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Device Set Management

All Device Set management operation - add Device Set, update Device Set, delete Device Set, and move devices to Device Set; affects the devices belonging to the Device Set or being moved to the Device Set and these configuration changes may cause configuration changes on devices and may require and cause device reboot.

Impact of Device Set Management on Devices

Let us try to understand the above things by example:

  • Administrator adds a new Device Set, with following configurations

    1. USB Redirection Driver now set to None

    2. Added 5 devices

    Impact: As by default devices belong to Device Set 'Default Device Set' with USB Redirection Driver as Inherit (= Built-In) and now this device is being move to new Device Set with USB Redirection Driver as None, it will be rebooted and then will take effect of USB Redirection Driver settings.

  • Administrator updates an existing Device Set, with following configurations:

    1. Login settings changed from Inherit to Enable -- Windows Login

    2. Device Set consists of 2 devices

    Impact: All 2 devices will be rebooted and will start using automatic login settings as Windows Login

  • Administrator deletes a Device Set, which has following configurations:

    1. Login Settings as Enabled -- Windows Login

    2. USB Redirection Driver as -- None

    3. Advanced Settings as Set Manually with both Remote Shell and Remote Control enabled

    4. Device Set has 3 devices

    Impact: Whenever a Device Set is deleted, all devices belong to the Device Set will be moved to default Device Set and thus there will following configuration changes, which will require and cause device reboot:

    1. Previous Login Settings Enabled -- New Login Settings Inherit from Default (=Disabled)

    2. Previous USB Redirection Driver Settings None, new USB Redirection Driver Settings Inherit = Built-In

    3. Previous Advanced -- Remote Session setting enabled, and new Remote Session settings disabled

    Now due to the configuration changes of point (a) and (b), devices will require and cause reboot whereas configuration changes of point c will cause all remote shell and VNC session on devices to be disconnected.

    Now we understand how Device Set management operations can affect device configurations, let us learn how to perform Device Set management operations in below section.

Create a New Device Set

  1. In HyWorks Controller Management Console, go to Devices > Device Set

  2. Click Add

  3. Modify the settings as per your requirements

    1. Configurations

      1. Device Set Name and Description

      2. Volume: Inherit or Set Manually

      3. USB Redirection Driver: Inherit or Set Manually as None, Built-In or Enhanced

      4. Default Language: As per requirement

      5. Connection Profiles : As per requirement

    2. Login: Inherit, Disable or Enable with Set Credentials, Ask Credentials at first logon or Windows Login

    3. UI Controls: Show, Hide or Password Protect UI Controls

    4. Desktop Mode & Protocol: As Inherit, Desktop Mode as a Desktop or KIOSK and Display Protocol as a Display Protocol v7/v8/v10 etc.

    5. Upgrade Settings: Inherit, Enable or Disable

    6. Power Saving mode : Inherit, Set Manually

    7. Advanced Settings: Inherit, Users Settings or Set Manually

    8. Devices: Add devices to Device Set

    9. Custom Links : Inherit, Set Manually

  4. If you want to add more Device Sets, select Add more Device Sets before saving the Device Set

  5. Click Save and confirm

New Device Set will be created. Devices, moved to this new Device Set, will be configured as per new Device Set settings, the new configurations may reboot devices as explained in section Impact of Device Set Management Operations.

Update Device Set

  1. In HyWorks Controller Management Console, go to Device > Device Set

  2. Click Edit against Device Set whose configurations you want to edit

  3. In Update Device Set dialog, modify the configurations as per your requirement

  4. Administrator can select checkbox Update more Device Set before saving the Device Set if willing to update more Device Sets

  5. Click Update and confirm

Devices belonging to this Device Set will be reconfigured and it may reboot device reboot as explained in section Impact of Device Set Management Operations.

Delete Device Set

Default Device Set cannot be deleted.

Follow the below steps to delete device Device Set:

  1. In HyWorks Controller Management Console, go to Device > Device Set

  2. In Device Set Management dialog, click Delete against the Device Set you want to delete and confirm

Device Set will be deleted. Devices belonging to deleted Device Set will be moved to default Device Set and will start using default Device Set settings and may require and cause device reboot for new configurations to take effect.