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2 Product Overview
2.1 Introduction
The DTX Control appliance is a secure, web browser-based, centralized enterprise management solution that allows
users to remotely manage and monitor multiple DTX Extender systems. The DTX Extender system, which includes a
transmitter and a user station, provides users with a full computer desktop experience from anywhere on the corporate
TCP/IP network, while maintaining the computers securely housed in a corporate data center. The addition of the DTX
Control appliance allows the user stations and transmitters that comprise the DTX Extender system to operate in
Desktop Mode. This mode allows a user to log in to any DTX user station and the system will connect automatically to
the transmitter that has been assigned to that user. Through Desktop Mode, the DTX Control appliance allows
administrators to remotely manage and monitor the networks of user stations and transmitters that comprise the DTX
Extender system.
NOTE: There are several types of DTX user stations and transmitters, but not all of them can communicate across platforms. For example, the
DTX 5000 user station can only communicate with its corresponding DTX 5000-T transmitter. However, the DTX 5001 and 5002 user stations and
their corresponding transmitters can communicate across both platforms. For more information on DTX user stations and transmitters, see the
ServSwitch DTX 500x User Guide.
2.2 Features and benefits
Web-based access and control
As a web browser-based management solution, the DTX 5000-CTL Management Appliance provides the operations,
administration and maintenance interface for the DTX Extender system. It also manages authentication, authorization,
initiation and removal of media sessions between the user station and transmitter. The DTX Control appliance provides a
centralized database for storing configuration, user, unit and system information allowing administrators to add, remove,
delete and change settings for managed appliances and users. In addition, the DTX Control appliance enables
authentication, access control, logging events and monitoring of target computers.
Security
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption is used to encrypt DTX Control appliance system data. Users are authenticated
using the DTX Control appliance internal database or one of the external authentication methods available. See
Supported Authentication Services on page 56 for more information. For management functions, the DTX Control
appliance uses HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol with SSL encryption) to interact with the DTX Extender system.
NOTE: To access the DTX Control appliance through a firewall, you must ensure that the firewall uses the default HTTPS port 443.
NOTE: When the Fast Switch option is enabled, security protocols will be disabled and data will not be encrypted.
DTX extender system support
The transmitter connects externally to the video, audio and USB ports of the target computer and is attached directly to
the target computer. It captures, compresses and encrypts the computer’s media stream and transmits it to the DTX user
station over a standard TCP/IP network. The user station enables the desktop user’s keyboard, video, mouse and audio
devices to connect to the DTX Extender system.
2.3 System Components
The DTX Control software system contains the following components.
DTX Control software
The DTX Control software resides on the DTX Control server (hub or spoke) and provides a web gateway and services for
managing units (appliances and target devices) using a web browser. The gateway allows for web browser access.
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