box.

5. Enter the same user password in Confirm Password text box as in Password text box.

6. Select the privilege rights to be Administrator or User or Operator or KVM from the Privilege drop-down box.

7. Check the Enabled checkbox to identify the status of the user. If checkbox is not checked, it will give a message “The user has been disabled” while logging the VDM Pro application.

8. Click Save to save the new credentials successfully.

To edit user:

1. Click VDM Pro Options > VDM Pro Users > VDM Pro Users to edit the user credentials to avoid unwanted users from accessing the account.

2. Select the required user and click Edit butto n. An Edit User window is displayed. By default, Name text box is disabled.

3. Enter user password in Password and Confirm Password text boxes.

4. Select the privilege rights to be Administrator or User or Operator or KVM from the Privilege drop-down box.

5. Check the Enabled checkbox to identify the status of the user. If checkbox is not checked, it will throw a message “The user has been disabled” while logging the VDM Pro application.

6. Click Save to save the user credential changes successfully.

To delete user:

1. Click VDM Pro Options > VDM Pro Users> VDM Pro Users to delete any one of the required user.

2. Select the required user and click Delete button to delete the selected user successfully.

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Configuring LDAP

LDAP is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, which is an emerging industry standard protocol for accessing directory servers. LDAP server can authenticate the users as it supports authentication. Using LDAP in a local network, the user can configure LDAP Server information, where the data is transferred on a secured layer and authenticate the users from anywhere on the network.

1. Click VDM Pro Options > VDM Pro Users > LDAP Configuration to configure LDAP setti ngs as displayed in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 24: Basic LDAP Configuration

2. Enter the name of the host or IP address in the Host/IP Address t ext box. This could be the IP address of the LDAP server.

3. Enter the port address in the Port text box. Default port is 389.

4. Enter the domain name in the Bind DN text box.

5. Enter the password in the Bind Password text box.

6. Enter the base domain name under which the user accounts are located in the Base DN/Searchbase text box. This option is required for most account related operations.

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7. Select the type of directory to be either LDAP or Active Directory based on the LDAP server configuration on your network.

If LDAP directory type is selected, Bind Requires DN checkbox under Advanced settings will be

enabled (or) if Active Directory is selected, Bind Requires DN checkbox under Advanced settings will be disabled.

8. Click Advanced tab to configure LDAP settings as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 25: Adva nced LDAP Configuration

9. Select None or Use Start TLS or Use SSL from the Encrypted Transport button.

10. Check the Bind Requires DN checkbox to retrieve the domain name for the account used to bind if the username is not already in DN form.

11. Select an account format that indicates the form to which the account names are canonicalized from the Account Canonical Form drop-down list.

12. Enter the name of the account domain in the Account Domain Name text box.

13. Enter the short name of account domain in Acco unt Short D omain Name text box.

14. Enter the filter format to search for the accounts in the Account Filter Format text box.

15. Check the Allow Empty P assword checkbox to allow empty password during bind.

16. Check the Referrals checkbox to allow referrals.

17. Click Save to save the LDAP configuration successfully.

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Language Selection

VDM Pro supports localization for the list of languages. The GUI will take the local browser’s language by default. VDM Pro provides an option to change the language settings according to the needs of the user.

1. Click VDM Pro Options > Language, a Language selection w indow is displayed as show n in the screenshot below.

Figure 26: Language Selection

2. Choose either Automatically determine language button to determine the language as English (default language) automatically or Manually select language button to choose the language type manually from the drop-down list. Depending upon the language selection, the language name will be displayed in the Active Language.

While selecting Automatically determine language button, manually select language

drop-down list will be disabled.

3. Click Save to save the language settings successfully.

VDM Pro needs to be reloaded for the language selection to take effect.

Language

Language code

English

EN-US

Traditional Chinese

ZH-TW

Simplified Chinese

ZH-CN

French

Korean

Spanish

Portuguese

Russian

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Chapter 7

VDM Pro Tools

VDM Pro Reports Framework

Report Manager is a framework that allows users to create various type of reports based on the data available in the back end database. The reports include from simple computer information to a complex system statistics in a graph. Reports can be generated either in tabular data or in graphical format. It is a very useful tool provided as a part of VDM Pro, which provides data information for the user.

Report Manager provides a rich set of feature that allows the user to configure and export the report results to the report file. The report file supports various formats like HTML, XML, PDF and spreadsheet (CSV). The reports generated using Report Manager is independent of plug-ins. There are two types of reports. They are as follows.

• System Report - Generates pre-defined reports for the selected plug-ins. In addition, the user can select multiple reports and multiple result formats for g enerating the reports. At least one result format must be selected for generating the reports.

• User Report - Generates user-defined reports for the selected plug-ins. In addition, the user can select multiple reports and multiple result formats for g enerating the reports. At least one result format must be selected for generating the reports.

Following are the System Report features:

System Report

Feature

Description

Edit Report

Allows the user to edit the required system report and save as user

report.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select System Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required system reports from the Selection field

column.

• Select the required format for the selected system report.

• Click Save as button, Edit Report

page appears. Make

necessary changes in the field’s text boxes.

• Click Advance Filter button, Filter Settings window is displayed. Select the operator fr om the drop-down list and enter the value in the text box for the required fields.

• Click Add command button to display the values for the selected

fields in the text box and click the required operator buttons

(

) to filter the selected

fields.

• Click Clear to clear the data in the text box.

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• Click OK button to set the filter for the selected fields.

• Select the required field from the Add fields, and click to

include in the Selected fields

. If needed, the user can exclude

the required fields from the Selected fields by clicking .

• Click Save to user report t

o save the report as User Report

successfully.

Generate Report

Allows the user to generate the required system reports in the desired

formats.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select System Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required system reports from the Selection field

column.

• Select the required format for the selected system report.

• Click Generate button, Device Selection window appears.

Select the required tab and select the required device from the Selection field column.

• Click OK

to generate the reports. The generated reports are

viewed in Generated Report tab or click List > Result List.

• Select the required result from the Selection

field column and

click Preview to view the generated reports in the browser or clic k Download button to download the report in a particular location.

Delete

Generated Report

Allows the user to delete the generated reports.

Select the required report from the Selection

field column under

Generated Report tab and click Delete

to delete the selected system

reports successfully.

Schedule Report

Allows the user to schedule a selected system report from the list of

reports.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select System Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required system reports from the Selection field

column.

• Select the required format for the selected system report.

• Click Schedule > New Schedule, Schedule Report

page is

displayed. Make necessary changes in the field’s text boxes and click the required tabs ( ) to schedule

a report on daily or weekly or monthly or yearly basis.

• Click Set, a Choose Email Destinations… window is displayed. For more information, see “Choose Email Destinations...”.

• Choose the required Email from Add f ield column and click OK.

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An Email address will be automatically populated in the Email

text box.

• Click Next button, Device Selection window appears. Select the required device from the Selection field column.

• Click OK

to schedule the reports. The scheduled reports are

viewed under Scheduler tab or click Schedule > Schedule List.

Edit Scheduled

Report

Allows the user to make necessary changes in the scheduled system

reports.

• Click Scheduler tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select the required scheduled report from the Selection field

column and click Edit. An Edit Schedule

page is displayed.

Make necessary changes and click Next button. A Device

Selection

window appears. Select the required device from the

Selection field column.

• Click OK to save the changes successfull

y, and viewed under

Scheduler tab or click Schedule > Schedule List.

Delete

Scheduled Report

Allows the user to delete the unwanted scheduled system reports.

• Select the required schedule report from the Selection field column under Scheduler tab.

• Click Delete to delete the selected scheduled reports successfully.

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Following are the User Report features:

User Report Feature

Description

Add Report

Allows the user to add a new user report.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select User Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Click Add button, New Report page is displayed.

• Provide necessary details in the field’s text boxes and select the

required plug-ins from the Extension drop-down list.

• Click Advance Filter button, Filter Settings window is display ed. Make necessary filter settings for the fields.

• Click OK button to set the filter for the selected fields.

• Select the required field from the Add fields button, and click

to include in the Selected fields

. If needed, the user can

exclude the required fields from the Selected fields by clicking

• Click Next to add a report successfully.

Edit Report

Allows the user to make necessary changes in the required user reports.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select User Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required user reports from the Selection field column.

• Click Edit button, Edit Report page is displ

ayed. Make

necessary changes in the fields.

• Click Ad vance Filter

button to make the necessary changes in

the filter settings.

• Include or exclude the required fields by clicking and .

• Click Save to save the changes successfully.

Delete Report

Allows the user to delete the unwanted user reports.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select User Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required user reports from the Selection field column.

• Click Delete button, a Confirmation message appears. Click Yes

to delete the selected user reports successfully.

Generate Report

Allows the user to generate the required user reports in the desired

formats.

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• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select User Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required user reports from the Selection field column.

• Click Generate button, Device Selection

window appears.

Select the required tab and select the required devices from the

Selection field column.

• Click OK

to generate the reports. The generated reports are

viewed in Results tab or click List > Result List.

• Select the required user report from the Selection

field column

and click Preview to view the generated reports in the browser or click Download

button to download the report in a particular

location.

Schedule Report

Allows the user to schedule the required user reports.

• Click Report List tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select User Report from the Report Type drop-down list.

• Select the required plug-ins from the Extensions drop-down list.

• Select the required user reports from the Selection field column.

• Click Schedule > New Schedule, Schedule Report

page is

displayed. Make necessary changes in the field’s text boxes and click the required tabs ( ) to schedule

a report on daily or weekly or monthly or yearly basis.

• Click Next button, Device Selection window appears. Select the required device from the Selection field column.

• Click OK

to schedule the user reports. The scheduled user

reports are viewed under Scheduler tab or click

Schedule >

Schedule List.

Edit Scheduled

Report

Allows the user to make necessary changes for the scheduled user

reports.

• Click Scheduler tab from the VDM Pro Report Manager page.

• Select the required scheduled report from the Selection field

column and click Edit. An Edit Schedule

page is displayed.

Make necessary changes and click Next button. A Device

Selection

window appears. Select the required device from the

Selection field column.

• Click OK

to save the changes successfully, and viewed under

Scheduler tab or click Schedule > Schedule List.

Delete

Scheduled Report

Allows the user to delete the unwanted scheduled user reports.

• Select the required schedule report from the Selection field column under Scheduler tab and click Delete

to delete the

selected scheduled reports successfully.

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Click VDM Pro Tools > Launch Report Manager to launch report manager from VDM Pro as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 27: Report Manager

List of Reports

Top Banner

Menu Bar

Actions

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Retrieving VDM Pro S e rver Even ts

An event is any significant occurrence in the system or in a program that requires the users to be notified or an entry is added to a log. Therefore, event logs help the user to identify and diagnose the source of current system problems, predict potential system problems and records the activities performed by the VDM Pro Server.

VDM Pro has its own event logging mechanism that helps end user to identify the problems on the managed devices. VDM Pro does not log any events from the managed devices in this section.

List of possible events are available in the Appendix: Event Logs

To retrieve VDM Pro server events:

1. Click VDM Pro Tools > VDM Pro Event Log, an VDM Pro Server Events window is displayed as shown in the following screenshot.

Figure 28: VDM Pro Server Events

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Field Description

Fields

Description

Timestamp

Time at which the event is generated.

Node or IP

Represents the node or IP associated with the event.

Component

and Event Type

Represents the major component that logged the event, such as, Base,

HX, CX and DX. Represents the type of event that is logged in.

Event Data

Represents any extra data associated with an event. This may include

any additional text information that is specific to the ev ent, such as a use r name.

Severity

Measures the impact of the defect on the overall operation of the events.

They are Unknown, Good / Normal, Warning, Critical, Non Recoverable and Information.

Pagination Description

Icon

Description

Moves to the first page.

Moves to the previous page.

Moves to the next page.

Moves to the last page.

2. Click Set Filter… button, a Set Filter Options… window is displayed to set the filtering option for the event components.

a. Select All or required component to filter from the Component drop-down list. If the

component is selected, then the fields under Event Source and Cause will be enabled.

b. Select All or required reason and cause from Primary Reason, Secondary Reason and

Generic Cause drop-down lists. c. Select All or required severity for the event source from the Severity drop-down list. d. Click Set Filter to set the filter for the selected event source or click Clear Filter to clear the

set filter.

3. Click to select start date and click Retrieve by Date to retrieve a record date wise.

4. Click Retrieve All to retrieve all the records and the count is displayed in Total Records.

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Downloading VDM Pro Logs

In VDM Pro, the user can download the logs that contain Access log, Error log and VDM Pro log.

VDM Pro Logs

This VDM Pro core log file keeps track of VDM Pro core processing like database access, command execution, etc.

Access Log

This is an access log for httpd server, which records all the requests processed by the httpd server. The information’s stored in the access log can be used to analyze for producing useful statistics.

Error Log

This is an error log for httpd server, which is the most important log file and is the place, where Apache httpd will send diagnostic information and record any errors that encounter in processing the requests. It is the first place to look, w hen a problem occurs with the operation of the server or starting the server, because it contains details of what went wrong and how t o fix it. The format of an error log is relatively free form and descriptive. However, there is certain information that is contained in most of the error log entries. For example, here is a typical message.

[Fri Jan 22 10:43:02 2010] [notice] Parent: Created child process 2424 A wide variety of different messages can appear in the error log. Error log entries dealing with

particular requests have corresponding entries in the access log.

1. Click VDM Pro Tools > Download VDM Pro Logs, a window is displayed to download the logs.

2. Select a required location to download the logs and click Save to complete the download operation successfully.

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Messaging Ac tions

VDM Pro allows the user to perform the following messaging actions:

• Restart Messaging

• Stop Messaging

Restart Messaging

Restart Messaging action restarts the messaging system in the message console. During this action, the system will be reset that is clear the fault status and reset the timestamp retrieval to zero.

1. Click VDM Pro Tools > Restart Messaging as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 29: Restart Messaging

2. Check the Auto Scroll checkbox to scroll the messages displayed in the message console.

3. Click Clear Console Entries button to clear the message entries displayed in the message console.

4. Click Copy to clipboard button to copy the entries to clipboard.

5. Click Add/Edit Filter button to add or edit filters. This opens a M essaging C onsole wi ndow as shown in the screenshot.

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Figure 30: Messaging Console - Add/Edit Filter

6. Select the required filters from the grids Filt er by Source and Filter by Severity.

7. Click Close and Set Filter to save the selected filters and return to the previous page.

8. Click Clear Filter button to clear the filters to de fault.

Stop Messaging

Stop Messaging action stops displaying the numerous real time updates like adding new devices to the list, removing ignored devices, health status and connectivity status of the device and so on in the message console. To stop displaying the messages in the message console, click VDM Pro Too ls > Stop Messaging.

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Chapter 8

Device List Operation

In VDM Pro, various operations are performed on the device list. The device list includes the following:

• Node Management Groups - includes management devices

• IP Management Groups - includes list of discovered IPs

• Device Options - includes tooltip and button labels for the devices

• Messaging Console Options - includes the options to control messaging console

• Category Summaries – includes the statistical summary of the Nodes within each category.

A sample screenshot is shown below.

Figure 31: Device List Layout

A. Node Management Group, B. Device Options, C. Navigation Pane, D. IP Management Group, E. Node Distribution Status, F. Category Summary, G. Messaging Console Group

B C D

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Node Management Group

Node Management Group consists of Smart Client Management devices. On clicking any one of the managed devices in the Node Management Group, a list of node

manageable devices appears. To manage a device, select a manageable device. This opens Node Manageability page. For more

information on how to manage a selected device type, refer VDM Pro SCX.

Device Options

The user can perform the following device options:

Figure 32: Device Options

Command

Bar

Buttons

Pop-up

Description

Add New Device

Allows you to add node manageability by

selecting either an IP address to scan or from the list of supported types. To know more about adding a new device, refer Adding Node

by IP, Device or Manageability under VDM

Pro-Smart Client Management (SCX).

Open Discovery

Settings

Allows you to configure discovery ranges.

List Options

Allows you to enable or disable ,

1. Device summary tooltip

2. Button labels on command bar

Refresh the

Device List

Refreshes and reloads the device list.

Messaging Console Options

Messaging Console allows the user to control messaging actions. For information on how to use the options in messaging console, refer “Messaging Actions

”.

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Category Summaries

The Category Summaries shows a statistical breakdown of the nodes inside each category, including the total number of detected nodes, and the health status of the nodes.

The health status of the device is displayed in the following table.

Health

Icon

Health Status

Description

Good

Device’s overall health status is in good state.

Warning

Device’s overall health status is in warning state.

Critical

Device’s overall health status is in critical state.

Non- Recoverable

Device’s overall health status is in non-recovery state.

Status Pending

Device’s overall health status is in unknown state.

Offline

Device is offline.

Update

Device is undergoing upgrade process.

Click Select this Category from any one of nodes in the Category Summaries window, a Node List window appears as shown in the screenshot below.

The Node List window is highlighted in red, whereas the Node Manageability window is

highlighted in green.

Figure 33: Node List

From the Node List window, the user can check the health status of the devices. In addition, a tooltip appears where the user can view the status of the health icon by placing the cursor on an icon.

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IP Management Group

The IP Management group shows all the detected IP addresses and their detected protocols. Click IP Management grid, a Discovered IP List window appears as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 34: IP Management

Figure 35: Discovered IP list

The Discovered IP List shows the list of all discovered IPs with their supported manageability and authentication status. The list will be filled with new entries as they are discovered.

It may take several minutes for authentication to take place after an IP has been added.

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Use the controls below to launch Discovery settings, Authentication Manager, or change the Ignored status of an IP.

Button Options

Description

Allows the user to dispatch Wake-On-LAN command for the

selected IPs.

Adds an IP address to allow the server to discover the associated

devices.

Allows the user to set ignore state for the selected IPs.

Allows the user to undo the ignore state for the selected IPs.

IP Address

Indicates the list of available IP addresses.

Protocols such as

AMT, Windows OS

Indicates the detected protocols such as AMT, Windows OS, and

Linux OS that are currently installed.

Manageability

Status

Indicates the current manageability status of the IP. For a device to

be considered managed, at least one protocol must authenticate successfully. If any IPs are ignored, their status will be reflected here as well.

The manageability status of the detected IPs is displayed on the left-hand bottom side of the page.

Button Options

Description

Indicates the devices that support at least a single manageability.

Indicates the devices that cannot authenticate or support any

protocol.

Indicates the devices that are ignored.

Indicates the devices that are not licensed.

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Chapter 9

About VDM Pro

View VDM Pro Information

In About VDM Pro, details about the version information of VDM Pro GUI and Server components are provided.

Click About > VDM Pro Information. A screenshot is shown below.

Figure 36: VDM Pro Information

To copy the information to clipboard, click Copy to Clipboard.

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Generate Debug Report

To generate Debug report, click Generate Debug Report. This opens a Generate Debug Report dialog as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 37: Generate Debug Report

Select the required options from the dialog and click Generate Report to Clipboard to generate the debug report to a clipboard.

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Chapter 10

Smart Client Managemen t (S CX)

Introduction

Smart Client Management (SCX) is a thin client management extension for VDM Pro that provides aggregated management of thin client devices equipped with VDM Pro thin client agents. SCX will provide remote manageability of the system.

Following are the major features that are provided by SCX, in multiple phases:

• System Information - Provides hardware information of thin client device.

• Quick Connection- Provides basic connection setting for Citrix HDX, Mic rosoft R emoteFX, and

VMware.

• Client Setting – Provides advanced thin client device setting such as, connection, appearance, IP and keyboard.

• Password Setting- Provides password setting for administrator for the thin client device.

• Power Control - Allows the user to control power of the managed client.

• VNC Connector - KVM Viewer helps the users (mainly IT administrators) to remotely view or

manage a single thin client device.

• Send Message

• Remote FW Update - Users can update Firmware from remote for the selected client systems.

• Group management - Divides devices into various groups for different connection and general

settings.

If the user needs to manage the managed device through SCX, then VDM Pro thin client agent

should be enabled in the managed device.

Hardware Requirement

• Required in Managed Clients for being managed by SCX –

VDM Pro thin client agent should be shipped with the firmware (FW) of the device.

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System Requirement for Installing SCX

Minimum system requirements for the installing SCX are:

• System Processor - 2.0 GHz and above

• System Memory - Minimum 4 GB RAM

• Free Disk Space - 10GB (May need more disk space depending on the nodes managed and the

amount of history information needed)

Supported Operating Systems for Installing SCX

• Windows 2003

• Windows 2008

• Windows Vista

• Windows 7

• Windows 8

Security

SCX provides a secured way to manage the servers and other components in a data center or enterprise.

• HTTPS is used to secure the web interface

• ViewSonic propriety protocol is used to secure agent interface

• MD5-CHAP will be used for a secured authentication

Compatibility

The web interface of SCX is compatible with the following browsers:

• IE 6.0 and later

• Firefox 2.0 and later

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Chapter 11

Smart Client Management Configuration

Smart Client Management facilitates the user with options for configuring an application for various features according to the user needs and identifying the attributes of the product to meet the purpose of an end user. This helps the user to use an application easily and effectively.

Various feature configurations are as follows:

• Adding Single Device

• Managing Groups

• Managing Firmware

• Managing Connection Policies

• Managing Client Policies

• Configuring Connection Settings

• Configuring Client Settings

• Configuring Password Settings

Viewing Smart Client Management Page

To view Smart Client Management page, follow the steps given below:

1. After logging into VDM Pr o, click VDM Pro from the left-hand side of the Node Management

page as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 38: Main - Node Management Page

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2. This opens a Node Manageability window, as shown in the subsequent screenshot. Select the

required device(s) from the Node List and click Manage Smart Client from the Manageability

Types in selected Nodes grid.

Figure 39: Node Manageability

3. This opens Smart Client device window, as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 40: Smart Client Management Page

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Group Management

SCX allows the user to divide devices into various groups for different connections and general settings. The user can create a new group, edit an existing group, or delete a group. Follow the steps given below to manage groups.

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Group Management. A Group Management dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 41: Group Management

2. Click Create to add a group. This opens an Add Group dialog as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 42: Add Group

3. In Add Group dialog, under Step 1, enter the group name and description in the Group Name and Description text fields, respectively.

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4. In Step 2, select the required devices from the device list.

5. Select the type of device that needs to be listed from Any option Enter the device details in search bar and click Filter.

6. Click OK to save the entered details.

7. In the Group Management Page, the included devices will be displayed in the Included Devices list.

8. In the device list and click Edit to edit a selected group. An Add Group dialog is displayed as shown in the above screenshot.

9. Follow the steps mentioned above in order to edit a group.

10. In the Group Management Page, select a required group and click Delete to delete a group.

Firmware Manager

Administrators have a need to update Firmware in a thin client that they manage, when a new Firmware is available. Doing this operation on all mana ged systems w ithout any automation or remote capabilities is a difficult task. SCX simplifies this by providing options to remotely update Firmware of multiple client systems. SCX allows the user to upload a new firmware and manage firmware.

Follow the steps given below to manage Firmware.

Uploading Firmware

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Firmware Manager > Firmware Upload. A Firmware Management dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 43: Firmware Management

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2. Click Create to create a new firmware. A Firmware Upload dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 44: Firmware Upload

3. Enter the firmware descriptions in the Firmware Na me and Description text fields.

4. Click Upload to select a firmware from the local machine and upload a firmware.

5. Click Save to upload a firmware successfully.

6. In the Firmware Management dialog, select a required firmware and click Edit to edit a selected firmware’s details. An Edit Firmware Information dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 45: Edit Firmware Information

7. Enter the required firmware details in the Firmware Name and Description text fields.

8. Click Save to save the entered details.

9. In the Firmware Management dialog, select a required firmware and click Delete to delete a firmware.

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Deploying Firmware

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Firmware Manager > Firmware Update. A Firmware Update dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 46: Firmware Updat e

2. In the Firmware Update dialog, select Upload new firmware image to display option.

3. Enter the firmware descriptions in Fi rmware Na me and Description text fields.

4. Select Upload in order to select and upload a new firmware image.

5. Choose Select exist firmware image to update. This action enables the Step 1 Set Firmware Image options as shown in the subsequent screenshot. When you select “Normal”, all the “normal packages” will be shown on the list; when you select “Force Only”, only “force packages” will be presented.

Figure 47: Firmware Update - Set Firmware Image

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6. Click Next to move to the Choose the device step as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 48: Firmware Update - Choose the devices

7. In the Choose the device step, click By Filter tab. Select the required devices and click Add to Update List. The selected devices will be added to Update List.

8. Click the select devices from the Update List and click Remove All to remove the selected devices from the Update List.

9. In the Choose the device step, click By Group tab as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 49: Choose the devices - By Group

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10. Select the required group name from the Group List and select the required group devices. Click Add to Update List in order to add the selected devices to the Update List.

11. In order to create a group, click Create New group. Click Create to add a group. This opens an

Add Group dialog as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 50: Add Group

12. In Add Group dialog, under Step 1, enter the group name and description in the Group Name and Description text fields, respectively.

13. In Step 2, select the required devices from the device list.

14. Select the type of device that needs to be l isted from Any option Enter the device details in search bar and click Filter.

15. Click OK to save the entered details.

16. Click Next to move to the Schedule step as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 51: Schedule

17. Select Start Firmware update immediately in order to start the firmware update immediately.

18. Choose Select the date and time for schedule in order to select a particular date and time for the schedule to start.

19. Click Done in order to start the update process.

Retrieving Firmware Update History

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Firmware Manager > Firm ware History. A Firmware Update History dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 52: Firmware Update History

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2. Click Retrieve All to retrieve all archived events from firmware update. The Firmware Update

History dialog displays all the events from firmware update.

Quick Connection Policy Manager

Smart Client Management provides connection settings for HDX, RemoteFX and VMware. These connection settings include domain, user name, password, and server IP address. SCX allows the user to manage connection policies and deploy connections.

Follow the steps given below to manage connection policies.

Quick Connection Policy List

1. Click Plugins >Smart Client Management > Quick Connection Policy Manager > Quick Connection Policy List. A Widget Policy Management dialog is a displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 53: Widget Policy Management

2. In Widget Policy Management dialog, click New. A Save to Policy dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 54: Save to Policy

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3. Enter the required policy name and description in the Policy Name and Description, respectively.

4. Enter the required system details in the System option.

5. Select the required widgets in the Widget option.

6. Click Save to save the changes done.

Quick Connection Deployment

1. Click Plugins >Smart Client Management > Quick Connection Policy Manager > Quick Connection Deployment. A Quick Connection Deployment dialog is a displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 55: Quick Connection Deployment

2. Under Step 1 S et Quick Connection Setting, select Create New Policy and enter the policy name and details in the Policy Name and Description text fields, respectively.

3. Enter the system details in the System option.

4. Select the required widgets from the Widget option.

5. Click Next to move to Step 2 Choose the Device as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 56: Connection Deployment - Choose the device

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6. In Choose the devices step, click By Filter tab. Select the required devices and click Add To Update List option in order to add the devices to update list.

7. Select the required devices from the Update List and click Remove All to remove the devices from the Update List.

8. In Choose the devices step, click By Group tab as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 57: Choose the devices - By Group

9. In order to create a group, click Create New group. Clic k Create to add a group. This opens an Add Group dialog as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 58: Add Group

10. In Add Group dialog, under Step 1, enter the group name and description in the Group Name and Description text fields, respectively.

11. In Step 2, select the required devices from the device list.

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12. Select the type of device that needs to be l isted from Any option Enter the device details in search bar and click Filter.

13. Click OK to save the entered details.

14. In the Choose the devices step, select the required devices from the group devices list and click Add to Update List. The selected devices will be added to the Update List.

15. Click Next to move to the Step 3 Schedule as shown in subsequent screenshot.

Figure 59: Connection Deployment - Set Schedule

16. Select Start Firmware update immediately in order to start the firmware update immediately.

17. Choose Select the date and time for schedule in order to select a particular date and time for the schedule to start.

18. Click Done in order to start the update process.

Quick Connection Setting History

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Quick Connection Policy Manager > Quick Connection Setting History. A Quick Connection Setting History dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 75: Quick Connection Setting History

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2. Click Retrieve All to retrieve all archived events from firmware connection setting logs. The Quick

Connection Setting History dialog displays all the events from firmware connection setting logs.

Connection Manager

Smart Client Management provides advanced connection settings for RemoteFX, Citrix and VMware. These connection settings include login setting, server setting and local resource setting. SCX allows the user to manage connection and deploy connections.

Follow the steps given below to manage connection.

Connection List

1. Click Plugins >Smart Client Management > Connection Manager > Connection List. A Connection Policy Management dialog is a displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 60: Connection Policy Management

2. In Connection Policy Management dialog, click New. A Save to Policy dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 61: Save to Policy

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3. Enter the required policy name and description in the Policy Name and Description, respectively.

4. Click desired protocol and select Add to create a new policy.

5. Enter the required settings.

6. Click Create to create a new policy.

7. Click Save to save the policy.

Connection Deployment

1. Click Plugins >Smart Client Management > Connection Manager > Connection Deployment. A Quick Connection Deployment dialog is a displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 62: Quick Connection Deployment

2. Under Step 1 S et Quick Connection Setting, select Create New Policy and enter the policy name and details in the Policy Name and Description text fields, respectively.

3. Click desired protocol and select Add to create a new policy.

4. Enter the required settings.

5. Click Create to create a new policy.

6. Click Next to select the deployed devices.

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Figure 63: Connection Deployment - Choose the device

7. In Choose the devices step, click By Filter tab. Select the required devices and click Add To Update List option in order to add the devices to update list.

8. Select the required devices from the Update List and click Remove All to remove the devices from the Update List.

9. In Choose the devices step, click By Group tab as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 64: Choose the devices - By Group

10. In order to create a group, click Create New group. Click Create to add a group. This opens an Add Group dialog as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 65: Add Group

11. In Add Group dialog, under Step 1, enter the group name and description in the Group Name and Description text fields, respectively.

12. In Step 2, select the required devices from the device list.

13. Select the type of device that needs to be l isted from Any option Enter the device details in search bar and click Filter.

14. Click OK to save the entered details.

15. In the Choose the devices step, select the required devices from the group devices list and click Add to Update List. The selected devices will be added to the Update List.

16. Click Next to move to the Step 3 Schedule as shown in subsequent screenshot.

Figure 66: Connection Deployment - Set Schedule

17. Select Start Firmware update immediately in order to start the firmware update immediately.

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18. Choose Select the date and time for schedule in order to select a particular date and time for the schedule to start.

19. Click Done in order to start the update process.

Connection Setting History

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Connection Manager > Connection Setting History. A Connection Setting History dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 67: Connection Setting History

2. Click Retrieve All to retrieve all archived events from firmware connection setting logs. The Connection Setting History dialog displays all the events from firm connection setting logs.

Managing Client Policies

SCX allows the user to manage policies and deploy client connections. Follow the steps given below to manage client policies.

Managing Client Setting Policies

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Client Policy Manager > Client Policy List. A Client Setting Policy Management dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 68: Client Setting Policy Management

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2. Click New t o create a new policy. A Save to Policy dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 69: Save to Policy

3. In the Save to Policy dialog, enter the required policy name and details in the Policy Name and Description text fields, respectively.

Field

Description

Basic Setting

Options to enable quick connection after power on

Keyboard

Requires the user to select enable key repeat, show blinking,

model and layout settings.

Clock & Language

Requires the user to select the required multi-languages support

from local thin client UI. Requires the user to select the required

Time zone settings and

sync with internal NTP server options.

Display Power

Management

Requires the user to select the option to Turn on or off monitor

(after ‘n’ minutes).

Volume

Requires the user to adjust the volume output of the system.

IP Setting

Requires the user to select the required DHCP or static IP (IP,

network mask, gateway & DNS)

Firmware Update Setting

Requires the user to select firmware location.

4. Click Basic Setting, Appearance, Keyboard, Clock & Language, IP Setting and Firmware Update tabs and select the required options.

5. Click Save to save the details successfully.

6. In the Client Setting Policy Management dialog, select a required policy and click Edit to edit a policy as similar to create new policy.

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7. In the Client Setting Policy Management dialog, select a required policy and click Delete to delete a policy.

Deployment Client Connections

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Client Policy Manager > Client Deployment. A Client Deployment dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 70: Client Deployment

2. Select Create New Policy and enter the required policy name and description in the Policy Name and Description test fields, respectively.

3. Select the required options in the tabs namely Basic Setting, Appearance, Keyboard, Clock & Language, IP Setting, and Firmware Update.

4. Select Selected exist policy in order to use an existing policy.

5. Click Next to move to Step 2 Choose the device as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 71: Client Deployment - Choose the devices

6. In the Choose the device step, click By Filter tab. Select the required devices and click Add to Update List. The selected devices will be added to Update List.

7. Click the select devices from the Update List and click Remove All to remove the selected devices from the Update List.

8. In the Choose the device step, click By Group tab as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 72: Choose the devices - By Group

9. Select the required group name from the Group List and select the required group devices. Click Add to Update List in order to add the selected devices to the Update List.

10. In order to create a group, click Create New group. Click Create to add a group. This opens an Add Group dialog as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 73: Add Group

11. In Add Group dialog, under Step 1, enter the group name and description in the Group Name and Description text fields, respectively.

12. In Step 2, select the required devices from the device list.

13. Select the type of device that needs to be l isted from Any option Enter the device details in search bar and click Filter.

14. Click OK to save the entered details.

15. .Click Next to move to the Schedule step as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 74: Schedule

16. Select Start Firmware update immediately in order to start the firmware update immediately.

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17. Choose Select the date and time for schedule in order to select a particular date and time for the schedule to start.

18. Click Done in order to start the update process.

Client Setting History

1. Click Plugins > Smart Client Management > Cli ent Policy Manager > Client Setting History. A Connection Setting History dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screen.

Figure 75: Connection Setting History

2. Click Retrieve All to retrieve all archived events from firmware connection setting logs. The Client Setting History dialog displays all the events from firmware connection setting logs.

Quick Connection

Smart Client Management provides connection settin gs for HDX, RemoteFX and VMware. These connection settings include domain, user name, password, and server IP address. SCX allows the user to configure connection settings for the selected devices.

Follow the steps given below to configure connection settings.

1. Click Configuration > Quick Connection. A Connection Configuration page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 76: Connection Configuration

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2. Select the required protocol options for the system in Supported Protocol settings option.

3. Entered the required information.

4. Select the required options in the Widget settings option.

5. Click Save to save the required settings.

6. Click Save to Policy to save the connection settings to a policy.

Connection Manager

Smart Client Management provides Desktop Connection Setting for the selected devices. User can configure the settings for each protocol.

Follow the steps given below to configure Connection Manager:

1. Click Configuration > Client Setting > Connection Manager to configure Connection Manager in client settings. A Connection Manager page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 77: Connection Manager

2. Select a required protocol and click Add to add a new setting for that proto col. Connection settings for that protocol appear as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 78: Protocol – New

3. Type the required details in the respective text boxes for the respective protocol and click Save.

4. Select the required connection and click Edit to the particular connection.

5. Type the required details and click Save.

6. Select the required connection and click Delete to delete a particular connection.

Client Setup

Follow the steps given below to configure Connection Manager:

1. Click Configuration > Client Setting > Client Setup to conf igure client settings. A Client Setup page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 79: Client Setup

2. Select the required client options from the tabs namely Basic Setting, Appearance, Keyboard, Clock & Language, IP Setting and Firmware Update.

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3. Click Save to save the settings.

4. Click Save to Policy in order to save the client connections to a policy.

Password Setting

SCX allows the user to change the admin password for local thin client configuration. Follow the steps given below to change the password for a selected device.

1. Click Configuration > Password Setting. A Password Setting page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 80: Password Setting

2. Enter the new password for the selected device in New Password text field.

3. Enter the new password again in the Confirm Password text field.

4. Click Save to save the new password.

SCX Tools

SCX provides various other features namely power control, VNC connector, send message, certificate upload and firmware update.

Power Control

Power Control feature allows the user to control the power of managed systems using SCX agent interface from anywhere in the network. The user will also be able to power on (through WOL), power off, reset, issue power cycle reset operations on the managed systems. This feature allows the user to save energy by turning off the systems when they are not used and turning the systems on when they are about to be used.

Follow the steps given below to issue power related commands.

1. Click Tools > Node Power, a Power Control page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 81: Power Control

2. Select the required commands namely Wake on LAN, Reboot and Power Off from the command option.

3. Select the required commands namely Wake on LAN, Reboot and Power Off from the Set all Actions to: option.

4. Click Issue Commands to issue commands for the selected commands.

VNC Connector

It is a very effective feature, if a device has the ability to control and use a remotely managed system using a local keyboard, video and mouse. This allows the administrator to perform any management activities without having to be physically present close to the system. SCX uses KVM redirection feature provided by a thin client built-in VNC server to provide remote acc ess to all managed syste ms. Follow the steps given below to connect through VNC connector.

1. Click Tools > VNC Connector, a VNC Connector page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 82: VNC Connector

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2. The VNC Connector page displays another device that is remotely connected through SCX.

3. Click Disconnect in order to disconnect the ongoing remote connection.

Send Message

SCX allows the user to send a message to a particular device. Follow the steps given below to send a message.

1. Click Tools > Send Message, a Send Message page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 83: Send Message

2. Enter the required input message that the user wants to send in the Please input message text field.

3. Select the required time needed for a time out in the Time out option.

4. Click Send to send the entered message.

Certificate Upload

Follow the steps given below to upload or delete a certificate.

1. Click Tools > Certificate Upload, a Certificate Upload page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 84: Certificate Upload

2. Click Add to upload a new certificate from a local system to selected device.

3. Select a required certificate and click Deploy to deploy the selected certificate.

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4. Click a particular certificate and click Delete to delete the selected certificate.

Firmware Update

Administrators have a need to update Firmware in a thin client that they manage, when a new Firmware is available. Doing this operation on all managed systems without any automation or remote capabilities is a difficult task. SCX simplifies this by providing options to remotely update Firmware of multiple client systems. Follow the steps given below to upload or delete a firmware image.

1. Click Tools > Firmware Update, a Firmware Update page is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 85: Firmware Updat e

2. Select the required filter in the Filter option. Click Create, a Firmware Upload dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 86: Firmware Upload

3. In Firmware Upload dialog, enter the firmware name and details in the Firmware and Description text fields, respectively.

4. Click Upload to select a firmware image from the local system and upload a new firmware image.

5. Click Save to upload the firmware image successfully.

6. In the Firmware Update page, select a firmware from the firmware list and click Edit. An Edit Firmware Information dialog is displayed as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

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Figure 87: Edit Firmware Information

7. Enter the firmware name and description in the Firmware Name and Description text fields, respectively.

8. Click Save to save the firmware information.

9. Select a required firmware from the firmware list and click Delete to delete the selected firmware image.

10. Click Update to update the changes made so far.

General Information

In SCX, the user can get general information of the selected devices. A detailed description of the Smart Client device is given below.

Click Information > Smart Client Summary to launch the Smart Client Summary page as shown in the subsequent screenshot.

Figure 88: Smart Client Summary

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The Smart Client Summary shows the following information:

Field

Information

Hardware

Information

• CPU Model

• Total RAM Size

• Free RAM Size

• Disk Size

• Resolution

• Platform Model

Firmware

Information

• Firmware Version

• Agent Revision

• Kernel Build Version

• Kernel version

• Xloader Build Version

• Uboot Build Version

• Uboot version

• Citrix Receiver Version

• VMWare View Client Version

• Free RDP Version

• SPECClient Version

• vWorkspace Connector Version

Overall Status

Displays the overall health status of the selected device

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Chapter 12

Appendix

Event Logs

For Base Framework

In VDM Pro Event Logs, Event Source, Cause and Severity are explained below.

Event Source

Event source is created by a combination of defined reason codes and reason sub codes. Reason codes are the parameters monitored by each plug-ins and reason sub codes are a special parameter of a particular reason code.

Reason Codes

Description

General

When the user does any configurations, an event will be

logged.

User

When the user wants to con figure user account, a n event w ill be

logged.

Security

When the user wants to configure the application settings for

security purpose, an event will be logged.

Reason Sub

Codes

Description

Discovery Range

When the user wants to discover the devices, provide a discovery

range. At that point, an event will be logged.

Firmware Upgrade

When a firmware is upgraded to a higher version, that activity will

be logged as an event.

User Account

When a user creates a user account for logging into the

application with his user name and password other than the default credentials, an event will be logged.

When a user logs into the application, an event will be logged.

When a user provides incorrect credentials during login, an event

will be logged.

Logout

When a user logs out of the application, an event will be logged.

Session Expired

When the session is expired, an event will be logged.

SSL

When a new SSL certificate is uploaded, an event will be logged.

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Cause Codes

Cause codes are not specific to any plug-in, and provide a generic descriptive cause for an event.

Cause

Code

Description

Start

When an application is started, this cause will be logged.

Stop

When an application is stopped, this cause will be logged.

Pause

When an application waits for few seconds, this cause will be logged.

Resume

When an application gets started from the pause state, this cause will be

logged.

Threshold

Whenever a health of a device is in warning or critical state, this cause will

be logged.

Open

When an application is opened, this cause will be logged.

When an application is closed, this cause will be logged.

Modified

When there is a change in Power status or health threshold for the devices,

this cause will be logged.

Running / In

Progress

When an application or process is in run state, this cause will be logged. Complete

Whenever an action is completed, this cause will be logged.

Failed

When the devices go to the off state, this cause will be logged.

Succeeded

When an application is logged successfully, this cause will be logged.

Added

When a device is added in a device tree, this cause will be logged.

Removed

When the user wants the unwanted device to be removed from the device

tree, this cause will be logged.

Ignored

When the user wants the unwanted device to be ignored from the device

tree, this cause will be logged.

Restarted

When the service is restarted, this cause will be logged.

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Severity

Severity is not specific to any plug-in, and provides a generic descriptive cause for an event.

Severity

Description

Unknown

When the health status of the device is not known, this severity will be

logged.

Good / Normal

When the health status of the device is good or normal, this severity will be

logged.

Warning

When the health status of the device meets the warning threshold, this

severity will be logged.

Critical

When the health status of the device is in critical state, this severity will be

logged.

Non

Recoverable

When the health status of the device cannot be recovered, this severity will

be logged.

Information

Information other than health status of the device will be logged as severity.

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