Faronics Power Save - Manual (Page 8)

Faronics Power Save User Guide
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Preface
Definition of Terms
Term Definition
Actions Pane A part of the Core Console that displays actions such as configuring
workstation options, shutdowns, Wake-on-LAN, etc.
Console Tree
Pane Display Core Console properties, workstations and groups, scheduled tasks,
and generated reports.
Context-menu Power Save features are available by selecting one or more workstations and
using the right-click contextual menu.
Core Console The user interface used to manage and monitor Core Servers and
workstations.
Core Database The database stores the workstation list.
Core Server The management of workstations, processing of tasks and communication
between Core Console and workstations is done by the Core Server.
Faronics Core Faronics Core consists of the Core Server, Core Console, Core Database and
the Core Agent.
Inactivity
Definitions The definition of what makes a workstation inactive: keyboard and mouse
inactivity and one of the following parameters:
• Disk Utilization—user defined measurement of disk (hard drive)
utilization; if the disk utilization is lower than this defined level, the
workstation is considered inactive and power saving actions will occur.
• CPU utilization—user defined measurement of CPU utilization; if the
CPU utilization is lower than this defined level, the workstation is
considered inactive and power saving actions will occur.
• Network activity—user defined measurement of network activity; if the
network activity is lower than this defined level, the workstation is
considered inactive and power saving actions will occur.
• Applications running—user defined list of applications; if no application
from a user defined list is running, the workstation is considered
inactive and power saving actions will occur.
Inactivity
Timeout
Actions Actions that Power Save can perform when a workstation becomes inactive,
which are:
• Turn off monitor
• Standby—a mode in which the operating system is suspended and
stored in memory before shut down.
• Hibernate—a mode in which the operating system is suspended by
storing memory on the hard disk before powering down
• Shut down