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ASWM Enterprise

System Web-based Management

 

User Manual

Summary of Contents for ASWM Enterprise

Page 1: ...ASWM Enterprise System Web based Management User Manual ...

Page 2: ...r any damages including loss of profits loss of information interruption of business personal injury and or any damage or consequential damage without limitation incurred before during or after the use of our products E8735 Durian Edition V1 00 Oct 2013 ...

Page 3: ...deploying the ASWM Enterpise agents 2 8 2 1 3 Discover Clients with preload service ThinClient mode 2 10 2 1 4 Manually Install the ASWM Enterprise Linux Agent 2 12 2 2 Removing ASWM Enterprise agent 2 13 2 2 1 Scanning the self ASWM main server 2 13 2 2 2 Automatically scanning the Active Directory 2 16 Main Server Functions 3 1 3 1 Monitor 3 2 3 2 Account Management 3 5 3 2 1 Current Login Accou...

Page 4: ...r 3 25 Client Monitor Information 4 1 4 1 Monitor Overview 4 2 4 2 HW Sensor 4 4 4 2 1 Setting thresholds 4 5 4 2 2 Hardware sensor tabs 4 6 4 3 Inventory 4 9 4 3 1 Disk Info 4 9 4 3 2 Device Manager 4 11 4 4 Event Log 4 12 4 5 Utilization 4 15 4 5 1 Partition 4 15 4 5 2 CPU 4 15 4 5 3 Memory 4 16 4 5 4 Network 4 16 4 6 Software 4 17 4 6 1 Application 4 17 4 6 2 Service 4 17 4 6 3 Process 4 18 4 6...

Page 5: ...8 4 10 2 Network 4 29 4 10 3 Notification 4 30 4 11 Remote Control 4 32 4 12 ThinClient features 4 33 4 12 1 EWF Enhanced Write Filter 4 34 Reference information A 1 A 1 Glossary A 2 A 2 Agent Function Comparison Table A 3 ASUS contact information 1 ...

Page 6: ...ndows Chapter 2 Deployment Management This chapter describes how to deploy ASWM Enterprise agents and remove agents manually or from the Active Directory Chapter 3 Main Server Functions This chapter describes the Main Server Functions including Monitor Account Management Deployment Management Remote Control and Server Configuration Chapter 4 Client Monitor Information This chapter describes the cl...

Page 7: ... to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to complete a task IMPORTANT Instructions that you MUST follow to complete a task NOTE Tips and information to aid in completing a task Reference Visit the ASUS websites worldwide that provide updated information for all ASUS hardware and software products Refer to the ASUS contact information for details ...

Page 8: ...ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter provides an overview of ASWM Enterprise and how to install or uninstall it under Windows ...

Page 9: ...erface UI The data collected by the agent which are essential for the continuous monitoring operations performed by ASWM Enterprise are displayed in the UI In the monitoring process the agent basically keeps track of the hardware and software status of the system The agent has sensors that monitor fan rotation speeds in RPM working voltages motherboard and CPU temperatures and the backplane if pre...

Page 10: ...ndows Server 2003 32 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Windows Server 2012 64bit Agent Support Operating System Windows Operating System Windows Server 2012 64bit Windows 832 64bit Windows 732 64bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit Windows Server 2008 32 64 bit Windows Server 2003 32 64 bit Linux Operating System RHEL 6 4 32 64bit RHEL 6 3 32 64bit CentOS 6 4 32 64bit...

Page 11: ...Requirements Windows x86 or x64 64 bit mode support for IE only 1 6 gigaherts GHz or higher processor with 512 MB of RAM The ASWM Enterprise web pages are fully compatible with W3C HTML 4 0 DOM standard The web browsers with Microsoft Silverlight support can work with ASWM Enterprise ...

Page 12: ...y Deployment by Active Directory Time zone setting must be the same For Windows Server 2008 or above Ensure to add the following Features Roles Features NET Framework 3 5 1 Roles Web Server IIS Role Services under WebServer IIS A Common Http Features and all sub items have to be selected B IIS 6 Management Compatibility and all sub items have to be selected C Application Development ASP NET NET Ex...

Page 13: ...tall ASWM Enterprise in Windows 1 Insert the support DVD into the optical drive and click ASWM Enterprise 3 Click Next to start installation 1 2 2 Installing ASWM Enterprise 2 The ASWM Enterprise Setup program wizard appears Click Next to continue Ensure that your system meets the requirements metioned in the previous page ...

Page 14: ...b based Management Enterprise 4 The system is installing ASWM Enterprise 5 The system is checking the installation requirements Click Next to continue 6 Select an Authentication type and click Connection Test to proceed ...

Page 15: ...1 8 Chapter 1 Getting started 7 After passing the Connection Test click OK and Next to continue 8 When the installation completes click Close to exit the wizard ...

Page 16: ...t Enterprise 1 3 Uninstalling ASWM Enterprise 1 3 1 Uninstalling from Windows To uninstall ASWM Enterprise from a Windows platform 1 Click Start All Programs ASWM Enterprise Uninstall 2 The system automatically uninstalls ASWM Enterprise ...

Page 17: ...1 10 Chapter 1 Getting started For Windows 2012 ...

Page 18: ...rise website http HostName IP aswment through the web browser 2 Click Enter 3 Enter your Name and Password Click Login to enter ASWM Enterprise The default login name Administrator password aswm Note that the login name and password are case sensitive Refer to Account Management if you would like to change the password In additional to Administrator You can also login as a User Note that users hav...

Page 19: ...wed to use the Advanced Search function Utilization is read only You cannot customize the threshold You can check the information of the installed software but Service of starting restarting or stopping the selected service is unavailable Ending process is also unavailable Remote Control is dimmed and unavailable Deleting SEL information on BMC is not allowed BIOS Flash is read only You cannot fla...

Page 20: ...deployment management centralized management and server configuration Refer to later chapters for details 3 Login information This area displays the login ID Different login users have different level of controlling ASWM Enterprise Click LogOut to exit ASWM Enterprise 4 Group List The Group List shows the existing groups It is more convenient for administrator to manage a large number of computers...

Page 21: ...ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise Chapter 2 Deployment management This chapter describes how to deploy ASWM Enterprise agents and remove agents through AD or manually ...

Page 22: ...irement NET Framework 3 5 Requires ASUS Management IPMI Driver for all models with BMC device on Windows 7 32 64bit Firewall Setting Allow Windows Management Instrumentation WMI Allow File And Printer Share Allow ICMP Packet Response Add Outbound Rules UDP Port ranging from 50000 50100 if Power control is carried out through remote BMC 2 1 1 Automatically scanning the active directory To deploy ne...

Page 23: ...2 3 ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise 2 Click Deploy New ASWM Enterprise Agent 3 The wizard will guide you through the deployment process Click Start to continue ...

Page 24: ...e Directory and click Next to continue The system will automatically scan the directory for agents 5 Select a Domain and click Scan to start scanning Click Enable Group and select a desired group to downsize the scanning range Doing so shortens the time for agent deployment ...

Page 25: ...2 5 ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise 6 Enter the Name and Passowrd to login as the AD Administrator 7 The system starts scanning ...

Page 26: ...ted as Not Support Double check the followings If it is a supported model Refer to the beginning of the section for details If it has installed NET 3 5 If it has installed ASWM Enterprise Agent If old ASWM version existed Click Select all Support computers if you want to deploy agents on all Support Computers Click Add to ASWM Group if you would like to catergorize the selected computers to differ...

Page 27: ...2 7 ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise 9 The deployment starts ...

Page 28: ...2 1 2 Manually deploying the ASWM Enterpise agents To deploy new agents 1 Click Deployment Management on the left 2 Click Deploy New ASWM Enterprise Agent 3 The wizard will guide you through the deployment process Click Start to continue ...

Page 29: ...t to continue 5 Click Add Target PC You can add the target PC through IP Address or Host Name Fill in the required fileds and click Scan 6 Follow the instructions in the previous section to install the agent when the scanning result is shown You can also click the Import button to import a deploy table manually ...

Page 30: ... the same network for multiple client deployment via the ASWM Enterprise Ensure that the ThinClient has boot up and connected to the same network with the Main Server 1 Select Discover Clients with preload service ThinClient mode and click Next to search for the ThinClient in the network 2 The clients are classified into Support and Not Support in SupportStatus field ...

Page 31: ... ASUS ASWM Enterprise agent Please remove it and re install the agent 3 Click Discovery to search again Set the firewall in the Main Server properly since the Discovery function will send broadcast packet through the Main Server 4 Under the Install column select the Thin Client and click Start to install the agent 5 Wait until the installation process is completed ...

Page 32: ...l software Requires OpenIPMI driver Requires ASMB Ensure that your system environment meets the above requriements and the client is connected to the main server before installing ASWM Enterprise Linux Client Agent To install the ASWM Enterprise Linux Agent manually Use the root account to login Linux Unzip the file tar zxvf ASWMLinuxAgent XXX tar gz Type install sh Choose the directory that you w...

Page 33: ...WM Enterprise agent You are allowed to remove the ASWM Enterprise agents from the main server or in Active Directory 2 2 1 Scanning the self ASWM main server To remove the existing agents 1 Click Deployment Management on the left 2 Click Remove ASWM Enterprise Agent ...

Page 34: ...loyment Management 3 The wizard will guide you through the uninstallation process Click Start to continue 4 Click Scan the self ASWM Enterprise Main Server and click Next to continue The system will scan the main server ...

Page 35: ...agent uninstallation and click Start 6 The server automatically removes the agents on the selected computers When done it shows Success Click Finish to finish the process You can easily select all computers all offline computers or all online computers with the checkboxes on the bottom ...

Page 36: ...rectory To remove the existing agents 1 Repeat the step 1 3 in the previous section 2 Click Automatically Scan the Active Directory and click Next to continue The system will scan the Active Directory 3 All the computers in Active Directory are shown here grouped by Support Status ...

Page 37: ... Management Enterprise 4 Select the desired computers for agent uninstallation and click Start 5 The server automatically removes the agents on the selected computers When done it shows Success Click Finish to finish the process ...

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Page 39: ... based Management Enterprise Chapter 3 Main Server Functions This chapter describes the Main Server Functions including Monitor Account Management Deployment Management Centralized Management and Server Configuration ...

Page 40: ...omputers You are also allowed to shut down restart or start the selected computers To see the monitor overview 1 Click Monitor on the left 2 Select a desired group from the Group List The group clearly shows the information of Client Counts Connection Health and Utilization status Red Critical Yellow Warning Green Normal ...

Page 41: ...as shown including Connection status Model Name Alias Name Operating system BMC WebGUI status Health status The crossed out BMC card means that the BMC is not installed in that computer If the status of BMC WebGUI shows NO the WebGUI is inaccessible When you click BMC WebGUI a pop up window appears Ensure that your web browser does not block the pop up window ...

Page 42: ... You can select Maintain Mode to enable or disable the Maintain Mode function PowerON is available only when the selected computer appears Offline and you have installed ASMB card on that computer or on our Thin Client product which has Wake On LAN function You can also power off or restart the selected computer after entering Monitor Click to power off or restart the computer ...

Page 43: ... unavailable 3 2 1 Current Login Account Click Account Management on the left to display the Login Account Account and Role Privilege tab than click Login Account tab to display current Login Account If you select Maintain Mode the connection status between Thin Client and other servers will be recorded in Agent Connection Report and Event Log only and will not trigger Agent Connection Event Notif...

Page 44: ...ogin Account Account and Role Privilege tab than click Account tab to display Account Role and Account Role members of the account information Editing the Login Account Click Edit Account to edit the login account Click Save when done The Account E Mail shows in the Email Settings of Client Configuration ...

Page 45: ...pecify the Account Role for this Account The Administrator also can check uncheck Account to enable or disable the Account 3 2 3 Role privilege Click Role Privilege tab to display every role owns right of every model s function a check mark indicate enable Administrator also can Add or modify the Role s right check unckeck the role s right of there s function ...

Page 46: ...8 Chapter 3 Main Server Functions 3 3 Deployment Management You can deploy ASWM Enterprise agents and remove agents through AD or manually Refer to Chapter 2 for details Click Add New Role shows as below ...

Page 47: ...ite and show the latest BIOS version in LaestVersion field User can use check box to Select all models which are online and can be update Select all models which are online and can be update then TurnOnLED LocatorLED light and Reboot Locator LED can only be controled on the Model with BMC The Live Update function of BIOS Flash automatically detects the latest BIOS in ASUS support site The new BIOS...

Page 48: ...ver Functions 2 Click Upadte BIOS button to start BIOS Flash and show all models progress 3 4 2 Remote Control Centralized Management 1 Click Centralized Management on the left and select Remote Control Centralized Management ...

Page 49: ...nt Enterprise 2 This show will follow the group under each Group based information 3 Click Connect button can remote control the model You have to enable the Remote Desktop on your client computer before using the remote control function ...

Page 50: ... 1 Click Centralized Management on the left and select Power Control Centralized Management 2 You can simultaneously turn on multiple Models for Maintain Mode or Power Control 3 Click Start to enable disable Maintain Mode or Power Control and show the progress status of all models ...

Page 51: ...multiple Thin Clients in a single page The EWF centralized management allows you to enable or disable the EWF feature to all the disks in selected Thin Clients When enabled you can select to enable or disable the HORM Hibernate Once Resume Many function Click Start to start the EWF changes in selected clients When you select the group only the Thin Clients with EWF support will be displayed For mo...

Page 52: ...3 14 Chapter 3 Main Server Functions The EWF status displays as follows The Thin Client might restart several times during EWF configuration ...

Page 53: ...o dispatch one software to several clients 1 Select software list create in software pool and the target clients 2 Set the dispatch time or tick Dispatch Now to dispatch immediately Refer to section 3 6 7 Software Pool to create a software pool 3 Click Add Software Dispatch Task to start the task The software dispatch status is displayed ...

Page 54: ...tions 3 5 Report Management This function allows you to configure report management 3 5 1 Asset Report Management To configure asset report management 1 View the Asset Tag Serial Number Processor Memory Disk RAID and NIC Information ...

Page 55: ...ick the Option button to select the field that you want to show in the table 3 5 2 Software Dispatch Report Management To configure the software dispatch report management 1 From the dropdown list select the dispatch task name to view the dispatch status ...

Page 56: ...spatch information you want to view Click Export Report to export the current fields in csv format 3 5 3 Agent Connection Report Management The Agent Connection Report lists the server s start and shutdown time and whether the client is in Maintain Mode Use the Filter function to list the continuous report after the specified date ...

Page 57: ...ecurity etc 3 6 1 SMTP Server To set up the SMTP server 1 Setting up the correct SMTP server information if you would like to send the notification through Email Click Edit SMTP Setting to fill in the fields 2 Click Send Test E Mail and enter a receiver s E Mail to see if the SMTP server has been successfully set up If so click Save to save the configuration ...

Page 58: ... Examples of ACL settings 1 If you want to permit Class C IP addresses 192 168 0 0 192 168 0 255 Rules Permit IP 192 168 0 0 Wildcard Mask 0 0 0 255 Deny IP 0 0 0 0 Wildcard Mask 255 255 255 255 2 If you want to permit IP 192 168 0 200 only Rules Permit IP 192 168 0 200 Wildcard Mask 0 0 0 0 Deny IP 0 0 0 0 Wildcard Mask 255 255 255 255 3 If you want to deny IP 192 168 0 200 only Rules Deny IP 192...

Page 59: ...he profile click Edit Profile The SNMP profile information is used for sending notificatiton 3 6 4 ASWM Group You can add new ASWM Groups or edit the existing groups The information of computers in each group is displayed when the group is selected You cannot delete the DefaultGroup and all the clients will be regrouped under DefaultGroup when their groups are deleted ...

Page 60: ...n The ASWM Enterprise automatically detect and download the newest BIOS from the ASUS support site 3 6 6 DataBase You can view the database information of ASWM Enterprise here It is more convenient to click the check box on the bottom to select the older version BIOS if you want to remove the older ones ...

Page 61: ...spatch the software to clients To set up a software pool 1 Click Add Software 2 Assign the software name and click Next Step Upload Files Two files must be uploaded A Setup File namely the installation file including exe msi msu and zip for several files format B Script File namely the silent installation script of the setup file supports bat file format ...

Page 62: ...ed to remote clients and the ASWM Agent will run the script to install the setup file and that the script contains the silent install parameters For example if you want to dispatch a 7zip file you need to upload Setup File 7zip exe Script File Install bat containing 7zip exe S If there are several setup files you can pack these files in zip format 3 Click Edit Software to edit the software or uplo...

Page 63: ...or example 30 seconds means the connection status will be seen as offline if the last connection between Agent and server is 30 seconds ago Email Address The email address of the receiver who will receive the notification ASWM Enterprise Main Server routinely checks the status ofAgent Connection If the connection between Agent and Server breaks unexpectedly the Main Server records and sends an ema...

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Page 65: ...ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise Chapter 4 Client Monitor Information This chapter describes system status and information of the client ...

Page 66: ...Information 4 1 Monitor Overview You can have detailed monitoring information of each client in realtime 1 Click Monitor on the left 2 Select a desired group from the Group List 3 Select a desired client for monitoring in the Group ...

Page 67: ...e monitor summary of hardware and utilization sensors Click to power off or restart the computer Click to control the client remotely The BMC button is available only when you have installed a BMC card on your client Under Client Informaiton more view the connection status of one or more network adapters on your client such as if the ethernet cable is connected or disconnected or if the network ad...

Page 68: ...ignals or customize your warning threshold Click to switch sensor tabs The colored signal and the number indicate the health status of the sensors critical or warning Scroll down for more sensors Click to set the threshold Return the previous Client Information screen Display the realtime value The colored border shows the default or your customized threshold for sending critical warning or normal...

Page 69: ...ue including High Critical High Warning Low Warning and Low Critical To set the threshold 1 Click a desired dashboard for customizing 2 Move the slider to adjust the threshold value 3 Click OK to save the configuration The value of High Warning must be lower than High Critical and the Low Warning must be higher than Low Critical ...

Page 70: ...n Fan This screen displays the threshold fan status and power supply related discrete fan sensor 4 2 2 Hardware sensor tabs Voltage Scroll down for more voltage dashboards or click Return to go back to the previous Client Information screen ...

Page 71: ...rature and power supply related discrete temperature sensor Backplane This screen displays the blackplane status including Drive Presence Drive Not Exist Fault and Rebuild Click Return to to back to the previous Client Information screen This tab is only available when your system is equipped with backplanes ...

Page 72: ...con will appear unlocked Click Return to the previous Client Information screen Power Supply This screen displays the power supply related sensor for example the power consumption Watt whether the power cord cable is connected to the power supply and whether the power supply is installed to the server properly Click Return to the previous Client Information screen ...

Page 73: ...o of your installed Hard disk drive optical disk drive and the connected external disk drive 4 3 1 Disk Info Disk Information The disk information screen includes Name Media Type Status Manufacturer Size S M A R T Support and S M A R T Status Scroll down for more items Click to show disk information ...

Page 74: ...4 10 Chapter 3 Client Monitor Information S M A R T Information Click to show SMART information Partition Information Click to show Partition information ...

Page 75: ...evice Manager The Device Manager displays all the devices installed on the client PC To check device properties 1 Click Device Manager tab on the top 2 Click the desired category to expand and show the devices 3 Click the device to show the device properties ...

Page 76: ...y and Agent Connection on the top to browse different categories The level types are Information Warning and Error Click a desired log to see the detailed information ASWM Enterprise Main Server routinely checks the status ofAgent Connection If the connection between Agent and Server breaks unexpectedly the Main Server records and sends an email notification to the specified receiver For more deta...

Page 77: ...y Filtering by Time Span If you select Filter by Time Span you can decide and search your desired time period for the logs Filtering by Counts of Record If you select Filter by Counts of Record you can decide the number of the logs you would like to see Click the arrow buttons to increase or decrease the number or you can enter a desired number directly ...

Page 78: ...4 Chapter 3 Client Monitor Information Clean EventLog Click Clean EventLog to clear all the event logs stored in your client PCs Export EventLog Click Export EventLog to export a csv file to your client PC ...

Page 79: ... 4 5 1 Partition The Partition screen shows the information of your installed hard disk drives and the connected external storage devices Move the slider under each disk drive to set the warning threshold The number of the CPU here is the logical number of the CPU not the number of the installed CPU 4 5 2 CPU This screen shows the CPU usage of each installed CPU Click to show general information C...

Page 80: ...mation 4 5 3 Memory This screen shows the total physical memory used memory the available memory and the memory utilization status 4 5 4 Network This screen shows the general information of the network and the network utilization status ...

Page 81: ...Application Displays all the installed applications on this client and their general information 4 6 2 Service Displays the status of each installed applications Right click a desired service and you can start restart or stop the selected service If the Start Mode of the selected service shows Disabled you cannot control that service ...

Page 82: ...ion 4 6 3 Process Displays the process of the running applications To end the process of the running application 1 Right click the application that you would like to end the process 2 Select End Process XXXXX to stop the application running ...

Page 83: ...o use this function add a new dispatch task that includes the application name created in the software pool the target client and the dispatch time Refer to section 3 6 7 Software Pool to create a software pool Refer to section 3 4 5 Software Dispatch Centralized Management if you want to dispatch a large amount of softwares to several clients simutaneously To usesoftware dispatch 1 Click Add Soft...

Page 84: ...nd task discription 3 Assign the dispatch time or tick Dispatch Now to dispatch immediately 4 Click Add when done The dispatch status for the newly created dispatch task is displayed on the task list 5 When the dispatch task is completed the dispatch status is displayed on the task list Click the dispatch status to display the dispatch task s detailed information ...

Page 85: ...4 21 ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise 4 6 6 Export function Click Export button to export a csv file ...

Page 86: ...stry Tool safely USB Flash management Use this function to prevent other users from copying the files in the Client to their USB flash disks Follow the steps below 1 Click USB Flash tab to view the status of the uSB flash disk 2 Click Edit USB Flash Setting if you want to change the current status When done click Save ...

Page 87: ...a built in registry editor in Windows OS To improve the system security follow the steps to disable the Regedit exe in Windows OS 1 Click the Regedit Tool tab to view the status in Regedit Tool 2 Click Edit Regedit Tool Setting to change the current setting When done click Save ...

Page 88: ...4 24 Chapter 3 Client Monitor Information WatchDog Watchdog automatically detects your server and protects it against crashes Select enable disable to enable or disable this function ...

Page 89: ...computer Click to check or delete the SEL information Click to connect BMC Web GUI Ensure that your web browser does not block the pop up window Click to check the SEL System Event Log records of BMC click Export to SEL Records to export the SEL to a CSV file or click Clean SEL Records to clean the SEL of BMC Left system message LED Right system locator LED Click to turn on off the locator LED ...

Page 90: ...ble or disable the SEL Backup Function and set the upper limit of SEL usage When SEL entries in IPMI device reach the upper limit of SEL Usage in percent the ASWM Enterprise will backup and then clean them until the remaining occupies a lower ratio in percent of SEL usage ...

Page 91: ...e BIOS ROM or select ASUS BIOS Live Update to automatically detect and download the latest BIOS from ASUS Support Website Click Reboot After BIOS Flash if you would like to reboot your system after updating the BIOS If you have installed BMC card to your system you can click to turn on the Locator LED if needed The latest BIOS version will be displayed if the new BIOS is detected You can also clic...

Page 92: ...Click Edit Information to relocate this client computer to another group or change its Alias Name Click Uninstall Client if you want to remove the ASWM Enterprise Agent from this computer Add or delete groups in Server Configuration ASWM Group 4 10 Configuration ...

Page 93: ...l the network to enable disable the DHCP configure IP addresses and DNS and change the Subnet Mask and Default Gateway The Enable connection failure recovery setting ensures that if the network configuration test fails the system will automatically revert to the original network settings ...

Page 94: ... you can just keep the event logs SNMP Trap Setting You can manually enter the Community and Receive Address of SNMP Trap or click the amplifier button to select the built SNMP Trap profile Email Setting You can select the E mail address from your contacts or manually enter the E mail address Use semicolons if you have more than one receivers ...

Page 95: ...lization Scroll down for more sensors The NetworkAdapter Sensor monitors the connection status of one or more network adapters on the client such as if the network cable is connected or disconnected or if the network adapter is enabled or disabled When the connection status is changed the server records and sends out an e mail notification to the specified recipient ...

Page 96: ...en the Remote Desktop and control the client remotely 1 Click Connect to allow the Remote Desktop Connection 2 Cofirm the name of the remote computer and click Connect to start the connection You have to enable the Remote Desktop on your client computer before using the remote control function ...

Page 97: ...he FunctionArea will be different from that of a Server s function area in the following 1 HW sensor changes to EWF see below 2 BMC changes to Security see below 4 12 ThinClient features The ThinClient is powered on through WOL ensure that the Switch Router can forward WOL packet ...

Page 98: ...he ThinClient you can view and configure the EWF Enhanced Write Filter EWF Enhanced Write Filter function protects one or several partitions against from being writting in To configure the EWF 1 Click Edit Setting to configure EWF The background turns to yellow and the EWF become configurable ...

Page 99: ...rs select different options from the Pending Command dropdown list to change the partition s EWF status including No Command Keeps current EWF or removes the previous Pending Command Enable Enables EWF Disable Disables EWF Commit And Disable Write the changes of all the files to the hard drive and disable EWF 3 When finish click Save to save the changes ...

Page 100: ... EWF Ensure to enable EWF of each partition when enabling HORM function While enabling the HORM function put the system to hibernate mode 2 After finish configuring EWF and HORM click Save and the Client settings will update immediately The Client may reboot for one or several times for the EWF configuration to take effect ...

Page 101: ...ASUS System Web based Management Enterprise Appendix Reference information This appendix includes a glossary of terms used in this document ...

Page 102: ... server built into Windows NT and later IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface It is a type of firmware which continues to monitor the system s hardware even after a crash or the system has shut down Service A Windows program that runs in the background to perform a certain function when required such as programs for handling print jobs e mail or network connectivity SMTP Simple Mail Trans...

Page 103: ...n Device Management Event Log ASWM Log System Application Security Agent Connection Utilization CPU DIMM Network Partition Software Application Service Process Environment Variables Software Dispatch Remote Control BMC Basic Information LAN Information BMC SEL SEL Setting BIOS Flash BIOS Information WinFlash Power Control Reboot Shutdown Power On EWF Security USB Control Registry Control Configura...

Page 104: ...Deploy Discover Clients with preload service Remove Agent Remove Agent on main server Remove Agent by Scanning the AD Centralized Management BIOS Flash Remote Control Power Control Thin Client EWF Software Dispatch Report Management Asset Report Management Basic Information Processor Memory Disk RAID NIC Software Dispatch Report Management Agent Connection Report Management ...

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