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Asset Management

Remote Spotlight search

• Search a remote computer, its startup disk, or a specific folder, qualified using one or more of these metadata keywords: Kind, Last Opened, Last Modified, Created, Keywords, Color, Label, Name, Contents, and Size and filtered for specifictext
• Results can be copied back to the administrators computer, opened on remote computers ordeleted

User History report

• Lists who has logged onto a computer, how and where they accessed it, and when they logged on andoff

Application Usage report

• Shows which applications have been used on remote systems, the number of launches, duration of the launch, and who executed thelaunch

File Search report

• Search for files on groups of OS X computers using name, parent path, full path, extension, date modified, date created, actual size, size on disk, kind, invisible, version number, version string, owner, group, permissions and locked status fileattributes

Software Version report

• Selects up to 10 applications and compares versions installed on Administrator computer with a group of OSXcomputers

Software Difference report

• Compares applications, fonts, and installed packages on Administrator computer with a group of OSXcomputers

System Overview

• Computer: Active Processors, Available User Memory, Boot ROM, Bus Clock Speed, Bus Data Size, CPU Speed, Serial Number, Vector Processor, L2 Cache Size, L3 Cache Size, Machine Model, Memory, Empty RAM Slots, PCI Slots Used, Processor Count, CPU Type, Sales Order Number, VM Size, Total RAMSlots
• Software: Kernel Version, SystemVersion
• Storage: Free Disk Space, Total Disk Space, TrashSize
• AirPort: AirPort Active, AirPort Firmware Version, AirPort Hardware Address, AirPort Locale, AirPort Type, AirPort Installed, AirPort Network Channel, AirPort Network in Range, Computer to Computer, AirPort NetworkName
• Modem: Modem Country, Modem Driver, Modem Firmware Version, Modem Installed, Modem Interface, ModemModel
• Network: First Ethernet Address, NetBooted, Primary IP Address, Primary Network Collisions, Primary Network Flags, Primary Network Hardware Address, Primary Network Input Errors, Primary Network Input Packets, Primary Network Output Errors, Primary Network Output Packets, PrimaryNetwork
• Display: Monitor Type, Monitor Depth, Monitor Resolution, 2nd Monitor Type, 2nd Monitor Depth, 2nd MonitorResolution
• Devices: ATA Device Count, Firewire Device Count, Keyboard Connected, Mouse Connected, Optical Drive Type, SCSI Device Count, USB DeviceCount
• AppleTalk: AppleTalk Active, AppleTalk Network, AppleTalk Node, AppleTalkZone
• Sharing: Computer Name, File Sharing, FTP Access, Remote Apple Events, Remote Login, UNIX Hostname, Web Sharing, WindowsSharing
• Preferences: Sleep Display, Sleep Hard Disk, Sleep Computer, Wake for EthernetAccess
• Printing: Printer Name, Printer Sharing, Printer Type, PrinterVersion
• Remote Desktop: Computer Info #1, Computer Info #2, Computer Info #3, ComputerInfo#4
• Lights Out Management: LOM Active, LOM Channel, LOM IPv4 Configuration, LOM IPv4 Address, LOM Subnet Mask, LOM Gateway, LOM EthernetID

Storage report

• Hardware: Drive Manufacturer, Drive Model, Drive Revision, Drive Protocol, Removable, Serial Number, Logical UnitNumber,Detachable
• Volume: Creation Date, Disk Name, File Count, Folder Count, Total Disk Space, Free Space, Startup Disk, UNIX MountPoint
• File System: Disk Format, Owner, Group, Permission Modes, Permissions, Write Access, Modification Date, Case Sensitive, PreservesCase
• Backup: Journaling Capable, Journalled, Last Backup Date, Last CheckDate

FireWire Devices report

• Manufacturer, Model, Device Speed, Software Version, FirmwareVersion

Network Interface report

• Network Overview: Name, Active, Primary, Configured with, Hardware Address, Interface Name,Flags
• Active Interface: Domain, Router Address, IP Address, Broadcast Address, DNS Server, Subnet Mask, IP Addresses, Broadcast Addresses, DNS Servers, SubnetMasks
• Network Statistics: Network Collisions, Network Input Errors, Network Input Packets, Network Output Errors, Network OutputPackets
• Output Statistics: Output Queue Capacity, Output Queue Size, Output Queue Peak Size, Output Queue Drop Count, Output Queue Output Count, Output Queue Retry Count, Output Queue StallCount
• Ethernet Statistics: Ethernet Alignment Errors, Ethernet FCS Errors, Ethernet Single Collision Frames, Ethernet Multiple Collision Frames, Ethernet SQE Test Errors, Ethernet Deferred Transmissions, Ethernet Late Collisions, Ethernet Excessive Collisions, Ethernet Internal MAC Transmit Errors, Ethernet Carrier Sense Errors, Ethernet Frames Too Long, Ethernet Internal MAC Receive Errors, Ethernet Chip Set, Ethernet Missed Frames, Ethernet Receiver Overruns, Ethernet Receiver Watchdog Timeouts, Ethernet Receiver Frames Too Short, Ethernet Receiver Collision Errors, Ethernet Receiver PHY Errors, Ethernet Receiver Timeouts, Ethernet Receiver Interrupts, Ethernet Receiver Resets, Ethernet Receiver Resource Errors, Ethernet Transmitter Underruns, Ethernet Transmitter Jabber Events, Ethernet Transmitter PHY Errors, Ethernet Transmitter Timeouts, Ethernet Transmitter Interrupts, Ethernet Transmitter Resets, Ethernet Transmitter Resource Errors, Ethernet CollisionFrequencies

PCI Card report

• Card Name, Card Type, Card Memory, Card Revision, Vendor ID, Device ID, ROM Version, SlotName

Memory report

• Slot Identifier, Module Size, Module Type, ModuleSpeed

USB Devices report

• Product Name, Vendor Name, Device Speed, Product ID, Vendor ID, Bus PowerAmps

Scheduling

• Schedule for specific date and time
• Set OS X computers to rebuild and send data on their hardware and software settings on a regular schedule or only asneeded

Software Distribution

Package installation

• Install single or multiple packages remotely on a group of OSXsystems
• Install packages in .pkg and .mpkgformats
• Schedule for specific dates andtimes
• Detect whether a package requires arestart
• Restart computer upon completion of installation or at a latertime
• Encrypt datastream
• Specify network bandwidthusage

File Copy

• Copy single or multiple files and folders to a group of OSXsystems
• Copy single or multiple files and folders from a group of OS X systems to administratorscomputer
• Copy single or multiple files to predefined locations: same relative location, Applications folder, current users Desktop folder, current users home directory, Fonts folder, Preferences folder, System folder, top folder of the disk, or a specifiedpath
• Schedule for specific dates andtimes
• Choose an action if an item already exists: ask what to do, replace the item, replace if existing item is older, rename the existing item, rename the item beingcopied
• Set the permissions of the file once copied: inherit from destination folder, preserve current owner or user, or specify user andgroup
• Encrypt datastream
• Specify network bandwidthusage

Remote Assistance

Observe and control screens of remote Maccomputers

• Support for VNC-enabled computers, including Windows and Linuxsystems
• Drag and drop a file from one remote computer toanother
• Use remote copy and paste to quickly transfer text orimages
• Adjust color depth to one of four modes: black and white, grayscale, thousands of colors, millions ofcolors
• Scale screens to fit in current window when viewing largerscreens
• Use Curtain Mode to block a users view while configuring sensitiveinformation
• Take complete control or share mouse and keyboard with remoteuser
• Toggle between full-screen mode and fit-in-windowmode
• Take screenshots

Observe and control multiple screens of remote Mac or VNC-enabled computerssimultaneously

• View up to 50 screens in a singlewindow
• Adjust the number of screens visible on eachpage
• Adjust color depth to one of four modes: black and white, grayscale, thousands of colors, millions ofcolors
• Rotate through the list of observed computers manually orautomatically
• View at-a-glance information about network computers using system statusindicators

Screen sharing and text communication

• Share a Mac screen with other OSXsystems
• Send text message to a group of OSXsystems
• Conduct one-to-one real-time, computer-to-computer textchat

Remote Administration

Manage systemsremotely

• Sleep and wake a group of OSXsystems
• Restart and shut down a group of OS X systems, perform restart and shut down immediately or allow users to savework
• Power on one or more OS X systems which feature Lights OutManagement
• Open files and applications on a group of OSXsystems
• Empty Trash for all users on one or more OSXsystems
• Log out current user for one or more OSXsystems

Send UNIX commands to a group of OSXsystems

• Execute commands as the current user or a specified user
• Set Network, Energy Saver, and Date & Time system preferences using command-linetools
• Use any of 30 sample UNIX scripts in the Task Template menu; add your ownscripts

Set startupdisk

• Set startup disk to local disk or partition, or select from a list of NetBoot or Network Installimages
• Start up multiple computersremotely
• Optionally restart computers after setting new startupdisk

Rename OS X computers

• Append a unique number for each computer when multiple computers areselected

Change Apple Remote Desktop Clientsettings

• Change the Apple Remote Desktop Client settings for one or more OSXsystems
• Save as a package to apply to OS X systems at a laterdate

Automation

• Create powerful system administration workflows by combining Apple Remote Desktopactions
• Create end-to-end solutions by combining actions with other applicationsactions
• Over 40 Automatoractions
• Save Automator workflows asplug-ins

Easy Setup

• Discover the computers you need to manage using network scanners. Create as many scanners as you need and configure each to search particular areas of yournetwork
• Managed Preferences support for both administrator andclient
• Create computer lists to organise the system however you wish by model, location, or department, forexample
• Review or reuse tasks using list of previously executedtasks
• Allow non-administrator users to run Apple Remote Desktop with some or all of featuresenabled
• Use a computer other than the administrator computer as a task server to automatically collect reportingdata
• Define to organise groups by location, model, or department
• Define a set of rules to add computers to Smart Computer Listsautomatically
• Associate computers with one of seven user-definedlabels
• Use customised Computer List views to show only information of interest, including 14 additional attributes that may be chosen fordisplay
• Authenticate clients using organisations directory services groupnames
• Encrypt all communications between Apple Remote Desktop and client computers with 128-bit AES encryption, or disable encryption for data-intensivetasks