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IGEL UMS. Product Marketing Manager. October 2011. Florian Spatz. Universal Management Suite. Overview Update Process Additional Tools. Overview. Overview. Category Remote management solution General Features Full remote administration of your IGEL infrastructure
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IGEL UMS Product Marketing Manager October2011 Florian Spatz Universal Management Suite
Overview • Update Process • Additional Tools
Overview Category • Remote management solution General Features • Full remote administration of your IGEL infrastructure • Central installation, configuration and update management including Buddy Update • OS independent UMS console
Security • Secured communication • With SSL protection • With Local certificates on the client side • Even through firewalls due to the usage of HTTPS • Full and reliable backup functionality • Failover mode enables high reliability of the UMS • User authentication and rights management • Access control on directories, profiles and thin clients for administrators and groups of administrators
MAC address CSV File Serial number Automated Deployment and Roll-out • Import and configure new thin clients before roll-out through MAC addresses • Multiple clients can be imported with CSV-Files • CSV-Files can be generated automatically and provided with delivery • CSV-Files can contain additional information like serial number for asset management
Asset Management • Hardware inventory • Software inventory • Licensed features • Installed Hotfixes (WES) • Export Asset information via Views
Failsafe upgrade mechanism - Overview IGEL Firmware (Linux, Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard) IGEL Failsafe Update System
Failsafe upgrade mechanism – Functional Demo IGEL Firmware booted Transfer ofnew Firmware Updated IGEL Firmware booted Update initiatedReboot Update successfulReboot IGEL Failsafe Update System booted Update failedReboot
IGEL Failsafe Update Mechanism - Benefits • IGEL Update system is always healthy • Linux - except of hardware failures • Windows Embedded Standard– except of hardware and file system failures • Even loss of power during update process will not harm the system • No need to send the device to IGEL because of failed firmware updates • Stay up-to-date without the risk of damaging a running system!
UD Firmware update Contains complete UD firmware image Update initiatedfrom orvia Incremental Firmware Update UD Firmware Image onFTP / HTTP file server UD2-130 LX - ICA - RDP - network - printing - UMS agent - … ICA Entry Level: - ICA - RDP - … Standard Level: - VMware View - Appliance Modes - EricomPowerTerm Terminal Emulation - … Advanced Level: - ThinLinc - NoMachine NX - … UD5-430 LX Download - ICA - RDP - network - printing - UMS agent - VMware View - Appliance Modes - Ericom PowerTerm Terminal Emulation - … ICA, Appliance Modes, Ericom PowerTerm Terminal Emulation myigel.com
Buddy Update • Update only a single client in the branch office via the internet connection in order to reduce bandwidth consumption • Updated client serves as image source (FTP update server) via LAN for all other branch office Thin Clients WAN Headquarter – Data center Branch Office LAN UpdatedClient FTP Update Server
Partial Update • Install or update applications on Windows Embedded Standard Thin Clients • Update package contains only new or modified files • No complete snapshot needed • Very low network bandwidth usage • Faster update/customization of the clients • Reduced administration time and effort • Increased flexibility through combinations of different update packages • Less complexity through reduced amount of snapshots • Higher availability and productivity
Upgrade license deployment Upgrade License deployment UDC Token + Upgrade licence +
Support Wizard • Automatic collection of log files from UMS server, UMS console and thin clients if necessary • Log package can be sent via Email to our support team
Firmware Downloader • Tool for downloading firmware updates from the IGEL webserver • Management of downloaded updates within the UMS • Management of multiple firmware version, also previous versions • Automatically offers available firmware updatesdepending on the registered clients