Document Outline

• Contents
• Getting started with SiteConfig
  • About SiteConfig
  • SiteConfig features
  • About installing SiteConfig
  • System requirements for SiteConfig control point PC
  • Installing/upgrading SiteConfig
  • Install prerequisite files on the SiteConfig PC
  • Opening SiteConfig
  • SiteConfig main window
  • Icons in SiteConfig
  • Terminology used in SiteConfig
  • Taskflow checklist for using SiteConfig
• Working with network configuration
  • Working with sites and groups
    • About sites
    • About site hierarchy
    • Network configuration hierarchy
    • About system descriptions
      • Start with an existing system description
        • About the mirrored SAN system description template
      • Start with a new system description
    • About saving system descriptions
    • Creating a new system description
    • Location of SiteConfig files
    • Importing a system description
    • Importing a K2 System Configuration file
    • About SiteConfig and K2Config settings
    • About Control Panel, SiteConfig, and K2Config settings
    • About the Control Panel Service host and applications
    • Exporting (Save As) a system description
    • Merging system descriptions
    • About groups
    • Adding a group
    • Removing items from the system description
  • Working with networks
    • About networks
      • About managed and unmanaged networks
      • Types of networks
      • Rules for networks
      • Network considerations and constraints
    • Creating or modifying a network
    • About hosts files and SiteConfig
    • Viewing the hosts file
    • Generating host tables using SiteConfig
  • Working with devices
    • About SiteConfig support on managed devices
    • About device phases
      • Placeholder device
      • Discovered device
      • Assigned device
    • Third party devices in SiteConfig
    • Discovering devices with SiteConfig
    • Assigning discovered devices
    • Adding a discovered device to the system description
    • Assigning the control point PC
    • Adding a device
    • About device and host names
    • Modifying a device name
    • Modifying a host name
    • Making the host name the same as the device name
    • Pinging devices from the PC that hosts SiteConfig
    • Identifying a device
    • Moving a device to a different group
    • About planned and current IP configuration
    • Viewing device interfaces
    • About IP configuration of network interfaces on devices
      • Placeholder device IP configuration
      • Discovered device IP configuration
    • Managing IP configuration on a newly discovered device
    • Managing IP configuration on a discovered device
    • Modifying a managed network interface
    • Modifying an unassigned (unmanaged) interface
    • About adding an interface
    • Adding an interface
    • About locking a device or group
    • Unlocking a device or group
    • Locking a device or group
    • About credentials in SiteConfig
    • Password changes and compatibility
    • Setting global credentials
    • Setting credentials for a specific device
    • Changing passwords on Windows 7
    • Changing passwords on Windows XP
    • Accessing a device via Remote Desktop from SiteConfig
    • Power cycling a device
    • Closing and restarting SiteConfig
• Working with software deployment
  • Understanding software deployment concepts
    • About deployment groups
    • About managed software and tasks
    • Requirements for software managed by SiteConfig
    • About managed and unmanaged software
    • About the package store
    • About roles
    • About managing deployment tasks
    • About software deployment tasks
    • About the Discovery Agent
    • About deployment options
    • Workflow for software deployment
  • Working with devices and software deployment groups
    • Configuring deployment groups
    • About adding a software role to a device
    • Adding a software role to a device
    • About removing a software role
    • Removing a software role from a device
    • Checking all currently installed software on devices
    • Comparing files for software deployment
  • Working with managed software packages
    • Adding a software package to a deployment group
    • Install prerequisite files on the SiteConfig PC
    • Creating managed packages from installed software
    • Managing the package store
  • Working with software deployment tasks
    • Displaying software deployment tasks
    • Configuring software deployment tasks
    • Setting deployment options
    • Uninstalling software
    • Upgrading software
    • Retrying a failed task
    • Reinstalling software
    • Upgrading the Discovery Agent
• SiteConfig application setup
  • Location of SiteConfig files
  • Setting the SiteConfig package store location
  • About system description backups
  • Backing up the system description
• Troubleshooting
  • Viewing logs
    • Viewing the application log
    • Viewing the deployment log
    • Viewing failed install logs
  • Troubleshooting device discovery
    • If you are unable to discover a device
    • If you have previously discovered and configured a device
  • Troubleshooting software deployment
    • If an executing deployment task fails...
    • If a deployment task does not start...
• Trademarks and Agreements
  • Trademarks
  • JPEG acknowledgment
• Index