KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 7.0 Common Documents

About the device action icons

The appliance provides device action icons, which are scripted actions that can be performed on managed devices. There are several pre-programmed actions available. To run device actions, you must have the Administrator Console open in Internet browser.

Internet Explorer® requires ActiveX to start these programs on the local device. Other browsers do not support ActiveX. Telnet or VNC-Java Remote Control works with other browsers such as Safari® and Firefox®.

Table 3. Device action icons
Remote access program	Host requirements	Client requirements	Description
SecureCRT	crt.exe	SSH client	Connects to devices by default using SSH on port 8443.
DameWare® Mini Remote Control	dwrcc.exe	DMRC client	Installs on the device the first time a connection is opened.
Explorer	explorer.exe	Windows/SMB share	Displays shared directories for the device. The full path of the start-up file is required.
Microsoft Remote Desktop	mstsc.exe	Remote Desktop	Opens a remote desktop session with the device. Only supports Windows devices.
Ping	ping.exe	None	Handles the connection request if the device is online.
PuTTY	putty.exe	None	Opens an SSH connection from the browser host to the target device.
Telnet	telnet.exe	None	Opens a session from the browser host to the target device.
TightVNC	vncviewer.exe	None	Opens a session from the browser host to the target device.
VNC-Java Remote Control	None	VNC Java Client	Opens a session from the browser host to the target device that has network booted in to the KBE. Requires a Java virtual machine (JVM).

Run an action on devices

You can run device actions, which are scripted commands that you run on devices remotely. To run device action on remote devices, the programs must be installed on the devices.

On the left navigation pane, click Settings to display the Control Panel, then click General Settings to display the General Settings page.

Select a program from the Icon: Action: drop-down list next to 1 or add your own action.

Enter your own action, in Icon: Device Action next to 2 enter:

executable_name KACE_SDA_host_name | KACE_SDA_host_IP

where KACE_SDA_host_name and KACE_SDA_host_IP are the host name and IP address of the appliance. Some programs require a protocol, port, or URL. For example, Internet Explorer requires leading slashes to indicate a network address: \\KACE_SDA_host_name.

The executable_name is the full path to the program start-up file on the browser host, including the command-line parameters that the ActiveX components on the appliance use to open the session. To start the session, the software must be present on the browser host and the target device.