IBM NetVista N2200w Service Pack 2 System Management
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Remote Management Software
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	*  Remote Device Administrator prerequisites
	*  RDA installation steps
	*  Getting Started with RDA
	*  Update Designer installation
	*  Getting Started with Update Designer
	*  Sample update files


REMOTE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
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	The Remote Device Administrator is a software suite that updates,
	manages, and monitors remote clients. The Remote Device 
	Administrator Server is a set of Active Server Pages that displays
	and updates device information.  The Update Designer is a user 
	interface that creates bud files that contain XML directive which are
	the instructions for remote updates. 
	** Remote Management is NOT supported for modem connected clients. **


Remote Device Administrator Server prerequisites
	Remote device administrator can be installed on either Windows NT 4.0 Server 
	or Windows 2000 Server.  The prerequisites for the installation of RDA are:

	Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (included with Windows 2000 Server)
	Enabled SNMP Service
	Internet Information Server 4.0 or later (included with Windows 2000
	server)
	Microsoft MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) 2.1 or later 
	(included with 	Windows 2000 Server)	
	WMI (included with Windows 2000 Server)
	WMI SNMP Provider, found at
           http://msdn.microsoft.com/Downloads/sdks/wmi/download.asp

	For NT 4.0 installation prerequisites, you can download the following
	files:
	Internet Information Server is part of the NT Options Pack
	   http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/Recommended
	   /ServicePacks/NT4OptPk/Default.asp
	Microsoft MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) 2.1 (mdac_typ)
	   http://www.microsoft.com/data/download_21242023.htm
	WMI and WMI SNMP Provider (wmint4.exe)
	   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=18491

RDA installation steps
	The RDA installation steps documented in the Getting Started section
        of the  Remote Device Administrator for use with the IBM NetVista
        N2200w User's Manual show you step by step how to ensure that you
        have the prerequisites installed and configured before installing
        the RDA software.  Please refer to the manual before beginning
        the RDA installation.

Getting Started with RDA
	After installing RDA on your server, you can launch the RDA server 
        or Update Designer from the Start Programs menu.  To view devices 
        that have announced themselves to the server, you can search with
        blank parameters  and view all devices.  Device records only include
        the information which the client includes in the announce to the
        server.  To see all available client information, press the Refresh
        button at the bottom of the view devices screen for the device.  
        Refer to Starting the Remote Device Administrator Server in the 
        RDA User's Manual  or Update Tab in Configuring your Thin Client
        in the N2200w Reference Guide.

Update Designer installation
	Update Designer is typically installed as part of the RDA
        installation, but can be installed separately using the RDA setup
        program and only selecting the Update Designer to be installed.  
        The procedure for installing separately is documented in the RDA 
        User's Manual under Installing Update Designer Only.

Getting Started with Update Designer
	To launch and get started using Update Designer, see Using Update
        Designer in the Update Designer's User Manual.  For the steps to
        create a typical configuration update for a SP 2.0 client using 
        Update Designer, refer to Configuring Multiple Clients in the 
        N2200w Reference Guide.