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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.1 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

About the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance Getting started Using the Dashboard Configuring the appliance Setting up user accounts and user authentication Configuring security settings Preparing for deployment Managing device inventory Using labels Creating a Windows or Linux Boot Environment Managing drivers Capturing images Capturing user states Creating scripted installations Creating a task sequence Automating deployments Performing manual deployments Managing custom deployments Managing offline deployments About the Remote Site Appliance Importing and exporting appliance components Managing disk space Troubleshooting appliance issues Updating appliance software Glossary About us Legal notices

Configure User Interface notifications

Configure User Interface notifications

You can configure the appliance to display notifications in the Administrator Console when certain types of manual tasks are performed.

Administrators can configure the notification groups and users for which notifications are generated. A notification bell icon is located in the top-right corner of the screen. When new notifications are available, an orange indicator appears.

User Interface notifications are enabled for administrative accounts by default, all other users must subscribe to them if they want to make the notifications visible. Use the bell icon to show or hide the Notifications pane on the right. Each notification has a time stamp. You can delete individual notifications by clicking the Delete icon in the top-right corner of each entry in the list. To clear the list of notifications, click Dismiss All.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Notifications.
2.
On the Notifications page, click UI Notifications.
3.
If you want to delete all notifications after a certain time period, click Auto Delete Notifications After, and select the desired number of days. The default setting is Never, which preserves all notifications, and is a good option for administrators. For users that do not log in as often, you can choose to delete them after a certain period. Choose from the existing options, or select Custom and type the applicable number of days.
4.
On the UI Notifications tab, review the groups of notifications that you can configure:

Group

Description

Source Media Notifications

These notifications appear when:

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The upload of source media is completed in Media Manager or using the Source Media Import page.
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The appliance imports the KACE Boot Environments (KBEs), source media or USMT (Microsoft Windows User State Migration Tool) files.
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A Windows Imaging Format (WIM) file is imported using the System Image Import page on the appliance.
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A USB system image installation is created.
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The Samba share password is changed and updated in all KBEs.

Offboard Storage Notifications

These notifications inform users when offboard storage is enabled or disabled.

Driver Feed Notifications

These notifications are displayed when a user manually installs or removes one or more a drivers from the driver feed. The notification reflects the operation outcome, indicating a success, failure, or error.

RSA Notifications

These notifications appear when a new RSA (Remote Site Appliance) is added to the Systems Deployment Appliance.

Deployment Notifications

These notifications show up to indicate a successful completion of a manual deployment or a failure (as applicable). Success notification include a link to the manual Deployment Details page, and a failure notification link to the Manual Deployment Progress page.

Package Management Notifications

These notifications are displayed to indicate the state of the package import or export, such as the operation start, end, import or export failure, file corruption, invalid contents, state of a manual package import or export, and so on.

5.
Review the information available in columns for each notification group:

Option

Description

Recipients

A list of all users that receive notifications associated with this group.

Enabled

An indication of whether the notifications for this group are enabled on the appliance.

Actions

Allows you to make changes to the group.

6.
To edit a group:
a.
Click the Edit Template button in the Actions column for the selected group.
b.
In the dialog box that appears, click the Recipients box, and select one or more users.
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NOTE: You can only choose from the existing users accounts that are already defined on the appliance. The admin user is always assigned to all UI notifications and can not be removed as a recipient.
c.
Select or clear the Enable Notifications check box to allow or prevent notifications from this group from being displayed.
UI notifications are enabled by default.
d.
Click Save to confirm your changes and close the dialog box.
7.
On the Notifications page, on the UI Notifications tab, click Save.

Enabling link aggregation

Enabling link aggregation

Create an aggregate link

By default, link aggregation is not enabled on the appliance. The appliance requires that your switch is capable of a LACP (802.3ad) connection.

Before you enable link aggregation, set your switch to actively negotiate LACP. See your switch vendor's documentation for details. Passive negotiation mode does not work. If your switch is set to operate in passive mode, the switch cannot negotiate the appliance LACP connection. For an example of a Cisco® switch configuration running the IOS operating system set to active mode, view the online FreeBSD® Handbook.

All interfaces in each EtherChannel must be the same speed and duplex.

Create an aggregate link

Create an aggregate link

The physical appliance provides two ports. You can connect both ports to the network (LAN) to enable link aggregation. You cannot enable link aggregation if offboard storage is configured.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Network Settings to display the Network Settings page.
2.
Select the Enable Link Aggregation check box.
3.
Click Save.
4.
Enter the Link Aggregation IP Address.
The appliance reboots, and the IP address changes to the link aggregation IP address you entered.
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NOTE: The subnet mask changes to match the NIC.

Configuring the data sharing preferences

Configuring the data sharing preferences

Share basic appliance data usage
Share detailed usage data

Data sharing preferences determine how much of your appliance information is shared with Quest KACE. In addition, data sharing preferences determine whether information from ITNinja is displayed in the Administrator Console.

When you accept the End User License Agreement (EULA), you agree that Quest may collect, store, aggregate, and analyze information about your appliance usage.

By default, the appliance collects, stores, and shares the following data with Quest:

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Server fields: MAC Address, Company Name, Serial Number, Model, Network Addresses (External Customers), and Network Addresses (Internal Customers).
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Licensing: Product Version, Enabled Modules, Node Counts, Network Addresses (Internal Customers, and License Key.
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EULA acceptance logs
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Status/Uptime/Load Averages
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Current Table Usage: Number of scripted installations, system images, pre-installation tasks, post-installation tasks, user states, and so on.
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Machine/Manufacturer/Model: Manufacturer, Model, and Number of Machines.
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Appliance Disk Information: RAID Status, Physical Drivers, Adapter Information, and so on. Disk information is only available for the physical appliance.
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