terminal session is independent, with the host operating system managing conflicts between multiple users contending for shared resources. In sum, TSRA provides remote access for administering your DataSafe NAS from virtually anywhere on your network, giving system administrators a method of remotely managing the DataSafe NAS from any client.

Terminal Services Advanced Client (TSC) is the component running on the client machine; in the case of a DataSafe NAS, the TSC ActiveX component is automatically installed when he selects this task.

The primary difference between TSC and the traditional mainframe environment is that the dumb terminals in a mainframe environment only provide character-based input and output. A TSC or emulator provides a complete graphical user interface, including a Microsoft Windows desktop and support for a variety of input devices (such as keyboard and mouse).

In the Terminal Services environment, an application runs entirely on the terminal server. The TSC performs no local processing of application software. The terminal server transmits the graphical user interface to the client, and the client transmits your input back to the server.

With TSC, you have full access to the DataSafe NAS desktop and can manage it as if you are sitting in front of a monitor attached to the DataSafe NAS. All Microsoft Windows management tools can be used, and the Windows 2000 online Help can be accessed.

When a user opens TSC she or he connects to the DataSafe NAS, and starts a session.

When he or she is finished, he or she can either disconnect, and leave the session running (to enable connecting to this session again later) or log off,

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