Igel Zero RFX, Manual

Page 1: ...IGEL Technology GmbH IGEL Zero RFX 21 02 2014 IGEL Zero RFX Manual...

Page 2: ...ge 39 Interfaces protocols authentication drives Sessions page 51 Creating and configuring application sessions Accessories page 67 Session accessories card readers sound control Java Manager network...

Page 3: ...ld not be construed as constituting a commitment or obligation on the part of IGEL Technology GmbH IGEL Technology GmbH assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may a...

Page 4: ...ting the Setup 19 4 2 Completing the Setup 19 4 3 Setup Areas 20 4 4 Setup Search 23 5 System Settings 24 5 1 Time and Date 24 5 2 Update 25 5 3 Remote Management 26 5 4 VNC Shadowing 26 5 5 Remote Ac...

Page 5: ...martcard Personalization 67 9 5 Setup Session 67 9 6 Quick Settings Session 67 9 7 Application Launcher 68 9 8 Sound Control 68 9 9 System Log Viewer 69 9 10 UMS Registration 69 9 11 Touchscreen Calib...

Page 6: ...IGEL Zero RFX 5 02 100 11 3 AD Kerberos Configuration 86 12 Firmware Customization 88 12 1 Custom Application 88 12 2 Custom Commands 88 12 3 Custom Bootsplash 89 12 4 Environment Variables 90 12 5 F...

Page 7: ...ickly and directly into the relevant VDI session such as Citrix XenDesktop or VMware Horizon View Experience zero touch deployment thanks to rule based configuration during rollout Reduce your managem...

Page 8: ...taskbar or launch the IGEL Setup using the key combination Ctrl Alt s 4 Select the system language and keyboard layout under User Interface Language 5 Select the display resolution under User Interfa...

Page 9: ...GEL Linux desktop Figure 1 IGEL Linux desktop The following components can be found in the taskbar at the bottom edge of the screen Start menu also IGEL menu Quick launch bar with symbols for the Appl...

Page 10: ...Application area for launching sessions System area for access to system programs Info area About for displaying all relevant system information Search for finding functions in the Start menu Buttons...

Page 11: ...t Verbose Boot page 11 Boot with system messages Emergency Boot page 11 Setup only Failsafe Boot page 12 With CRC check Reset to Factory Defaults page 12 Resets the thin client to the default factory...

Page 12: ...elect Reset to Factory Defaults all personal settings on the thin client including your password and the sessions you have configured will be lost A warning message will appear on the screen before th...

Page 13: ...twork configuration There are three possible ways of integrating the terminal into the network environment Depending on the terminal s settings you can choose between DHCP BOOTP or a manually configur...

Page 14: ...gured sessions system programs or show information relating to licenses the system and network connections Figure 3 Application Launcher Because the setup program is the central configuration tool for...

Page 15: ...address and device name are also given here 3 2 Sessions All sessions created are shown in a list of applications if they are enabled for the main session page To open an application double click on i...

Page 16: ...nology GmbH IGEL Zero RFX 5 02 100 3 3 System Tools On the System page you can run various tools including the firmware updating tool with the pre set update information Figure 5 Application Launcher...

Page 17: ...Allows access data and sessions which are to be available to a smartcard user to be written to an IGEL smartcard System information Shows information regarding hardware the network and connected devic...

Page 18: ...uttons for starting or shutting down the device Both actions can be disabled for the user and will then be available to the administrator only You can change the standard action when shutting down the...

Page 19: ...based on the settings Select Setup in the context menu on the desktop if available based on the settings Select System Setup in the Start menu Click on Setup in the quick launch bar Launch the setup u...

Page 20: ...re all network settings for LAN WLAN interfaces and the dial up connections Devices Allows you to configure various devices Security Allows you to set the administrator user passwords and user authori...

Page 21: ...a left handed mouse Under Security Password enable the password for the administrator and the setup user 1 Under Accessories Setup Session User Page Permissions enable those areas to which the user i...

Page 22: ...d to edit parts of the setup only with a password enable the password for the setup user too Under Accessories Quick Settings define the name and the options for bringing up the quick setup 2 Under Ac...

Page 23: ...search click on the button below the tree structure 1 Enter the text you wish to search for 2 Specify the details for your search narrow it down to field headers for example 3 Select one of the hits 4...

Page 24: ...ration page 27 IGEL System Registry page 28 5 1 Time and Date Click on Time and Date to open this dialog page 1 Figure 11 Set time and date Make the required changes 2 Click on Save Time and Date to c...

Page 25: ...the update The following information must be given before the update can start the details required vary depending on the protocol chosen Protocol Allows you to select the protocol to be used FTP HTT...

Page 26: ...searched for in File path FTP enabled by default ID 161 Name or IP of the server ID 162 File path on the server The setup ini file will be searched for in File path igel ud ID 184 User name ID 185 Pas...

Page 27: ...able Three different modes are offered Standby Suspend and Off Each mode is activated after a configurable time period in minutes Naturally all stages are gone through only if the X Server does not re...

Page 28: ...correct parameter settings can easily destroy the configuration and cause the system to crash In cases like these the only way to restore the thin client is to reset it to the factory defaults You can...

Page 29: ...ions page 34 Expand the character sets page 37 6 1 General Display Settings Figure 13 Screen settings Color depth Allows you to select the desktop color depth The following options are available 16 bi...

Page 30: ...y button to show the screen identifier on each device You will find the maximum supported resolutions on the data sheet of your device 6 1 1 DPMS If your screen supports Display Power Management Signa...

Page 31: ...ou specified Make sure the Display Manager daemon XDM KMD GDM is running and that access authorization is available on the remote host 6 1 3 Access Control Thin client access control is enabled by def...

Page 32: ...specified server if the function was enabled and if requested manually Update Background Image The download can also be launched from the IGEL Universal Management Suite via Update Desktop Changes Ow...

Page 33: ...reen using the mouse The screen is then shown as it was when you closed it unless you restarted the system beforehand Figure 14 Pager setup Reference Allows you to access all open sessions of all virt...

Page 34: ...pplications Keyboard type Determines the keyboard type Key repeat Determines the automatic repeat behavior for the keyboard Initial key repeat delay Determines the delay in milliseconds before automat...

Page 35: ...long in milliseconds the driver waits before deciding whether two buttons were pressed at the same time Mouse speed Determines the mouse resolution in counts per inch Mouse double click interval Chan...

Page 36: ...ontact to be recognized Baud rate for serial touchscreens only Determines the speed of communication via the selected connection If in doubt read the monitor manual Touchscreen connection You can conn...

Page 37: ...ration 3 6 4 Keyboard Commands Hotkeys You will find a list of existing keyboard commands for window management here A keyboard combination can be defined for each function Figure 15 Keyboard commands...

Page 38: ...the mount point for the fonts can be configured This is necessary for a number of remote applications that search for your fonts in a specific directory Define and enable an NFS font path entry in or...

Page 39: ...age 46 Routing page 47 Hosts page 48 Network drives page 48 7 1 LAN Interfaces Click on Network LAN Interfaces in the client setup Choose between automatic network setup with the protocols DHCP and BO...

Page 40: ...for a DHCP server Ensure that the fixed IP address that you enter is not used by another computer in your network If you have to use a gateway to forward the data packages to and from the target netw...

Page 41: ...he PKCS12 format is used EAP PEAP TLS Private key Allows you to enter the path name of the file with the private key for the client certificate in the PEM base64 DER or PFX format EAP PEAP TLS User na...

Page 42: ...installed a wireless LAN card USB PCI of your own you can configure the Wireless LAN interface in this dialog field In the Wireless sub section of the Authentication page you can change the encryption...

Page 43: ...o the host Click on Add to set up new connections 2 Configure the necessary settings in order to dial up the RAS server on the desired remote station 3 Select the network device and specify whether a...

Page 44: ...ion can be defined under Desktop Integration in the session configuration Figure 19 GeNUCard configuration A valid combination of connection and user data can be pre populated in the IGEL setup Networ...

Page 45: ...e GeNUCard Internet connection to be configured can be set up Click on Add Instance under System Registry genucard 1 The GeNUCard icon will appear on the desktop Click on the GeNUCard icon 2 The GeNUC...

Page 46: ...ns its network name DNS Name auto is a good type of thin client certificate Organizational unit Stipulated by the certification authority Organization A freely definable designation for the organizati...

Page 47: ...und when configuring IEEE 802 1x authentication Network LAN Interfaces Interface 1 Authentication or when setting up the wireless network Network LAN Interfaces Wireless Authentication WPA Enterprise...

Page 48: ...ntered by clicking on OK 4 The specified host will now be added to the computer list 7 8 Network Drives Drives shared within the network can be linked to the thin client via NFS or SMB depending on th...

Page 49: ...indows hosts Consequently items shared via SMB can be integrated into the thin client by Windows or Unix Samba hosts The SMB protocol is used only to share files via the network not for printers Share...

Page 50: ...50 IGEL Technology GmbH IGEL Zero RFX 5 02 100 7 9 Proxy Select the communication protocols for which a system wide proxy is to be used Figure 22 System wide proxy...

Page 51: ...of the session on the local desktop Setting up the name of the session Note None of these characters can be used in the session name Selecting the session start options autostart restart Enabling hot...

Page 52: ...Pre populate login information The login window is pre populated with the user name and domain Type Here you can pre populate the user name and domain in the login window and choose between the settin...

Page 53: ...itched off as it requires additional computing power Multi Monitor Stipulates whether the full screen mode is to be extended to all monitors 8 1 3 Mapping Locally connected devices such as printers or...

Page 54: ...earch Devices to select an available device dev ttyS0 Denotes the local serial connection COM1 dev ttyS1 Denotes the local serial connection COM2 COM3 and COM4 Denote possible expansion cards installe...

Page 55: ...al number are taken into account The following steps are important in order to be able to define the access rights for drives via the DriveLock server configuration Enable the USB devices via drive ma...

Page 56: ...Global Performance or on the corresponding session settings Figure 24 Windows Aero Globally enabling Remote FX is not recommended as conventional RDP sessions may also be affected by this With RemoteF...

Page 57: ...ater version of IGEL LInux 8 1 6 USB Redirection USB devices can be permitted or prohibited during an RDP session on the basis of rules Sub rules for specific devices or device classes are also possib...

Page 58: ...e mapping Select Enable choose the drive letter and the device to be mapped Options Determines the start application and the work directory for use during the session how authentication errors are han...

Page 59: ...Guide On the client side only a few parameters need to be configured after enabling the RemoteApp mode Please note that the name of the application to be launched must be preceded by two vertical bars...

Page 60: ...under Microsoft Technet Web Access for RD The applications can be provided in the Application Launcher in the Start menu in the quick launch bar or on the desktop A selection can be made from the lis...

Page 61: ...he amount of data transmitted via the data channel This option is disabled by default Get protocol version You must prove your identity to the remote host using one of the various identification metho...

Page 62: ...ous plug ins such as a PDF viewer Adobe Flash Player or Red Hat Spice are available However they may need to be licensed by the user first Integration of the SecMacer security solution Net iD can also...

Page 63: ...ed 8 6 1 Media Player Global Configure universal settings which will apply by default during all Media Player sessions If need be the settings can be changed in the individual sessions Window Under Im...

Page 64: ...t GConf System wide configuration Auto Automatically selects the output ALSA Direct output via kernel driver for sound cards Audio output type Select Stereo if you are working with an IGEL thin client...

Page 65: ...he file which is to be played back when the session is launched Use the following formats directory filename or http servername filename For the window settings you can choose whether you would like t...

Page 66: ...server via the thin client Connection options such as the server address or the full screen mode can be pre populated for each session or defined individually when the system starts If a server addre...

Page 67: ...rminals tty11 and tty12 by pressing Ctrl Alt F11 Ctrl Alt F12 9 3 Change Smartcard Password Set up a session in order to change your IGEL smartcard password Details of the setup procedure for your IGE...

Page 68: ...ktop or in the start menu or define hotkeys and the autostart option You can hide various items e g buttons for shutting down or restarting the device from the user 9 8 Sound Control Use the sound con...

Page 69: ...can be searched in the viewer and also copied e g for support purposes Figure 28 System logs 9 10 UMS Registration Registration of the thin client in the IGEL Universal Management Suite can also be pe...

Page 70: ...ult you can launch Java applications via the network Check certificates via the operating console This gives you the security you need to use applets and applications via the network Define runtime pa...

Page 71: ...the status of the network device used This includes MAC and IP address Link speed Various interface statistics bytes transferred errors etc 9 16 2 Ping The Ping tool allows you to send contact queries...

Page 72: ...ctive network services with protocol and port information as well as a routing table and multicast information for your network devices 9 16 4 Traceroute With Traceroute you can trace the route to a n...

Page 73: ...vides an overview of all internal and connected thin client hardware components as well as the constituent parts of the Linux system e g kernel modules The information shown can be copied to the clipb...

Page 74: ...gement Drive management shows all recognized USB drives along with their respective properties device name mount point etc Figure 33 Drive management 9 19 Firmware Update This session updates the firm...

Page 75: ...igure 34 Identify screens 9 21 Upgrade License You can distribute additional firmware functions via the IGEL Universal Management Suite or import licenses locally to a thin client To do this an IGEL U...

Page 76: ...which begins with a letter General Under Printer Connection select the interface type for locally connected printers or the network protocol for network printers Enter the relevant configuration data...

Page 77: ...so supported by Windows servers Enable LPD print server Makes the thin client an LPD print server The CUPS printers defined under 11 2 1 1 can be addressed under their printer name as a queue name via...

Page 78: ...es will be used Waiting time between print attempts Maximum waiting time in seconds if a printer is unavailable Number of print attempts Number of attempts to contact a printer in order to start a pri...

Page 79: ...s the allocation of drive letters the access type available to users in ICA sessions read and or write access Newly connected devices are automatically recognized by default The terminal gives an audi...

Page 80: ...time out period Specify in seconds how long the system should wait before the devices accessed are unmounted The time period ranges from 0 to 600 seconds 10 minutes Do not set the time out period to...

Page 81: ...e which makes smartcard readers and inserted smartcards available to application programs RDP and ICA connections make it possible to provide server side applications with client side smartcard reader...

Page 82: ...ministrator password unless the user has been granted access to specific areas By enabling this password the IGEL setup shell access to Xterm and access to the console will be restricted to the admini...

Page 83: ...red key for smartcards and thin clients For details of smartcard personalization see IGEL smartcard page 83 You can use the optional IGEL smartcard for local authentication and personalized session co...

Page 84: ...artcard cannot be used on that particular terminal This additional security feature ensures that your terminals cannot be accessed from outside your company It can also be used within the company in o...

Page 85: ...employee are shown on the terminal Create the sessions you would like to add to the smartcard on the terminal including an autostart 2 option and personalization of login information In addition to t...

Page 86: ...correctly If you use Auto Logout commands in an appliance ensure that the appropriate session type was selected e g Horizon View when using the VMware Horizon View Appliance 11 3 AD Kerberos Configur...

Page 87: ...apping Domain realm mapping offers translation of a host name into the Kerberos realm name for the services provided by this host Standard domain realm mapping This should be enabled if the DNS and re...

Page 88: ...loaded not all devices available Network scripts not started network not available Partitions available except firefox profile scim data ncp data custom partition Session Early Not all driver loaded...

Page 89: ...time the X Server starts The commands are executed at the following times Desktop Initialization Executed once during the boot procedure Desktop environment configured but not started User not logged...

Page 90: ...sessions Session name Server How to use environment variables Enable environment variables under Allow Variable Substitution in Sessions 1 Specify the variable name and content e g Variable Name SERVE...

Page 91: ...Setup 19 CUPS Common UNIX Printing System 76 Custom Application 88 Custom Bootsplash 89 Custom Commands 88 D Desktop 31 Device Information 71 Device Support Virtual Communication Channels 55 Devices 7...

Page 92: ...ia Video Redirection 57 N Netstat 72 Network 39 Network Diagnostics 71 Network Drives 48 Network Information 17 Network Integration 13 NFS 48 NFS Font Service 38 O Options 57 64 65 P Password 82 PC SC...

Page 93: ...og Viewer 69 System Settings 24 System Tools 16 T TCP IP 77 Test Smartcard 85 The IGEL Linux Desktop 9 The IGEL Linux Firmware 7 ThinPrint 78 Time and Date 24 Touchscreen 35 Touchscreen Calibration 70...