Client Management Suite

The Deployment Console is designed with a Windows Explorer look and feel to make it easy to learn and use. It gives you access to the tools, utilities, resources, files, and jobs needed to manage your devices and computers. The Deployment Console includes two main views from which computers can be managed, the traditional view and the Thin Client view. All computers, including thin clients, can be managed from these views. The view that is presented in the left pane shows the devices and computers and their associated icon or symbol. This article explains what each computer symbol and icon means and how you can use it to quickly identify the type of devices and their status in the Deployment Console.

The following figure shows the Deployment Console pane with a variety of different devices or computers icons.

What do the Icon and Symbols Mean?

The Computers pane of the Deployment Console contains all the devices you can manage. It can contain desktop computers, servers, groups, a physical device view, and a Virtual Machines view. The symbol or icon for each type of device is as follows:

• Groups can contain other groups or devices, such as a desktop or server type computers. Select the New Computers or All Computers group to run jobs or operations for these default groups identified by an icon in the Computers pane. The icon that represents the group is the following:

  

• Desktop or notebook computers. The following icon is used for all types of user based PC computers. For example, it is used for a desktop or laptop.

  

• A Linux computer. The following icon is used for all type of Linux or Unix based computers. Regardless of the type of Linux or Unix installed on the computer the icon remains the same.

  

• Server-type computers. The icon that follows is the icon used for all server class computers. The server class computer would include: Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2005, and Windows 2008.

  

• Physical devices location. Physical view of Rack/Enclosure/Bay components for high-density server systems. These icons appear as physical representations to allow management of different levels of the server structure. For example, some manufacturers provide physical characteristics and the location of the physical server to Deployment Solution. This appears in the DS as a building, floor, or rack. In addition, server icons identify logical server partitions. To enable this view from the Deployment console's menu bar, select View --> Show Physical Devices.

  

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• VMware Virtual Machines View. Displays VMware virtual machines installed on a VMware ESX server. To enable this view from the Deployment console's menu bar, select View --> Show Virtual Machines.

  

Computer Colors and Symbols

The icon for each device, except the physical devices icon, changes its appearance to represent its current state. The shapes and colors help you quickly identify which mode or state a device is in. Although each device (such as a computer or server) has its own Deployment Console icon, most devices use the same additional colors and symbols to represent their current mode. For example, regardless of whether the device is a server or a computer, when it has an active connection to the Deployment Server, the icon is blue. The additional symbols and colors are shown in the list below. All of the states described below apply to all of the managed devices unless otherwise noted.

The following is a list of computer symbols displayed in the Deployment Console represents deployment status, inactive computers, computers running a deployment job, and new computers.

• Blue screen. The device has an active connection to the Deployment Server, but a user has not logged on to the device.

  

• Blue screen with user. Computer connected to the Deployment Server and a user has logged on to the device.

  

• Blue screen with user and clock. Computer with a time-limited user license and a user logged on. This icon is used to represent a device that is using an evaluation license.

  

• Gray computer. The device or computer is known to the Deployment Database and the database recognizes the identifier-such as a Media Access Control (MAC) address-for the device. For example, you can import computer configuration data using delimited text files (.TXT, .CSV, or .IMP files) to establish multiple computer accounts in the Deployment Server database. Once the computer establishes a connection with the Deployment Server the icon for the computer will change to blue.Solid gray can also mean that the device does not have a valid connection with the Deployment Server or when an evaluation license has expired. An invalid connection can be caused by such things as a computer being turned off or by network problems.

  

• Yellow screen. A pre-configured computer with values defined in advance using the New Computer feature and the computer has not yet communicated with the Deployment Server and the Deployment Database. This icon is used to represent Deployment predefined computers (computers listed in the Deployment Database that do not yet have a MAC address). A pre-configured computer account can be associated with a new computer using the Initial Deployment feature. You can create multiple pre-configured computer accounts and associate the account with a new computer when it boots to automation. As soon as the computer connects and the Deployment Server recognizes the new computer, the icon changes to the blue screen.

  

• Blue screen with yellow triangle. The device is known to the Deployment Database but is waiting for user interaction or has been instructed to wait for further instructions before running deployment tasks. This icon appears if the Workstations check box is selected in Initial Deployment. This icon is used for servers, desktop computers, and notebooks only.

  

• Red and blue computers. A master multicast computer is identified as a computer used to broadcast images to other client computers.

  

• Blue screen handheld with user. Handheld computer or device connected to the Deployment Server.

  

• Server icon and user. A managed Windows or Web server connected to the Deployment Server. Additional icons identify different states of server deployment. This icon is used for servers, desktop computers, and notebooks only. This icon identifies that the server is active and has a user logged on.

  

• UNIX icon, computer, and user. A managed Linux computer connected to the Deployment Server with a user logged on. Additional icons identify different states of Linux computer deployment.

  

• Computer in folder. This icon is used to as a group of computers. For example there is a New Computer folder and a All Computer folder in the Deployment Server console. You can select the New Computers or All Computers group to run jobs or operations for these default groups identified by an icon in the Computers pane.