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KACE Systems Deployment Appliance 9.0 Common Documents - Administrator Guide

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Install the RSA on a host device

Install the RSA on a host device

You can install the RSA on the host device where you installed the virtual host software as long as no other RSAs exist on the same subnet.

Download the RSA installation package from the Support Portal to the device at the remote site that is going to host the RSA.

For complete information on how to install the RSA on a VMware®, Microsoft® Windows® Hyper-V®, or Nutanix host, see the appropriate setup guide. You can also consult the VMware, Windows, or Nutanix documentation for instructions on opening an appliance file in other host software.

Configure the RSA network settings from the console.

Configure the RSA network settings

Configure the RSA network settings

You can open a browser to access the initial configuration console to configure the RSA with an IP address and host name.

By default, SSH is enabled on the RSA and you cannot disable it.

1.
In the VMware host software, power on the RSA to boot the RSA (rebooting takes 5 to 10 minutes), then proceed with the initial network configuration.
2.
At the login prompt, enter konfig for both the Login and Password.
3.
Use the up -and down- arrow keys to move between the fields to configure the network settings.
4.
Press the down-arrow key until Save is selected, then press Enter.
The RSA reboots. Configure the network settings.
5.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Network Settings to display the Network Settings page.
6.
Select the Enable On-Board DHCP Server check box.
The on-board DHCP server assigns a specific range of IP addresses to your networked devices and automatically sets up re-direction for Windows device boots to the appliance.
Go to Settings > User Authentication to set up LDAP authentication on the RSA. The RSA and the appliance manage users separately, so it is possible to grant access to a user on the appliance and not to a user on the RSA.

Link the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance to an RSA

Link the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance to an RSA

Linking the appliance to the Remote Site Appliance (RSA) enables the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance to be aware of the RSA. Linking enables you to access the RSA and the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance from the same session if the user name and password on the linked appliances match.

In most cases you can link an RSA with the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance at installation time. However, if you clear the configuration on an RSA, making it unaware of the KACE Systems Deployment Appliance, use this procedure to link it to the RSA.

1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click KACE Linking to display the KACE Linking page.
2.
Click Enable KACE Linking to display the connection settings.
3.
In Host Name, enter a unique, logical name for this appliance. This name appears in the drop-down list in the top-right corner of the page next to the login information when appliances are linked.
4.
In Remote Login Expiration enter the number of minutes to keep the link open. When the time period expires, provide login credentials when switching to a linked appliance. The default is 120 minutes.
5.
In Request Timeout, enter the number of seconds the appliance waits for a remote appliance to respond to a linking request. The default is 10 seconds.
6.
Click Save to display the KACE Linking Key Fingerprint and the KACE Linking Key (this server) fields.
7.
Copy the text in the Name field and the text in the Key field and paste it in a central location, such as a Notepad file.
The text that you paste in Notepad is the text that you copy and paste in the Names and Keys from one appliance to the other linked appliances.
8.
Repeat the preceding steps on each RSA that you want to link.
You can also link multiple KACE Systems Deployment Appliances. For more information, see Enable appliance linking.
Add the RSA to the Remote Sites tab to configure the components that you want to synchronize to the RSA.

Set default KBE for the RSA

Set default KBE for the RSA

You can set a default KACE Boot Environment (KBE) for the Remote Site Appliance (RSA).

When you select a default KBE for the RSA, this is indicated on the Remote Site Detail page, under Boot Environments. For more information about this page, see the associated help page.

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NOTE: You can also set the default KBE for the linked appliance. For more information, see Set new KBE as default for the appliance.
1.
On the left navigation pane, click Settings > Control Panel to display the Control Panel, then click Remote Site Settings to display the Remote Site Settings page.
2.
Under Default RSA Boot Environments, select the default KBE for each OS architecture, as required.
3.
Click Save.
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