User manual FARONICS POWER SAVE MAC

[. . . ] AUTOMATED Energy Conservation This page intentionally left blank AboutFaronics Faronics delivers innovative solutions that help manage, simplify, and secure complex IT environments. Our products ensure 100% workstation availability, and have dramatically impacted the day-to-day lives of thousands of information technology professionals. Fueled by a market-centric focus, Faronics' technology innovations benefit educational institutions, healthcare facilities, libraries, government organizations and corporations. TechnicalSupport Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free. [. . . ] · Host Name or IP Specify the Host Name or IP address of the computer where the Power Save Report Generator or Faronics Core Console is installed. 14 Port Specify the Port of the computer where the Power Save Report Generator or Faronics Core Console is installed. If Faronics Core Console is selected, specify the Port number as 7750. The Port number for Report Generator must be between 1024 and 65535. Service Name Specify the Service Name. This field is displayed only if Using Bonjour service name is selected in the Configure Service field. GeneratingPowerSaveReportsviaFaronicsCoreConsole If Power Save Mac is configured to report to Faronics Core Console, Power Save Reports for Power Save Mac can be generated via Faronics Core Console in Windows. The Power Save Loadin must be installed prior to generating Power Save Reports in Windows. The Power Save Loadin now provides predefined Energy Consumption profiles that can be used to generate reports. Fore more information on how to generate Power Save Reports via Faronics Core Console, refer to Power Save User Guide available at http://www. faronics. com/library. Power Save Mac reports to Faronics Core Console only if the Enable Power Save check box is selected. DynamicCustomWorkstationGroupsinFaronicsCoreConsole In a scenario where you have multiple managed workstations, Faronics Core Console provides a feature to create Dynamic Custom Workstation Groups. This feature allows you to create workstation groups and dynamically update the workstation list based on predefined parameters. Dynamic Custom Workstation Groups can be created based on Mac workstations in your organization. For more information on Dynamic Custom Workstation Groups, refer to the Faronics Core Console User Guide available at http://www. faronics. com/library. 15 DeepFreezeTab The Deep Freeze tab is used to ensure compatibility with Deep Freeze Maintenance Periods. If Power Save Mac is installed on a computer which is also running Deep Freeze, Power Save will automatically inform the user if configurations changes are attempted while the computer is Frozen. The possibility also exists that Power Save may shutdown a machine prior to a Deep Freeze scheduled Maintenance Period. To ensure that these Maintenance Periods run as scheduled, Power Save is able to detect the time of the Deep Freeze Maintenance Period and will automatically schedule a start-up action one minute prior to its occurrence. If Deep Freeze is installed and is configured with a scheduled Maintenance Period, select the Make sure workstation is running before Deep Freeze Maintenance checkbox. If Deep Freeze has been installed and a Deep Freeze maintenance schedule is not configured, this option can be left unselected. 16 AppendixI:PowerSaveMacAssistant&CustomizingtheInstaller Power Save Mac Assistant can be used to create customized Power Save Mac installation packages and allows for the creation of global settings for multiple workstation environments. Power Save Mac Assistant can also directly install Power Save Mac specific Saved Tasks into the Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) console on the current system. ARD tasks are not part of the customized Power Save Mac installation package. Neither ARD nor the ARD agent can be running in order for the task installation to be successful. The Power Save Tasks screen appears: 17 If ARD tasks were installed with a previous version of Power Save Mac, these tasks must be deleted prior to installing the tasks for the current version; previous tasks are not overwritten. Select the box marked Yes, Install Tasks to install the Power Save Mac specific tasks into ARD on the current machine. [. . . ] This value appears as the default in the Power Save Report Generator main window and can be changed for each individual report. 30 The Energy Consumption Profile tab lists the power consumption of all Mac computers. 4. The number of events retained for inclusion in a report can also be customized through the Power Save Report Generator Preferences pane. Events older than the listed number of days are removed after a restart and every 24 hours afterwards. Select the communication protocol or the service from the Configure Service drop-down. [. . . ]