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Deploying Parallels Mac Client
Configuring Network Discovery
To configure network discovery:
1 In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to Administration / Overview / Parallels Mac
Management / Discovery Methods. The list in the right pane will be populated with one or
more "Parallels Network Discovery" entries according to the following:
• If you don't have secondary sites, the list will contain just one Parallels Network Discovery
entry.
• If you have secondary sites but you've installed the Configuration Manager Proxy only on the
primary site, the list will contain just one entry.
• If you have secondary sites and installed the Configuration Manager Proxy on the primary
and a secondary site, the list will contain an entry for each site where the Proxy is installed.
The site name is displayed in the Site column.
2 Right-click the Parallels Network Discovery entry for the desired site and then select
Properties. The Parallels Discovery Properties dialog opens.
3 Use the General tab page to configure general settings:
• Use the Enable network discovery option to enable or disable network discovery.
• Use the controls in the Nmap scan settings section to specify the Network Mapper
settings. You can specify the TCP ports to scan (separated by a comma, space, or
semicolon) and select the Nmap timing policy. The timing policy list contains the standard
Nmap timing options ranging from the nearly invisible "paranoid" to the aggressive "insane"
option. The default Nmap settings provide the optimal balance between the quality of the
results and the time it takes to scan the network. If you believe that these settings will not
yield the best results in your particular situation, you may fine tune them according to your
needs.
4 Use the Accounts tab page to specify user accounts that will be used to install client software
on Mac computers. You can specify more than one account. The accounts will be used by
discovery in the order listed. This step is necessary only if you want to perform the client push
installation. If you don't specify any accounts, network discovery will add the discovered Macs
to the Configuration Manager as unmanaged resources. Use the following guidelines when
specifying the accounts:
• If Mac computers in your organization are members of a domain, you can specify a domain
administrator account.
• If the Macs are not members of a domain, you can specify accounts that have
administrative privileges on their respective Macs. You also need to enable SSH access on
each Mac. To do so, in Mac OS X, open System Preferences > Sharing. Find the Remote
login service in the list and enable it. Add the user with administrative privileges to the list of
users who are allowed SSH access.