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IGEL Universal Management Suite 4.01.500 available

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Since today a new IGEL UMS Version is available at www.myigel.com

Important: The download souce for the Universal Firmware Update has been changed from ftp to http!

IGEL Universal Management Suite
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Version 4.01.500
16.04.2012

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Notes:
=============================================================================

IMPORTANT:
The download mechanism of the Universal Firmware Update mechanism has changed
its protocol. Instead of using FTP HTTP is now used as the only protocol
available. The new protocol is much more proxy and firewall friendly. With
Windows installation the system’s proxy settings are now used if configured
(not supported with Linux). The URL used to download firmware files with the
new mechanism is ‘http://myigel.biz’. Please change your firewall and proxy
settings accordingly.

The linux installers are tested with
– Ubuntu 8.04 (32bit)
– Ubuntu 10.04 (32bit)
– RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 (32bit)

For further compatibility information check the Universal Management Suite
Data Sheet at www.igel.com.

=============================================================================
New features
=============================================================================
– [Licensing]: Added license deployment of Shared Workplace licenses.
– [Universal Firmware Update]:
– Changed the the protocol from FTP to HTTP. The new URL is now
‘http://myigel.biz’.
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS README’s NOTES FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS.
– Added removal of firmware files at integrated WebDAV/FTP server, if
Universal Firmware Update is disabled in UMS.
– [Active Directory]: Supported encryption types with Java 6 for Kerberos
authentication:
– aes128-cts (type 17)
– rc4-hmac (type 23)
– des-cbc-md5 (type 3)
– des-cbc-crc (type 1)
– des3-cbc-sha1 (type 16).
– [Administrative Tasks]:
– Added execution history.
– Added export/delete Event/Message logging job
(moved from UMS Administrator application to administratve tasks).
– [Asset Informations]: Added grouping of monitor data in a separate table.
– [UMS Administrator]: Legacy failover datasource functionality removed

=============================================================================
Fixed bugs
=============================================================================
– [Database]: Fixed foreignKey-Error FK_TCSETTINGSFORPROFILEINS__0 that
occured in different cases:
– registering TCs
– transfer settings from TC to UMS
– transfer profile settings from UMS to TC
– [Password]: Fixed password issue with IGEL legacy linux thinclients
(3.x series).
IMPORTANT: Firmwares need to be re-registered to solve the problem.
– [Active Directory/LDAP]:
– Fixed usage of special characters in AD groupnames.
– Fixed ‘Member Of’ and ‘Members’ view in the ‘Administrator accounts’
dialog.
– Fixed LDAP logon failure caused by a wrong search string.
– Fixed search entry point for AD search in Administrative Account import
dialog which did not work.
– [Thinclient Registration]: Fixed registration at UMS without credentials,
if an UMS IP is added to the remote management configuration at the TC.
– [Universal Firmware Update]: Fixed NullPointerException while downloading
a legacy firmware (3.x series).
– [UMS Console]:
– Fixed GUI freeze, if a job is created with job interval
larger than 23 days.
– Removed ‘process shutdown’ button in Administration Tree,
Process Panels

Cheers

Michael

Happy Eastern!

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

I wish you all happy holiday season! This was a very intresting week, Dell acquires Wyse and this blog now have more then 200 Visitors each day. Not bad for a quite new and specialized blog… Thank you all!

Cheers
Michael

UMS Health Agent Version 1.0 Beta2

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Hello,

i’ve uploaded a small tool which provides the ability to monitor an IGEL Universal Management Server thru the network. It do not only a small open port check, it creates real “simple” UMS traffic to check if the ports are open.

 IGEL Universal Management Suite Health Agent

You can report issues to mhoting@cloud-client.info, remember it’s a Beta. The download is available here:  http://www.cloud-client.info/umsha/umsha.zip

 Cheers

Michael

IGEL UDC (Universal Desktop OS) with Asus EeePc 1011PX

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Hello Folks,

today i’ve tested the IGEL UDC solution together with the Asus EeePC 1011PX (http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1011PX/) and it works great, i’ve used the IGEL Universal Desktop OS Version 4.08.500 and only the Installation was tricky; the onboard network card is not supported and the IGEL UDC won’t install the Universal Desktop OS. So i need to install the UDC in a virtual computer first, spoof the MAC-ID, deploy the License from the UDC Token thru the IGEL Universal Management Suite and copy then the license file to me EeePC by hand.

Asus Eee PC 1011PX
To get the IGEL License for the device i enabled the onboard WiFi Chip (it works… WPA/WPA2 tested) and then i was able to assign the license via the IGEL Universal Management Suite (i’ve used the official IGEL UDC Token with three advanced Licenses from the Partner NFR Kit on it and i still need to do a trick with an other virtual client with a spoofed Mac-ID (from the WiFi chipset) to finally create a license file for my WiFi Mac-ID). It would be really great if IGEL allows or better recognize the WiFi Card for the UDC Token to create a license too. On the other side, if you know the Mac-ID you can get a ready to use license File from IGEL directly but you can’t deploy it thru the UMS without tricks regarding the fact that the UMS will also always take the onboard network card…. So you need to copy it by hand like i do in this case. Please IGEL: Make this more simple a none technical and well trained person can’t do this without manuals! Good after loosing time for the Mac-ID problem i proceed to the next tests including the results.First i’ve enabled the option to enable the native Graphic Card driver in System->Custom…->Features->Enable native graphic Driver support and it works again incl. Dual Monitor support – cloned and expansion. Great and one funny thing, you can´t select the resolution 1024×600 in the IGEL Setup but if you keep the “Automatic detection” setting it will work in the native 1024×600 resolution. No i’ve tried to use the Audio Card, so i’ve done a Browser Setup incl. the flash player which works out of the box for Audio Playback.To test the internal Webcam i’ve installed the Skype Static Binaries via the IGEL Custom Partition feature and also this works incl. Webcam support; means it should also work with HDX Webcam redirection. When i’ve done a Skype call also the inbuild microphone works fine out of the box.The internal SATA Controller is also recognized by the system and the inbuild SD Reader works fine too.

So if you need a mobile thin client without the need to use the onboard ethernet controller, you really have a cool option here. Of course Asus can change this device and i can’t guarantee that this will work always in the same way (don’t blame me). But it’s worth to check this out if you’ve a requirement like this.

Cheers

Michael

P.S.: For my test i used a USB Memory Stick as target to install the Universal Desktop OS , a lot of people don´t know that they can select a USB Memory too during the UDC Installation and don´t have to wipe the harddisk. It makes it much more simple if you want to test the UDC and you can also prepare a bunch of USB Memory Sticks if you want to allow people to use the OS installed to the hdd or to provide the ability to switch the OS on demand-like on my netbook. 🙂

FW Release: IGEL Universal Desktop WES7 3.02.100

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

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New features:
======================================
[DRIVER]: Updated VIA VX900 graphics driver (improved display rotation)
[ICA]: Added XEN Desktop Appliance Mode
[VDM]: Added View Appliance Mode
[System]:
– DNS Cache can be enabled/disabled (default disabled)
– Added keyboard layout support for Dutch/US
– If no destintation filename is set the source filename will be used
[Powerterm]: In Powerterm sessions %h in client device name will be resolved to the current hostname
[Hardware]: Added support for USB scanners

======================================
Fixed bugs:
======================================
[System]:
– Fixed inconsistency of terminal server device CALs after fimrware update
– Fixed uptime informations at IGEL Device Information
– Increased network timeout during snapshot download
– Fixed license issues after firmware update if “reset terminal settings” was issued before
[Partial Update]:
– Fixed password to support @ character
– File protocol for the Partial Update will be used if the location path of the partial update filr ends with a final “\”

MAC-ID Collector

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Hello,

i’ve uploaded a small tool which can be helpfull if you want to collect mac-id’s to deploy the IGEL Universal Desktop converter or just to sniff for mac-id’s in your environment. I didn’t spend much time in it…

The download is here: http://www.cloud-client.info/maccol/maccol.zip

Cheers

Michael

P.S.: Just fixed the download link… Sorry… Also i made a small update, it’s now Version 1.01

FW Release: IGEL Universal Desktop WES 2.10.11x

Monday, March 19th, 2012
======================== Fixed bugs: ====================

– [System]: Fixed miss formated international labels in TC-Setup

Video: UMS Basics Webinar (english)

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

As promised, here is the English version of IGEL’s UMS Basics Webinar:

http://vimeo.com/37578730

The UMS Basics Webinar shows you the basic functionalities of the IGEL Universal Management Suite and how to work with them.

Deployment Assistant Tool for IGEL Thin CLients Version 1.01 is online now

Friday, March 9th, 2012

I´ve uploaded a small update today, fist implementations for the custom partition feature support in lx are done. The upload is available via www.cloud-client.info/dati/dati.zip or if you are using DATI 1.00 you can use the update check feature to replace the files in your installation folder.

Report issues to mhoting@cloud-client.info

Cheers

Michael Hoting

First test Windows Server 8 Beta together with IGEL Thin Clients

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Today i got the first time to play around with the IGEL Thin Clients and Windows Server 8 Beta.

I used the common installation from Microsoft and have installed the Remote Desktop Services Role, for my test i’ve used a UD5 Hardware with the Advanced License and Windows 7 Embedded Standard. On the Server AERO and software RemoteFX incl. USB Redirection was enabled. The result was great… Here a small picture with the RDP session in windowed mode (Fullscreen works also fine):

IGEL W7 based thin client with Windows Server 8 RemoteFX session

I’ve also tested a LX based device and iam sorry to say that IGEL needs to get a look on there RemoteFX implementation, it only provides a black screen with and without enabled RemoteFX support. After some troubleshooting i found out that some new RDP implementations are not supported currently and there is currently also no fix at the client or server side to bypass this (i checked nearly every possible setup). Sorry…. But i believe IGEL will do this until the final Windows 8 release…

Cheers

Michael Hoting

IGEL Firmware release 3.12.300 for older IGEL Thin Clients

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Mainly the version is out to fix a bug in client printer mapping:

======================== Fixed bugs: ====================

– [ICA]: Fixed ICA client printer mapping.

======================== Applications: ==================

– ICA Client 11.118.174016

– RDP Winconnect 6.0.72h

– RDP rdesktop 1.6.0

– PowerTerm WebConnect 5.6.0.4000-rel.20413

– Firefox 2.0.0.20

– Acrobat Reader 509

– Flash Player 7

– ThinPrint Client 7.0.86.1

– NX Client 3.4.0-7

– Cisco VPN Client 4.8.00.0490-k9

– X Server 6.8.1



CeBit 2012 News: IGEL introduces ARM based Thin Client

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

At the CeBit 2012 in Hannover IGEL introduces a new Thin Client device using a ARM CPU and it also provides an additional Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for Multimedia Encoding following the Citrix SoC Design which was introduced at the Synergy 2012 in Barcelona.

Based on this technology multimedia content can be displayed much better which improves the end user experience in general compared to other devices in this price/device class, IGEL will support Citrix ICA (HDX / HDX 3D) and Microsoft RDP (RemoteFX) sessions in the first step and other services/sessions should follow if available for the ARM technology.

 Iam sorry to say, there is only one sample device and this one is at the CeBit; if you’re @ the CeBit take the chance and visit the IGEL booth. As soon i got a sample device i will post some more impressions here. Currently i call this device the better zero client.. 🙂

Cheers

Michael

CeBit 2012 News: Up to 8 Screens on a workplace with IGEL’s distributed Display solution

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Hello Folks,

at the CeBit 2012 in Hannover IGEL demonstrates there distributed Display solution to provide up to 8 screens to a workplace. Iam happy to got also a prerelease Version to get a first look on the solution and iam happy to share some information’s with you.

What is the “distributed” Display solution:

1) The solution provides up to 8 Screens for IGEL Universal Desktop LX based devices (only!)

2) You have a master and slaves, all IGEL Thin Clients come with two display ports and this means: 1x UD5 Master provide two screens (1¦2) and a second UD3 Slave provide also two additional screens (3¦4), to get screen (5¦6) and (7¦8) you need to add one or two additional thin clients. The clients will be connected thru a seperate network and there is no need to have keyboard/mice for all devices (of course the Master needs a mouse and a keyboard…)

3) The UD5 Master device needs an additional network card (currently INTEL 82574L) and you need to configure only the master, all administrative task (Firmware Update, Slave switch on, Slave configuration) will be done thru the Master!

4) The device’s require a additional licenses from IGEL for the Master and also the Satellite’s, this solution can not be used with the regular licenses (entry, standard and advanced) out of the box!

Benefits

– The solution is flexible and a simple way to provide a couple of screen to a workplace

– Regarding that this solutions works thru the network you can seperate displays via long distances (seperate network!! do not mix this with your production network!), for example in showrooms.

– Compared to the price for a 4 port Display Card (~1000 US$ without PC) it looks like a better pricing for a more flexible solution.

– All satellites will be configured thru the master.

– Displays can be arranged in the way you want it, all in one row, like a cross, a square or whatever in a very simple way thru the IGEL Setup.

– Not tested but it should be possible to upgrade existing devices to the distributed display solution via an upgrade license from IGEL (of course you need to add the second network card to the master), this is only a impression from my side and i can’t say if this will be a final product feature!

Disadvantage

– additional network cables, for a workplace with 8 screens you need to hide a lot of network cables and power supply’s

– slow boot time (the master will switch on the slave and you have to wait two more time compared to the regular boot time), i recommend to bypass this to a management task to wake up the master client early in the morning.

– Performance can be very different, IGEL provides this solution for a UD5 as Master and for UD2, UD3 or UD5 as slave. Of course the UD2 is a very price aggressive device but from the performance point of view i would not recommend this device; here a UD3 or UD5 is the better way to go and during a PoC you should get two devices as satellite’s for your test. This is also not an HD Multimedia solution.

– Higher requirements to setup the devices, this task can not be done thru a normal office user

The solution looks quite cool but it’s still some development to do and the firmware is still not public available, if you’re intrested to test this solution contact you sales contact.

 Cheers

Michael

FW Release: IGEL Universal Desktop WES 2.10.10x

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

IGEL Universal Desktop ES
=========================
Version 2.10.101
05. März 2012
Supported devices: UD9-x20 ES, UD9-x30 ES

================================================================================
Notes:
================================================================================

================================================================================
Drivers:
================================================================================
– OmniKey Cardman 3×21: 1.1.0.32
– Marvel Yukon NIC: 8.61.7.3
– VIA WLAN VT6656: 1.69.0.1000
– Prolific PL-2303 USBtoSerial: 2.0.2.8
– FTDI UsbToSerial: 2.02.04
– Intel 945E: 6.14.10.4926
– RaLink RT73 USB: 1.00.04.0000
– Realtek RTL8136: 5.720.0327.2009
– Realtek HD Audio: 5.10.0.5700
– RaLink RT 2500 USB: 2.01.01.0000
– RaLink RT2860 PCI: 3.01.00.0000
– eGalaxTouch: 5.8.0.7308

================================================================================
Applications:
================================================================================
– .NET: 3.5 Sp1
– Ericom PowerTerm: 9.0.1.203
– Ericom WebConnect: 5.6.1.1000
– Sun JAVA RE: 1.6 Update 18
– VMware View Client: 5.0.0.481677
– Tight VNC Server: 1.3.10
– Fabulatech USB for Remote: 2.8
– Citrix PM Agent: 4.5.124
– Adobe Acrobat Reader: 5.0
– SAP GUI JAVA for Windows: 7.10 R 7
– NXClient: 3.4.0.7
– Thin Print: 7.0
– Citrix Receiver: 3.0
– Quest vWorkspace Client: 7.2
– Ekiga VOIP Client: 3.2.6
– NCP Secure Client: 9.23
– Spice for RHEV: 5.6
– Spice USB Redirection for RHEV: 5.6
– MS RDP Client: 7.0
– Internet Explorer: 8
– Windows Media Player: 11
– Leostream Connect Client: 2.7.129.0

===============================================================================
New features:
================================================================================
– [Powerterm]: In Powerterm sessions %h in client device name will be
resolved to the current hostname
– [VMware View]: Added additional parameters for the VMware View appliance:
– Display connection bar (vmwarevdmapp.enable_shade)
– Connect USB on startup (vmwarevdmapp.connect_usb_on_startup)
– Connect USB on insert  (vmwarevdmapp.connect_usb_on_insert)
– [System]: Latest updates/hotfixes added
– [System]: DNS Cache can be enabled/disabled (default disabled)
– [System]: Added keyboard layout support for Dutch/US
– [System]: If no destintation filename is set at file transfer
the source filename will be used

================================================================================
Bug fixes:
================================================================================
– [ICA]:      Fixed missing domain name at Citrix Online Plugin
login mask while configured through IGEL setup/UMS
– [Partial Update]: Fixed password to support @ character
– [vWorkspace]: Fixed missing SSL certificate
– [System]: Fixed upime informations at IGEL Device Information
– [System]: Fixed inconsistency in TS device CALs after fimrware
update
– [System]: Increased network timeout during snapshot download
– [System]: Problems with settings if shared workplace
is active fixed
– [System]: Fixed license issues after firmware update in conjunction
with “reset terminal settings”

================================================================================
Known Issues:
================================================================================
– A device connected over WLAN cannot be scanned by UMS if the first
ethernet adapter is disabled in device manager.
– UMS-Agent BOOT commands:
* Get settings from UMS over WLAN fails at boot time
* Re-Registration of client after firmware update over WLAN
fails at boot time

Deployment Assistant Tool for IGEL Thin CLients Version 1.00 is online now

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Hello,
since today you can download the DATI Tool for free via http://www.cloud-client.info/dati/dati.zip it includes also a Whitepaper which can be download here http://www.papershare.com/app/paper.aspx?id=1981&o=3736.

The tool provides an easy way to create partial Updates for Microsoft Windows based IGEL Thin Clients and can be very helpfull in larger client environments.

Please report issues directly to mhoting@cloud-client.info

Cheers

Michael

Windows 8 – Wohoooo….

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Since today Windows 8 is released as public beta (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/iso) and also Windows Server 8 can be downloaded now (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx).

Together with million of other people iam now downloading this stuff (Very slow at the moment 🙂 ) and will start my first test together with the IGEL Clients. Iam very intrested to see the results and if the Windows 8 Remote FX implementation will work.  I will post the results here during the next days.

Cheers

Michael

Supported WiFi devices IGEL Universal Desktop LX / OS (UDC) Version 4.08.500

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Hello Folks,

very often people ask what WiFi devices are supported; iam sorry to say: there is no list currently.

But we can provide you a list of supported chipset’s, please note: this is no guarentee at all, very often vendors add custom features/design’s to the chipsset and this means: it can work.

• Ralink RT73

• Ralink RT3090

• Atheros AR5212A

• VIA VT6656

• Ralink RT2870

•ATH9k (List of supported chipsets: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k#supported_chipsets)

• iwlwifi http://intellinuxwireless.org/

• iwl2945

I recommend the ATH9k which works great together with the Universal Desktop OS and my Asus EeePC 1011 PX (Dual core Atom incl. Dual Screen support, http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1011PX/ ), i got some small issues here during the installation with the network card but finally it works great (still without network card, but hey.. It’s a netbook and i don’t care as long the WiFi works; the rest of the hardware incl. webcam works fine).

Cheers

Michael

Video: UMS Basics Webinar (german)

Monday, February 27th, 2012

I took the liberty of screen capturing this during the Webinar Session of IGEL Technology as it hasn’t been uploaded by IGEL yet. I’ll try to upload the English version asap.

http://vimeo.com/37509729

The UMS Basics Webinar shows you the basic functionalities of the IGEL Universal Management Suite and how to work with them.

Sebastian

New Whitepaper available: Single Sign On with Kerberos on LX

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Use Single Sign On with Kerberos on your IGEL LX Client by following this White Paper: http://www.papershare.com/app/paper.aspx?id=1909&o=6796

New unofficial Whitepaper available: IGEL Universal Desktop LX/OS customizing the desktop in 15 minutes or “Pimp my IGEL!-Part 1”

Friday, February 10th, 2012

Customize your Thin Client/Cloud Client desktop to meet company requirements, download is here: http://www.papershare.com/app/paper.aspx?id=1817&o=3736

Cheers

Michael