IBM N2800e manual Click NetVista thin client

Only the Operations Utility methods of updating in Table 1 on page 15 allow you to update multiple workstations at a time. The other methods of flash recovery in Table 1 on page 15 allow you to perform flash recovery to one workstation at a time. For more information on recovering or updating CompactFlash cards with the TCM Operations Utility, refer to IBM NetVista Thin Client Manager Operations Utility (SA23-2812). This information is available at the following URL:

http://www.ibm.com/nc/pubs

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There are two ways to install the Service and Operations Utilities:

1.Installing the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client Utilities CD

2.Downloading the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client website

Installing the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client Utilities CD

To install the Service and Operations Utilities from the NetVista Thin Client Utilities CD, insert the CD into your server’s CD-ROM drive. The IBM NetVista Thin Client Utilities menu starts automatically.

Note: If the Thin Client Utilities menu does not start automatically, you can run the install.bat file from the root directory of the CD.

To install the Operations Utility, click ″Install NetVista Thin Client Manager

Operations Utility.″

To install the Service Utility, click ″Install NetVista Thin Client Express Service

Utility.″

Downloading the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client web site

To download the Service and Operations Utilities from the IBM Thin Client web site, you need to set up an update server. This update server must meet the following requirements:

vReliable access to the Internet

vRuns File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

vAccessible by workstations through a high-speed TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) connection (for example, a LAN)

vSufficient space for the download files

After you have set up an update server, follow these steps to download the Service and Operations Utilities from the IBM Thin Client web site:

Note: The Thin Client Express Service Utility, Thin Client Manager Operations Utility, and Readme files for each utility are available from this Internet site.

1.From the server that you want to install the utilities on, open an Internet browser and go to the following URL: http://www.ibm.com/pc/support

2.Click NetVista.

3.Click NetVista thin client.

4.From the left column of links, click Hot news.

5.Click NetVista Thin Client Express - Service and Operations Utilities.

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