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
Chapter 3 Administering Computers 71
To generate a FireWire Devices report:
1 Select a computer list.
2 Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.
3 Choose Report > FireWire Devices.
4 Select the FireWire information desired.
5 To search using new data, select Collect New Data For Report; to search using saved
data only, deselect Collect New Data For Report.
If you want to search using new data only if the saved data is too old, select If Current
Data Older Than, and enter the desired amount of time.
6 Click Get Report.
The newly generated report window appears.
USB Devices
The USB Devices report gets information on Universal Serial Bus devices connected to
the client computer. It can get the following information from a device:
• Product Name and ID
• Vendor Name and ID
• Device Speed
• Bus Power Amps
For more information about the USB Devices report options, see “Report Field
Definitions Reference” on page 107.
Basic information about attached USB devices can also be found in the System
Overview report, in the Devices options.
To generate a USB Devices report:
1 Select a computer list.
2 Select one or more computers in the Remote Desktop window.
3 Choose Report > USB Devices.
4 Select the USB device information desired.
For more information about the USB Devices report options, see “Report Field
Definitions Reference” on page 107.
5 To search using new data, select Collect New Data For Report; to search using saved
data only, deselect Collect New Data For Report.
If you want to search using new data only if the saved data is too old, select If Current
Data Older Than, and enter the desired amount of time.
6 Click Get Report.
The newly generated report window appears.