PCoIP® Management Console User Manual TER0812002 Issue 12
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Teradici Corporation #101-4621 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4X8 Canada p +1 604 451 5800 f +1 604 451 5818 www.teradici.com The information contained in this document represents the current view of Teradici Corporation as of the date of publication.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Revision History Version Date Description 12 August 23, 2013 Updated for release 1.9.1 of the Management Console Added support for Firmware Release 4.1.2 Added support for Internet Explorer 9 11 July 5, 2013 Updated Section 2.4 to state that using the VMware® vCenter™ Converter™ tool is mandatory when importing the MC VM into a VMware ESXi host. 10 May 24, 2013 Updated for release 1.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4 September 17, 2010 Updated for release 1.3.30 of the Management Console Added Device Log Monitoring Added support for Firmware Release 3.2 3 March 01, 2010 Updated for release 1.2 of the Management Console Replaced PCoIPMC with MC Added support for Internet Explorer 2 August 31, 2009 Updated for release 1.1 of the Management Console Updated Management Console Limitations (see Section 1.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Contents Table of Figures .............................................................................................. 9 About this Document ............................................................................................................... 13 1 Overview ................................................................................................ 14 1.1 PCoIP Deployment Components .....................................................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 3.6 Change Time Zone ........................................................................................................ 40 3.7 Restart Management Console Daemon ........................................................................ 40 3.8 Halt Virtual Machine ....................................................................................................... 40 4 Web Interface ............................................................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.6.2 4.6.3 Update Device Firmware .................................................................................. 76 View Status ....................................................................................................... 78 4.7 Device Log Monitoring ................................................................................................... 79 4.7.1 Device Tree.....................................................................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Table of Figures Figure 1-1: PCoIP Deployment Components .......................................................................... 14 Figure 1-2: Management Console Groups and Profiles .......................................................... 18 Figure 1-3: DNS Service Configuration Menu ......................................................................... 20 Figure 1-4: DNS Service Location (SRV) Dialog Box ........................................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-24: Link to Imported Firmware Property.................................................................... 69 Figure 4-25: Profile Management – Certificate Store .............................................................. 70 Figure 4-26: Import Profile Dialog............................................................................................ 70 Figure 4-27: Send Device State Change Command Webpage ..............................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Tables Table 1-1: Management Console and Firmware Version Compatibility .................................. 27 Table 2-1: Potential Problems Associated with Upgrading the MC......................................... 34 Table 4-1: Example AutoConfig Rules .................................................................................... 61 Table 4-2: Example AutoConfig Rule Application ...................................................................
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Definitions CA Certificate Authorities CMI Connection Management Interface – interface provided by the client or host, used to communicate with an external connection management server CMS Connection Management Server – an external management entity (third party) that manages and controls the client/host through the CMI interface DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name System DNS SRV Domain Name System Service Record FQDN Fully Qualified Do
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Introduction The management console for PCoIP® protocol devices (MC) lets you centrally manage a PCoIP deployment. The MC is packaged as a VMware virtual machine (VM) and runs on VMware Player, VMware Workstation and VMware ESX server. A web browser is used to access and control the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 1 Overview This section describes the components found in a typical PCoIP deployment. 1.1 PCoIP Deployment Components Figure 1-1 shows the recommended components found in a PCoIP deployment where individual host and zero client devices are statically grouped together (peered). It shows the MC used for peering and configuration. The figure does not show a connection broker, which is required when hosts are dynamically assigned to zero clients as users log in.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual PCoIP Management Console The management console for PCoIP protocol devices (MC) lets you centrally manage a PCoIP deployment.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual All PCoIP devices in a deployment reside on the same network subnet as the MC. In this situation, the MC can find the devices using SLP discovery. All devices have the Enable SLP Discovery configuration setting set to True. The PCoIP MC DNS-Based Discovery Prefix setting for all devices is set to the hostname prefix of the MC. You can only access this setting through the MC. You cannot access it through the device web interface or zero client OSD interface.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 1.3 PCoIP devices managed by the MC must be loaded with firmware release 0.19 or greater. The MC cannot discover devices loaded with older firmware releases. You must use the device web interface to load and activate new firmware on each device running firmware releases less than or equal to 0.18. See the PCoIP Zero Client and Host Administrator Guide (TER1206003) for more details.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 1-2: Management Console Groups and Profiles Note some important rules regarding groups and profiles: 1.3.2 Each group has only one profile associated with it. The same profile can be associated with multiple groups. All configuration settings in a profile are written to all devices in a group when the profile is applied to the group. A profile can contain values for every configuration parameter but this is not required.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 1.3.3 Device Discovery The MC must discover PCoIP devices before it can manage them. The MC supports discovering devices in a deployment using one or more discovery mechanisms: Recommended approaches: Install a MC DNS SRV record. When DNS SRV record discovery is used, the PCoIP devices advertise themselves to the MC. Devices that use the DNS server can find the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Note: If you use this approach, note that if a device has DHCP enabled, the MC loses contact with a device if its IP address changes. Should this occur, you must perform another manual discovery search to find devices that were assigned new IP addresses. See section 1.3.3.4 for more details. 1.3.3.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 5. Fill in the entries as shown in Figure 1-4. (Enter the hostname where the MC is installed under the heading Host offering this service.) Note: The PCoIP devices do not use the Port Number setting. You can choose to set it to 50000 to reflect the listening port of the CMI server. Figure 1-4: DNS Service Location (SRV) Dialog Box 1.3.3.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Note: For Cisco VXC 2111 and VXC 2211 PCoIP devices with firmware version 4.0.0 or higher use VXC2111 and VXC2211 respectively as the Vendor ID. Figure 1-5: Add a new DHCP Vendor Class Configuration 6. 7. 8. 9. Click OK to save and close the dialog.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 10. Click OK to save and close the dialog. 11. Expand the tree for the DHCP server, and expand the tree for the Scope to which you want to add options. 12. Right-click Scope Options, and then choose Configure Options… 13. Click the Advanced tab, and then select the PCoIP Endpoint Vendor class. 14. Enable the checkbox for the MC Address, and then enter a valid MC IP address in the Data entry field. 15. Click OK to save.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 2. AutoConfig: None Persistent AutoConfig: None MC AutoConfig Behavior option is only used when MC AutoConfig Group option is configured. It is recommended to configure both options together. See section 1.3.3.1 for details on using the DHCP options for AutoConfig. 1.3.3.3 PCoIP Management Console DNS-Based Discovery Prefix Each PCoIP device reads the PCoIP MC DNS-Based Discovery Prefix setting when it boots.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 2. If the transmission times out, the device creates the next FQDN variation by proceeding one level up the domain hierarchy. The last domain name attempted has a single dot in the string. 3. After exhausting the FQDN possibilities (based on the DHCP options 15 string), the device waits for five minutes and then uses hostname variations based on the DHCP options 12 string. 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual When the IP address of a device is known and the device has not been discovered enter the address in the from IP field, and then select Discover Devices. When a device is on a specific subnet but its IP address is not known, you can command the MC to discover the devices in a range of IP addresses using both the from IP and (optional) to IP fields. After you specify the address range, select Discover Devices.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual o o o Password: Add discovered zero clients to this group if they have the identical password configured for the criteria. IP address range: Add discovered zero clients to this group if the IP address falls within the range configured by the criteria. Not specifying an IP address range adds zero clients that match the password criteria.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual MC Version Supports FW Version Fully Configures FW Versions 1.9.0 0.19-current 0.19-4.1.0 Added the ability to: Configure Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) Configure zero client power down timeout Disable Connection Management Interface (CMI) Enable display cloning Enable 802.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual MC Version Supports FW Version Fully Configures FW Versions 1.7.1 0.19-current 0.19-3.5.1 Added the ability to: Enable session login overlay: “Preparing Desktop…” Choose the Turkish F keyboard layout 1.7.0 0.19-current 0.19-3.5.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual MC Version Supports FW Version Fully Configures FW Versions 1.3.30 0.19-current 0.19-3.2.0 Added the ability to: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, Dutch, Polish, Belgian, Russian and Lithuanian Keyboard Layouts Advanced VMware View Settings VMware View Kiosk Mode Enable/disable Peer Loss Overlay 1.2.20 0.19-current 0.19-3.1.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 2 Installation and Setup This section describes how to install and set up the MC. It also describes how to migrate from an old version of the MC to a new version. 2.1 Management Console Host System Requirements The MC server machine must meet the requirements of the virtualization environment that the MC VM will run in. 2.2 The MC server machine must meet the requirements of the VMware Player 5.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 2.3 TER0904003_Issue_X-PCoIP_MC_Release_Notes.pdf: Teradici PCoIP Management Console Release Notes, where X is the current issue number Installing the Management Console using VMware Player 1. Download the VMware Player application. The MC is distributed as a VMware virtual machine (VM) contained in a zip file. The VM is run using VMware Player. VMware Player is an application that you can download from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 2.5 Running the Management Console Before running the MC, make sure the MC host machine and PCoIP devices are connected to the same network. The MC supports both DHCP and static IP addressing. As the VM boots, the VMware console shows a series of standard Linux boot messages before the MC console interface shown in Figure 2-1 appears. Once the VM is started, the MC URL (web site address) appears. The URL is equal to http://192.168.50.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Table 2-1: Potential Problems Associated with Upgrading the MC Problem Workaround The database restore feature can only import databases created by old versions of the MC. Do not try to import databases created by a newer version of the MC into older versions of the MC. When a deployment installs a new version of the MC the PCoIP host and zero client devices may loose contact with the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 5. 6. 7. 8. TER0812002 Issue 12 Install and begin running to the new version of the MC. Upload the database to the MC from the host computer. See section 4.8.1. Restore the database from the imported database. See section 3.5.2. Configure the settings that were not imported when the database was restored.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 3 Virtual Machine Features The top-level menu of the management console is shown in Figure 3-1. This menu appears after you open the MC in the VMware Player. This section describes the features accessed and controlled through this interface (referred to as the “MC VM console” throughout this document). Figure 3-1: Management Console VM Console 3.1 Refresh Status The Refresh status option lets you refresh the information that appears in the MC VM Console window. 3.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual If the deployment does not install a MC DNS SRV record, you should configure the PCoIP MC DNS-Based Discovery Prefix field of each PCoIP device to equal the hostname prefix of the MC. See section 1.3.3.2 for additional details on this field and the system requirements associated with using it. To configure this field, configure the PCoIP MC DNS-Based Discovery Prefix setting in the profiles and apply the profiles to the devices in the deployment. 3.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 3.4.3 Static IP addressing: If you choose static IP addressing, you must configure the MC IP address and subnet mask. The gateway address, broadcast address and domain are optional and can be left blank. After you update the IP address settings, the MC restarts the network interface using the new settings. Configure DNS The Configure DNS option lets you configure the Domain Name Server(s) and search domain(s) used by the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 3-3: Manage MC VM Console Database 3.5.1 Back Up Database The Backup database to archive command lets you take a snapshot of the current database contents and store it in an archive. The archive resides within the MC VM. You should use this command with the Download database command on the Database Management webpage to back up and store the contents of the database somewhere outside of the MC VM. See section 4.8.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 3.6 Change Time Zone The MC retrieves the current time from the host machine. The host machine provides this time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) form. Because the host does not provide time zone information, you must configure the time zone. To configure the time zone: 1. Select the Change timezone option on the MC VM console. 2. Select a geographic area that determines the time zone.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4 Web Interface The MC web interface is the primary tool used to manage PCoIP devices in a deployment. This section describes the features accessed and controlled through this interface. 4.1 Accessing the Management Console Web User Interface To access the MC Web User Interface: 1. Connect a computer to the same network the MC server machine is connected to. Note: This computer can be the server machine itself. 2.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-2: Web Interface Security Warning in Firefox 4.1.1 Installing the MC Certificate in Internet Explorer 1. Right-click on pcoipmc_cacert.p7b, and then select Install Certificate. 2. When the Certificate Import Wizard appears click Next. 3. Select Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate. Click Next. 4. Click Finish to complete the import.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Note: In Firefox you can also disable the certificate warnings by adding an exemption for the MC. To do this, click I Understand the Risks on the This Connection is Untrusted warning page and follow the directions given to add an exemption. 4.1.3 Logging into the MC Web User Interface After adding the security exception in Firefox or installing the certificate in either browser, the web browser connects to the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-4: Management Console License Agreement 4.1.5 Using the MC Home Page After you log in, the MC Home webpage, shown in Figure 4-5, appears. The Home page lets you: TER0812002 Issue 12 Manage devices (see section 4.2) Manage groups of devices (see section 4.3) Manage device profiles (see section 4.4) Reset devices (see section 4.5) Control the power state of host devices (see section 4.5) Power off zero client devices (see section 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-5: Home Webpage 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-6: Device Management Webpage 4.2.1 Device Discovery (optional) See section 1.3.3.4 for details about the Device Discovery (optional) feature. 4.2.2 Legend The device management Legend, shown in Figure 4-7, describes the meaning of special symbols and line colors that appear on the Device Management page. To open the Legend box, select the “+” symbol next to the Legend text.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-7: Device Management Legend Box The MC may draw a line between host and zero client devices. The line indicates the two devices are linked. Host and zero client devices are considered linked if a PCoIP session was or still is active between the devices. The color of the line is important. A green line indicates the two devices are peered by the MC. This means the MC database contains information about the device peering.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.2.3 Unpeered zero client devices are represented by the symbol Querying Devices and Update Database The MC database contains a snapshot of each device’s configuration settings. The MC automatically queries each device once an hour and updates its internal database. If you want to force the tool to refresh its internal copy of the device settings, you can use the Update box on the upper right hand side of the Device Management webpage.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.2.5 Text field: Lets you enter a text string. The MC displays all devices in which the device Field value matches the string. For example, if the Field menu specifies Firmware Version and you enter the string 1.9 in the Text field, the tool displays all devices loaded with release 1.9. Processor Family dropdown menu: Lets you display all devices (Tera1 devices or Tera2). Peerings dropdown menu: Lets you display all devices (peered devices or unpeered).
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-8: Adding Devices to a Group 4.2.6 Linking Devices You can link together individual host and zero client devices. After two devices are linked, the zero client always establishes a PCoIP session with the linked host when you initiate a connection. The host only accepts connections from the linked zero client. To link a host and zero client: 1. Select the host and zero client devices to be linked. Figure 4-9 shows the devices 192.168.51.38 and 192.168.50.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-9: Peering a Pair of Devices Note: After two devices are linked by the MC, the MC updates the zero client device session configuration data if it detects a change in a peered host device’s IP address. When the MC detects that a host’s IP address has changed, it looks up the host’s peer in the database and tries to write the new IP address into the zero client session settings. It keeps trying to update the zero client until it succeeds.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.2.8 Deleting Devices You can delete one, many, or all PCoIP devices by clicking the Delete button. Single Device Delete: Select a device from the list of HOSTS or ZERO CLIENTS, and then click the Delete Device button. Multiple Devices Delete: Select multiple devices by SHIFT-clicking from the list of HOSTS or ZERO CLIENTS, and then click the Delete Devices button. All Devices Delete: Deselect devices if already selected, and then click the Delete All button.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4. Click Save to update the device name. Figure 4-11 displays the summary information dialog box while the device name is being edited. Figure 4-11: Edit Device Name Using Summary Device Information Dialog Box Note: The device must be part of a group before you can configure the name. Note: The device name only supports English characters. 4.2.10.1 Access Device Details The MC maintains additional device details not shown on the Device Management page.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Write the current profile settings to the device Open the device’s profile Open a web browser connected to device’s webpage Open a web browser connected to device’s peer webpage View the device’s event log Figure 4-12: Device Details Webpage for a Zero Client 4.2.11.1 Device Configuration and Status The Device Details webpage displays device configuration and status data as well as device profile data.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Not in profile: The parameter is not specified in the profile. Read only: The parameter cannot be specified in the profile. Not valid for current session configuration: The parameter is not specified in the profile because the currently selected session connection type does not support this parameter. The following is a list of the possible values assigned to each Device Value and a description of the meaning. 4.2.11.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-13: Device Event Log Webpage 4.3 Group Management The Group Management webpage, shown in Figure 4-14, lets you view the currently defined groups, view the number of devices in each group, manage AutoConfig rules, and view profile application status information.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-14: Group Management Webpage 4.3.1 Manage Groups The Manage Groups subcategory lets you view, create, edit, delete groups, and select a profile to associate with each group. For groups with profiles, this page shows an application status summary and provides a way to apply the profile settings to the entire group. 4.3.1.1 Create a Group Click Add New to create a group. Enter the group name, description, and profile.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual The following is a description of each status category: 4.3.1.5 Successful: The profile was successfully written to the device. Scheduled: The MC has scheduled the profile to be written to the device. Failed: The MC attempted but failed to write the profile to the device. This problem typically occurs when devices are offline. Unapplied: The profile was modified since it was last written to the device.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-16: Apply Profile Date/Time Picker 4.3.2 View Profile Application Status The Profile Application Status subcategory, shown in Figure 4-17, provides detailed status information that shows the current state of profile application for grouped devices. The Profile column also displays icons that represent the expected reboot behavior of devices when the profile is applied.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual OSD logo done: The MC completed writing the OSD logo to the device. firmware pending reboot: The MC completed writing the profile’s selected firmware to the device and requires a reboot before the profile properties are written. firmware done: The MC has completed writing the profile’s selected firmware to the device which was also rebooted.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Condition 3 The zero client has either a blank password or password protection is disabled and the AutoConfig rule has Add device with no password checked. OR The zero client's password is one of the rule's passwords. The following examples show how AutoConfig rules are applied. The MC is configured with AutoConfig enabled and has two AutoConfig rules.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual To create an AutoConfig rule: 1. Optionally disable AutoConfig before adding or editing rules. This is recommended practice so interim rule configurations do not result in unexpected group memberships. 2. Choose an existing group from the Choose Group select box, and then click Add rule for group. When a rule is created, it has no IP ranges, DHCP Option Matching is off, no specific passwords are set, and Add device with no password is checked.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual enable it for each group by clicking the checkbox. When Persistent AutoConfig is enabled, devices that qualify to be in the group periodically get the group’s profile applied if one or more settings are different. Conditions 1, 2 and 3 must be true for Persistent AutoConfig to work. The MC checks these conditions every hour to determine the action of Persistent AutoConfig. Condition 1 The AutoConfig feature is enabled.
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PCoIP Management Console User Manual not started: The MC has not yet checked this device for AutoConfig rule compatibility. failed error: The device failed to be added to this group for a reason other than AutoConfig criteria. failed offline: The device could not be reached for verification of AutoConfig rule criteria. failed IP range check: The device does not match the AutoConfig rule IP range criteria.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.4 Profile Management The Profile Management webpage, shown in Figure 4-20, lets you view the currently defined profiles along with the time each profile was last modified/updated. The Profile Management webpage lets you: Create new profiles Duplicate profiles Delete profiles Modify the profile name and description Modify the profile properties (device configuration settings) Import profiles Export profiles Figure 4-20: Profile Management Webpage 4.4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.4.4 Modify Profile Name & Description Click Edit to configure the profile name and description. 4.4.5 Modify Profile Properties Click the Set Properties link to configure the properties of a profile. Figure 4-21 shows the Profile Management Set Properties webpage. Figure 4-21: Profile Management – Set Properties Webpage Each group of devices managed by the MC can have a profile assigned to it. The concepts associated with a MC profile are explained in section 1.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Device Family: This column shows the device family type to which each property setting applies. Figure 4-22 shows one encryption property for all devices, two for Tera1 device family and two for Tera2 device family. Setting Tera1 property values has no effect on the Tera2 devices and vice versa. Property Name Value: The fields in this column determine the value of each profile setting. Description Figure 4-22: Encryption Configuration Settings Dialog Box 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 3. Choose the firmware version from the existing firmware versions in the select box. Error! Reference source not found. shows the Link to Imported Firmware dialog. 4. Choose the firmware replacement criteria from these options: Different: Firmware is overwritten on the device if its version is different from the firmware version listed in the select box. Less than: Firmware is overwritten on the device if its version is less than the x.y.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-25: Profile Management – Certificate Store 4.4.6 Import a Profile Click Import to create a new profile by importing a profile from a file. You must then locate the file in the file system. Figure 4 25 shows the Import Profile dialog. Figure 4-26: Import Profile Dialog If the imported profile contains a firmware file, the import process adds a new firmware file to the Update Devices webpage. 4.4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.5.1 Schedule remote power down for zero client devices Display status information on the device that received the remote powerdown Sending Reset and Power off Commands Click the Set Device State link on the Power Management webpage to schedule reset and power off commands to be sent to PCoIP devices. The webpage shown in Figure 4-27 appears.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 1. Select the command type by selecting one of the radio buttons shown in Figure 4-27. 2. Filter the devices the command may be sent to using the Group dropdown menu. 3. Click the View Devices to Change button to display a new webpage. Figure 4-28 shows the webpage that supports sending the PCoIP Processor Reset command.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-29: Power Management Status Webpage In addition to providing status information, you can cancel commands scheduled to be sent in the future from this webpage. 4.5.3 Schedule Remote Power Down Click the Set Remote Power Down link on the Power Management webpage to schedule remote power down commands to be sent to zero client devices. When you click this link, the webpage shown in Figure 4-30 appears.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-30: Set Remote Power Down Webpage You can schedule remote powerdown by specifying day(s) of a week and time of a day. Ctrlclick on the day-selector to select multiple days in a single schedule. You can schedule different times for each day by adding more schedules. Select the Power Down in Session Devices checkbox to set the schedule to force power down devices that are in session.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.5.4 View Remote Power Down Status The View Remote Power Down Status subcategory, shown in Figure 4-31, provides status information that shows if devices have been powered down. The status categories include: success:The device was successfully powered down by MC. failed error: The device failed for a reason other than listed next. failed offline: The device could not be reached for power down.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-32: Update Firmware Webpage 4.6.1 Import Firmware Click the Import Firmware link to transfer a firmware release file from the host machine to the MC VM. When prompted, locate the file containing the firmware release on the host machine file system, and assign a description to the firmware release. The MC supports storing a maximum of 10 firmware images. Delete old firmware releases if this limit is reached and you need to import additional firmware releases.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-33: Initial Update Devices Webpage Click the View Devices to Update button to display the second update devices webpage that lists the devices that match the specified version number and group name. This new page is shown in Figure 4-34. This webpage lets you specify the time the update occurs with the fields under the Begin updating targets at text.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-34: Second Update Devices Webpage 4.6.3 View Status Click the View Status link to view the current status of all scheduled and completed firmware updates. Figure 4-35 shows the Firmware Update Status webpage.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.7 Device Log Monitoring The Device Log Monitoring webpage, shown in Figure 4-36, lets you collect logs over time from a selection of PCoIP devices. The Device Log Monitoring webpage lets you: Choose devices to be monitored Start and stop log monitoring of the chosen devices Download a .tar.gz archive of collected logs View status of log monitoring View individual device log Figure 4-36: Device Log Monitoring Webpage 4.7.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual devices being monitored and the event log filter mode until log monitoring is stopped. An attempt to collect logs is made every 300 seconds. Click the Download Collected Logs button to format the logs collected into individual .txt files per device, archive the logs into .tar.gz format, and present them as a downloadable file.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-38: Database Management Webpage Uploading a Database Click Browse and Upload to transfer a database archive from the host PC running the web browser to the MC VM. Click Browse, and then select the database archive to upload. Click Upload to start the transfer of the database file into the VM. After a database is uploaded to the VM, you must restore the database from the imported file to begin using it. This process is performed using the MC VM console.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 4.8.3 Manage Device Naming The device labels used as default device names in the PCoIP MC configuration setting, lets you name newly discovered devices with their labels. By default this setting is disabled and devices are named as “Discovered YYMMDD-XXXX” where XXXX is a unique value. Figure 4-39 shows the confirmation dialog that appears once the setting is enabled. Figure 4-39: Manage Device Naming Dialog 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 4-40: Home Webpage The following status information appears: Number of online and offline PCoIP zero clients discovered by the MC Number of online and offline PCoIP hosts discovered by the MC Number of active PCoIP sessions FQDN of the MC found in the MC DNS SRV record if one exists FQDN of the connection broker found in the PCoIP Connection Broker DNS SRV record if one exists Current state of the MC Disk usage information for the MC.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual After a profile is applied (or the application fails) Note: The MC considers sessions to be active only when the host PC/workstation is powered on (in the S0 state) and a session is active between the host and zero client. If the host PC/workstation is in a low power state (S3, S4 or S5) the session is considered inactive. Note: Site status information is updated when you reload the Home webpage.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 5 Getting Started This section provides instructions on how to begin using the MC. After completing the following steps, you can establish a PCoIP session using a pair of PCoIP host and zero client devices. 5.1 Start the Management Console Follow the instructions described in sections 2.3 or 2.4 to install the MC, and then read section 2.5 to start using it. Doing these steps activate the MC VM on the MC host machine. Follow the instructions described in section 4.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 5-1: Adding Devices to a Group Note: After a device is successfully added to a group, the group name appears in the Group column for each device. In Figure 5-1, the first zero client device is part of the Default group and the third zero client device is not part of a group. 5.4 Peering Devices You can peer (or link together) each pair of host and zero client devices. After a host and zero client are peered, a PCoIP session can be started from the zero client.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual Figure 5-2: Peering a Pair of Devices 5.5 Configuring Zero Clients for VMware View You can configure zero clients for VMware View. After a zero client is configured, a PCoIP session can be started from the zero client. To start a PCoIP session, the end user must click the Connect button on the zero client OSD. To configure zero clients for VMware View: 1. Open the MC Profile Management webpage. 2. Click the Add New button to create a new profile. 3.
PCoIP Management Console User Manual 10. Depending on the Certification Check Mode and the server configuration a valid certificate must be presented by the zero client. Click Add New button in the Certificate Store tab to upload and assign a certificate file to the profile. Note: See Knowledge Base 15134-1020 for details on downloading the View Connection Server trusted root certificate. 11. Go to the Group Management webpage by clicking the GROUPS tab. 12.
