Chapter 4. deploying access connections, Access connections deployment features, Installing ibm access connections – Lenovo ThinkPad T41p User Manual

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Chapter

4.

Deploying

Access

Connections

After

creating

the

location

profiles

required

for

client

users,

you

can

also

manage

and

deploy

new,

updated,

or

revised

location

profiles

to

client

computers.

Access

Connections

deployment

features

The

following

is

a

list

of

features

to

help

IT

administrators

deploy

and

manage

Access

Connections:

v

The

IBM

Access

Connections

Enabler

for

Administrator

Profile

Deployment

feature

is

required

to

deploy

location

profiles

that

you

create

for

client

users.

The

Enabler

is

available

to

IT

professionals

only

at

http://www-

3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=ACON-DEPLOY.

v

Administrators

can

create

location

profiles

and

distribute

them

as

part

of

a

preload

image

or

install

them

after

the

client

systems

have

been

deployed.

v

Control

policies

can

be

set

for

each

profile.

v

Distribution

control

lists

can

be

created

to

limit

who

can

import

various

deployment

packages.

v

A

client

configuration

policy

can

be

set

to

configure

the

operation

of

Access

Connections

on

the

client

computer.

v

Deployment

packages

are

encrypted

and

password

protected

to

be

sure

that

only

authorized

individuals

can

import

the

location

profiles

that

may

contain

wireless

security

information

such

as

WEP

or

static

password,

for

example.

Installing

IBM

Access

Connections

IBM

Access

connections

can

be

installed

with

using

either

a

bundled

package

that

includes

IBM

Access

Connections

software

and

all

the

necessary

drivers,

or

the

IBM

Access

Connections

software

alone,

where

you

will

install

the

necessary

drivers

separately.

Installing

the

integrated

IBM

Access

Connections

package

To

install

IBM

Access

Connections

3.0

or

later

without

user

interaction,

do

the

following:

1.

Start

Windows

2000

or

Windows

XP,

and

then

log

on

with

administrative

privileges.

2.

Extract

the

Access

Connections

drivers

to

the

hard

disk

drive.

3.

Click

Start

,

then

click

Run

.

4.

Type

the

following

command:

SETUP.EXE

/S

You

can

download

the

software

package

along

with

the

installation

instructions

from

the

Web

at:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/thinkvantagetech/downloads_support.html.

From

that

page,

click

Software

download

and

User’s

Guide

to

download

the

software

package.

©

Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2004

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