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UCS Thin Client Services

Important functions and features at a glance

Selection of UCS Thin Client Services functions

UCS Thin Client Services are based on the tried-and-tested, stable and cost-efficient UCS Open Source technology. As a result, the system contains everything which is additionally required for the long-term, cost-efficient operation of a thin client infrastructure:

  • Optionally employable DNS, DHCP and PXE boot servers, completely integrated with the thin client management
  • A software management system for software distribution and updates
  • Hardware inventory functions
  • Monitoring function based on Nagios
  • Optionally employable, high performance identity management system for user-specific client configuration and mounting of many further services
  • Connector to Microsoft Active Directory, removing doubled administration of users and groups
  • Easy to integrate Linux terminal servers for the provision of Linux-based applications
  • Simple access to virtual desktops operated with UCS

Administrators benefit from the uncomplicated standardised administration and the policy-based configuration of the clients in the UCS management system. Possibilities such as policy-based administration and the compilation of thin clients in containers and organisation units simplify and accelerate the administrative work.

Important features of UCS Thin Client Services

  • Policy-based thin client management: For example, the configuration of the user interfaces, keyboard layout and user access to applications can be specified centrally for all users or user groups
  • No time-consuming configuration for new units as the configuration settings can be inherited according to the host type
  • Immediate mounting of thin clients in the existing IT infrastructure
  • Extensive connection possibilities for hardware connected locally with thin clients USB, scanner, local printer
  • UCS Thin Client Services support local sound output in the thin clients
  • Start possibilities for thin clients; Boot over the network (PXE) or locally from USB or Compact Flash
  • Central user and group administration including permission management using the UCS management system (optionally employable)