User guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface 5 About This Book
- Chapter 1 9 Using Apple Remote Desktop
- Chapter 2 25 Setting Up
- 25 System Requirements for Apple Remote Desktop
- 26 Setting Up an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Computer
- 28 Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.2 Installed
- 32 Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.3 Installed
- 36 Creating a Custom Client Installer
- 38 Understanding Access Types
- 44 Considerations for Managed Clients
- 44 Configuring the Administrator Software
- 48 Setting Up the Network
- 49 Getting the Best Performance
- 50 Maintaining Security
- Chapter 3 53 Administering Computers
- Chapter 4 93 Interacting With Users
- Appendix A 105 Reference
- About This Book
- Using Apple Remote Desktop
- Setting Up
- System Requirements for Apple Remote Desktop
- Setting Up an Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Computer
- Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.2 Installed
- Setting Up Client Computers With MacOSX 10.3 Installed
- Creating a Custom Client Installer
- Understanding Access Types
- Considerations for Managed Clients
- Configuring the Administrator Software
- Setting Up the Network
- Getting the Best Performance
- Maintaining Security
- Administering Computers
- Interacting With Users
- Reference
Appendix A Reference 107
Report Field Definitions Reference
The following sections describe the available fields in each of the ARD reports. For
information on generating reports, see “Creating Reports” on page 66.
System Overview Report
List Category Field Name Notes or Example
AirPort AirPort Active Yes/No
AirPort Firmware Version Version number
AirPort Hardware Address 00:30:65:01:79:EC
AirPort Locale
AirPort Type
AirPort Installed Yes/No
AirPort Network Channel Channel number 1-11
AirPort Network in Range Network name
AppleTalk AppleTalk active Yes/No
AppleTalk Network
AppleTalk Node
AppleTalk Zone
Computer Active Processors Number of processors
Available user memory Memory in KB
Boot ROM ROM version number
Bus Clock Speed in MHz
Bus Data Size
CPU Speed in MHz
Serial number
Velocity Engine Yes/No
L2 Cache Size in KB
L3 Cache Size in KB
Machine Class
Machine Model
Memory in KB
Open RAM slots
PCI slots
PCI slots used
Processor Count
Processor Type internal value
Sales order number