Scout Management

Managementsystem Scout Enterprise

• Management of clients with eLux NG, eLux RL, eLux RP, eLux RT and Windows embedded
• Modular firmware customizing with software management
• Operation on Windows platforms starting with Windows 2008 Server and Windows 7 or later
• Multi user and terminal server compliant
• Enterprise functionalities – scalable and highly available

Database Interface

• Microsoft JET Database Engine (MDB) ,
• Operation on MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008
• ODBC interface to server and console
• Open data base interface
• Scout Command interface

GUI

• Console language: German and English –dynamically switchable
• Tree view and List view
• User-defined columns and configurable display of fields and columns
• Sort by columns
• Search function

Administrator Policy

• Restriction of user rights, menu entries, objects,commands
• Authenticate administrators via Active Directory or NTdomain

Profile management

• Profile assignment to groups in the Active Directory
• Logging of administrator actions

Firmware Customizing

• Individual firmware customizing via the tool ELIAS integrated in Scout Enterprise
• Creation of customer specific images
• High flexibility by modular customizing
• Enable / disable software components
• Securing that the software can be installed and run on the specific system
• Check for package dependencies, package compatibility, hardware compatibility
• Downgrade able (installation of earlier software package versions)
• Software signatures with X509 certificates
• Online check of the software certificates with OCSP
• Option: Import of new software packages via Internet– automatically by the tool PUMA
• Creation of your own software packages by means of the tool EBK (eLux Builder Kit) – for free

Firmware Update

• Firmware update is performed modularly in compressed format, only differing parts of the image are transferred, not the complete image
• Firmware update protocols: HTTP(S) and FTP(S)
• Bandwidth for firmware updates
• Update schedule is configurable: during start or during shutdown of the client, immediately or time controlled
• Logging of the updates

Help Desk Support

•  Remote on/off
• Wake-on-Lan – integrated WoL-Gateway on the client with automatic detection (ICMP, UDP Broadcast, directed Broadcast, Wake-on-Lan Gateway)
• Desktop mirroring encrypted and logged
• Send messages
• Request diagnostic files via the Scout console - the files are stored on the Scout server in zip format
• Definition of any diagnostic files
• Server log (Client/Server communication)
• Console log (Console/database communication)

Entry of Clients to the Management System

• Automatic entry via DHCP vendor tags
• Automatic entry via DNS Alias <name> of the Management Server
• Automatic entry via IP range
• Discover devices via the Scout console (Discovery)
• Search for Management Server via the Scout Server
• Settings of the client (Reverse Discovery)
• Import of device lists

Device Setup

• Use parent – inherit the configuration settings – on/off

Network

• DHCP, BOOTP, fixed IP addres
• Network advanced
• DHCP-Handling, 
• IEEE 802.1x authentication, communication timer to the Scout Server, 
• Smart card domain, 
• Local hosts file
• Wireless support
• 3G support

· Screen

Resolution, frequency, color depth, read out DDC

info, power save function, screen saver with delay

and password protection, different designs for

screensavers, backingstore can be enabled, font

server

· Security

Local security settings to enable / disable the

enduser's right to configure the client , allow for

remote X11 Clients. Configuration of user

authorization via Active Directory - Active Directory

plus SmartCard - LDAP - SmartCard (Smarty und

X.509) NT-domain

Feature list – Management system Scout Enterprise V.11.3.3

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· Mirroring with password – only after confirmation by

the user – without right of input - with logging – with

mirroring encryption TLS1.0 (SSL3.0)

· Firmware

Update log HTTP or FTP, Web Server, container

path, name of the firmware image, user and password

for FTP, Update during start or shutdown of the client,

definition of the HTTP proxy clients, definition of the

target image for migration from eLux NG to eLux RL

· Multimedia

Volume Master - PCM – Microfone, Audio in

XDMCPsessions,

· System beep

· Desktop Language, Background color, Task Hotkey,

time zone, time server Windows/Unix, time server

protocol NTP - SNTP (RFC1305) - Time Protocol

(RFC 868)

· Desktop advanced

Interactive desktop, desktop writeable, taskbar

configurable, systray icons in the taskbar, individual

background image, auto start of the control panel,

number of work areas, window animation, maximize /

full screen of one monitor in multi-monitor mode

· Drives

Definition von network drives via SMB und NFS,

Browser home directory

· Printers

Network printer definition - parallel - serial, filter text or

PCL, server-side driver name, definition of the

Thinprint class, maximum printer response time,

enabling print service, TCP-direct print via parallel or

USB Port, CUPS Server and –user, Thin Print via

TCP/IP or RDP/ICA

· Mouse / Keyboard

Keyboard language, Keyboard type, Key repetition

rate (delay), Speed of the key repetition rate, mouse

type, double click speed, acceleration

· Mouse / Keyboard advanced

3-Knopf Emulation, left-handed, dead keys, numlock,

enable console switch

· Hardware

Enable USB mass storage devices, user prompt when

inserting USB mass storage devices, smartcards USB

- intern - extern, number of monitors 1-4, COMPortsettings,

network types: Ethernet - ADSL - Modem -

WLAN - UMTS, network speed Auto - 10/100

Mbit/Voll-/half duplex - 1 Gbit - BNC - AUI, Profiles for

ADSL - UMTS, Write filter Windows XPe

· Diagnostics

Loggings on / off, Send diagnostic files to URL

Device Properties

· Individual configuration values for printer, screen and

mouse / keyboard

· VPN-Client type Cisco - Microsoft PPTP – Juniper

· Files – File transfer to clients

· Advanced file entries – individual adjustment of INI

· files to clients

· Definition of client environment variables

Application Definition

ICA

· Published application or desktop

· SmartCard Login

· Passthrough Login

· Roaming

· Application restart

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Desktop icon

· Connection options

Data compression

Insert by using the mouse wheel

Buffer bitmaps on the hard disk

Enable audio – sound quality low, medium, high

Allow audio input

Encryption rate - Basic/40/56/128 Bit

SpeedScreen latency reduction

Feedback to mouse click

Local text echo

Server information

Window properties - colors, size

Firewall

Auto Reconnect

RDP

· Roaming

· Application restart

· Start application automatically

· Desktop Ican

· Advanced

Window size

Fullscreen on screen n in case of multi-monitor mode

Color depth

Local resources drive mapping – printer – smartcard -

Scount - Serial Ports - Parallel Ports

Protocol RDP V4 - RDP V5

Keyboard language

Compressing

Window Manager decorations

Encryption

Mouse motion events

Connection bar in case of full screen

Bandwidth Standard - Modem - broadband - LAN

QuickSpecs eLux® RL / Scout Enterprise

Feature list – Management system Scout Enterprise V.11.3.3

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Browser

· Home page

· Start page

· Proxy settings

· Browser type Firefox

· Kiosk mode

· Application restart

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Desktop icon

SAP-GUI

· GUI graphical or classic

· Application restart

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Desktop icon

Emulation

· VT52, VT100, VT220-7 Bit, VT220-8 Bit, VT320-7 Bit,

VT320-8 Bit, VT420-7-Bit, VT420-8 Bit, VT525-7 Bit,

VT525-8 Bit

· 3270, 3270 printer, 5250, 5250 printer

· SCO-Ansi, BBS-Ansi, AIXTERM, AT386, Linux,

· WYSE370, WYSE50, WYSE50+, WYSE60

· TVI910+, TVI920 ,TVI925, TVI950, TVI955, ADDS VP

A2, HZ1500, TANDEM6530, HP700/65, DG, IBM

3151, BA80

· all above mentioned emulation types:

Interactive configuration of a terminal emulation with

direct verification at host systems by the management

console

· 97801-7 Bit, 97801-8 Bit

· Application restart

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Desktop icon

Local Application

· any local application can be defined by parameters

· XTERM

· File manager

· Text editor

· …

PN-Agent

· Show last user

· Allow for cancel

· Autostart folder

· Pass-through Login

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Automatic logoff with configurable logoff delay – on /

off

· Advanced:

· Window properties: Size – color depth, audio

· Time-controlled logoff after n seconds

· Manual logoff

Desktop Virtualization (VDI)

· VMware View - Citrix XenDesktop -

· Quest vWorkspace - Leostream

· Use SSL

· Application restart

· Start automatically after n seconds

· Desktop icon

Online commands

For devices or device groups – immediately or time controlled

· Switch on

· Switch off

· Restart the device

· Restart the desktop

· Send message

· Perform firmware update

· Update device status

· Factory reset

For devices – immediately

· Request diagnostic files

· Compare configuration

· Upload applications

· Mirroring

Rules

· Perform an update during first contact with the management server

After closing the last application

• Logoff user
• Switch off device
• Restart device
• Lock device
• Close VPN tunnel

Import/Export

• Devices
• Setup
• Properties
• Applications