Black Box InvisaPC - 13 Central Management; Managing Devices

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CHAPTER 13: CENTRAL MANAGEMENT
An InvisaPC system can be composed of just Receivers and Transmitters. In these types of systems – called unmanaged – there
is no central management. Each device needs to be configured individually and upgraded individually. Often to keep the system in
sync, the admin exports the configuration from one receiver and imports it to all other receivers using a USB Flash Drive.
For larger configurations, a central manager is needed. For InvisaPC systems this central manager is the DTX1032-R. The
DTX1032-R can operate as a central manager for a “managed domain”. A managed domain is a collection of InvisaPC Receivers
and Transmitters managed by the DTX1032-R. Once a Receiver or Transmitter has been added to a managed domain, it can
only communicate with other Receivers or Transmitters within this managed domain. They are not able to communicate to
“unmanaged” devices or devices part of a different managed domain (i.e. a domain managed by a different DTX1032-R). The
DTX1032-R can also operate as a receiver within its managed domain.
A DTX1032-R configures users, connections, hot-keys, and other parameters in the same way as described in section 10. The
database created on the DTX1032-R is copied to each receiver on a user login. If the DTX1032-R for the managed domain is not
reachable (e.g., powered-down), the Receiver will use the last updated database. This ensures that there is no single point of failure
in the managed domain. Users can log in and connections can be made even if the manager of the domain is not reachable.
When a Receiver is managed, most of the configuration options on the OSD are disabled (i.e., grayed out). These configuration
options can only be updated on the manager.
The Manager device has an extra tab on its OSD – Devices Tab. Use it to create and manage the DTX1032-R domain.
13.1 MANAGING DEVICES
The Devices Tab on the OSD enables an Administrator to centrally manage the configuration of other InvisaPC devices that are part
of this manager’s domain. The Devices Tab is shown in Figure 13-1.
FIGURE 13-1. DEVICES TAB
From here, the administrator can expand his Devices view by pressing the Expand button. The expanded Managed Devices view
enables the administrator to Discover, Add Device, Edit, Upgrade, Import, and check for the Software Releases and Licences. The
administrator can also see more information about their managed devices; such as Name, IP Address, Device, Type, Software
Version and Status. There is also a select button you can use to edit or upgrade the device.