ClearCube I/Port Quick Reference Guide - Manual (Page 20)

16 • I/Port Installation ClearCube I/Port User’s Guide, Rev. C
Configuring the XPe I/Port
The XPe-based I8820 and e100 auto-start to a Windows XPe desktop with a limited
set of applications, including the ClearCube Sentral client and the Microsoft Remote
Desktop Protocol client. The default XPe user ID and password is user / clearcube .
The default administrator ID and password is administrator / clearcube . For full
administrator access on an XPe-based I/Port, hold down the Shift key during startup
or after logging off from the default login. Access BIOS configuration options by
pressing F2 during start-up.
Whenever you want to make any persistent changes to the I/Port, such as changing
user settings or installing new software, you need to disable the I/Port’s Write Filter
before making the change, and re-enable it after you have committed the change. The
Write Filter is a software feature that prevents any inadvertent or undesired writes to
the Flash Drive where the I/Port’s operating system and other software is stored.
The Write Filter displays an icon in the system tray. When the icon has a red dot, the
Write Filter is enabled, stopping you from writing to the Flash. When the icon has a
green dot, the Write Filter is disabled and you can go ahead and write to the Flash.
When you push software updates using ezRemote Manager software, the Write Filter
is managed automatically. See Updating I/Port Software on page 25 for more
information.
To manage the Write Filter manually, you must be logged in as administrator.
Double-click on the Write Filter icon in the system tray and select Disable write filter
to disable the Write Filter and enable writes to Flash. After you make your changes,
double-click on the Write Filter icon in the system tray and select Commit changes to
disk and enable write filter. Your changes are saved to Flash, the I/Port
automatically restarts in 15 seconds, and the Write Filter is re-enabled when the
restart is complete.
The Sentral client is provided as the default client on both the XPe- and NeoLinux-
based I/Ports. When using your XPe-based I/Port as a client managed by Sentral, do
the following from the Sentral Console to begin configuring your I/Port for Sentral:
1. At the Sentral console, run Discovery to discover the I/Port. If the UDP Push
Discovery parameter in the Sentral Console Configuration is set to True,
credentials for the Primary and Secondary Sentral Servers are pushed out to the
I/Port. If the UDP Push Discovery parameter is set to False, right-click on the
I/Port in the Sentral Hierarchical menu, and manually configure the Primary and
Secondary Servers.
2. Add the I/Port to an I/Port Group.
3. Allocate the I/Port or I/Port Group to a blade, a Blade Group, or a Virtual Machine
(VM).
To log in directly to a Blade from an XPe-based I/Port, double-click the IPort Client
Manager icon on the I/Port desktop and enter login credentials for the I/Port. Then log
into the Blade using RDP, specifying the domain and Blade name as follows:
domain.com\blade_name
If you are using an XPe-based I/Port as an unmanaged thin client with Microsoft
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), double-click the Remote Desktop Connection icon
on the desktop. Login to your desired host system using that host’s fully qualified
name. For example: