The purpose of this document is to define the requirements necessary to create a Configuration set which includes the collection of various settings that are desired to be applied on one or more Xerox Devices. The settings that can be applied on a Device are classified to different features.

2.0 Audience

The audience for this document is assumed to be Xerox Program Development and Testing Teams who are responsible for the design and implementation of Configuration Sets of Xerox device. The Requirements document assumes that the reader is familiar with typical network management protocols (SNMP, HTTP, etc.), MIB-related terminology (OID, MIB, object, etc.)

4.0 Config Main

Application interface contains two main tabs

· Configuration sets: To view/Add/Edit the configuration setting.

· Configuration Tasks: To define the Configuration task and running the task for the discovered devices.

4.1 Configuration sets

Configuration sets tab is the dashboard to display or view all the configuration setting. Each setting will be saved with unique id and name.

4.1.1 Creating the New Config Setting

Click on the new button to enter the new configuration set. The New configuration screen will open as shown below.

The screen contains the three sections or tabs.

1. Identity:

Identity tab contains the set name which is the unique name to define the config sets and other info like Owner, Email etc. These are the attributes for the each configuration setting.

2. Asset and Default:

In Asset section, user can define Printer information, Feature Defaults, Multinational related setting.

3. Protocols:

To define the IP Network protocol, Other Network protocol, Print protocol, Ldap Mapping related setting.

Note: There is single save for all the configuration sets tabs/sections.

4.1.1.1 Identity

Enter the Identity information, Set name is the name of the new configuration set.

Enter the Set Name, this name will be unique name to identify the configuration setting, once the configuration setting is defined and saved, set Name cannot be edited in future.

Enter the Owner Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Location and Comments (Description) to define the Configuration Setting.

4.1.1.1 Asset and Default

Select the Checkbox to select the Setting and then enter/select the corresponding values.

This tab contains the three sub section

·         Printer Information

·         Feature Default

·         Multinational

Printer Information

Printer Location:

To set the printer Location selects the corresponding checkbox and enters the printer location in the respective text box.



System Contact:To set the System Contact selects the corresponding checkbox and enter the System Contact in the respective text box.

Feature Default

Device Startup Page:

Default value are Yes (3), No (4). To set the Device Startup Page selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the value “Yes “.   For not setting the Device Startup Page selects the value “No”.

Banner sheet:

Default value are Yes (3), No (4). To set the Banner sheet selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the value “Yes “    For not setting the Banner sheet selects the value “No”.

Orientation:

Default value is Portrait and Landscape. To set the Orientation selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the respective value from dropdown.

Sides:

Default value are 1 Sided Print(1),2 Sided Print(2),2 Sided Print, Flip on Short Edge(3),Unknown(4) and Other(5).To set the sides selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the respective value from dropdown.

Input Tray:

To Set the Input Tray, selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the respective value from dropdown. Default Values are Tray1 to Tray11.

Output Bin:

To Set the Output Bin, selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the respective value from dropdown. Default Values are Bin1 to Bin11.

Multinational:

Default values are English(1), Spanish(2), French(3), Italian(4), German(5), Portuguese(6), Japanese(7), Mandarins(8). To set the console or MIB language, selects the corresponding checkbox and selects the respective value from dropdown.



4.1.1.1 Protocol

          In this section I used to define the Protocol related setting and retrieves the LDAP Mapping.      There   are four sun sections/tabs

1.       IP Network

2.       Other network

3.       Print

4.       LDAP Mapping

1. IP Network:Define the IP network protocols Like IPv4, IPv6, Http, SLP, UPnP/SSDP and Telnet.

IPv4TCP/IP

Used to set the IPv4 TCP/IP related configuration on the device, Default values for source are none(1), other(2), static(3), RARP(4), BOOTP(5), DHCP(6), DHCPAutoIP(7), AutoIPv6(8). To set the values select the checkbox and enter the corresponding values

IPv4 Zero config N/W

Used to set the IPv4 Zero configuration networking related property, Default values are Yes (1), No (2). To set the values select the checkbox and enter the corresponding values

IPv4DNS

Used to set the IPv4DNS related properties to the device like Multicast DNS, Dynamic Registration, Domain Name, Preferred DNS Server, Alternate DNS Server1, and Alternate DNS Server2, to set the values select the checkbox and enter the corresponding values

IPv6 TCP/IP

Used to set the IPv6 TCP/IP related setting on the device. Default values for DHCP Policy are Use DHCPv6 as directed by a router(1), Always enable DHCP for address assignment(2), Always enable DHCP for other configuration data(3), Never use DHCPv6(4). To set the values select the checkbox and enter the corresponding values

IPv6 DHCP/DDNS

Used to set the IPv6 DHCP/DDNS related property, Default values are Yes (1), No (2). To set the values select the checkbox and selects the corresponding values

IPv6 DNS

Used to set the IPv6 DNS related setting on the device. Default values for Resolution preference are prefer IPv4 addresses (1), prefer IPv6 addresses (2). To set the values select the checkbox and enter the corresponding values

HTTP

Used to set the Http related setting on the device like enabling the Http, Setting the Port and enabling the secure http. To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

SLP

Used to set the SLP related setting on the device like enabling the Directory Agent, Setting the Port , scope and Multicast enabling , Radius and MTU. To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

UPnP/SSDP

Used to set the UPnP/SSDP related setting on the device, to set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

Telnet

Used to set the Telnet related setting on the device.

To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values



2. Other Network:Define the Other network protocols Like Apple Talk, MS Networking,                                                            WINS and Netware.

AppleTalk

Used to set the AppleTalk related setting on the device, like enabling the apple talk, printer type and setting the zone. To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

Microsoft Networking

Used to set the Microsoft networking related setting on the device like Connection Mode, Work Group, Share Name, Share Name comment, Host name, Host name comments, Maximum Connection, Connection Timeout, to set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

WINS

Used to set the WINS related setting on the device, like enabling the WINS, setting the primary or secondary server, to set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

Netware General & Netware SAP

Used to set the Netware General and Netware SAP related setting on the device, like enabling the Network general setting on the device, defining the filling transport, Frame Type, polling intervals, printer server etc. To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

Netware Bindery Setting and NDS

Used to set the Netware Bindery and Netware Network Directory services setting related setting on the device, User can define up to four Bindery File server and Network Directory services server, NDS Tree and NDS context. To set the values select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values

3. Print Network:Define the print network protocols Like LP/LPD, Port 9100/IP direct, IPP and FTP

LPR/LPD

Used to set the LPR/LPD setting on the device, for enabling select “yes” and for disabling Select “No”, user can also change the port or specify the maximum connection. To set the setting, select the checkbox and enter or select the corresponding values.

Port 9001/IPDirect

Used to set the Port 9001/IPDirect setting on the device, for enabling select “yes” and for disabling Select “No”, There are three ports for Port 9001/IPDirect, user can set the setting for each port separately like defining the port number, enabling the Bidirectional, enabling the PDL Switching, defining the Maximum Connections per port and end of job timeout value. To set the values select the checkbox and select or enter the corresponding values

IPP

Used to set the IPP Setting on the Device, to set the values select the checkbox and select the corresponding values

FTP

Used to set the FTP Setting on the Device, to set the values select the checkbox and select the corresponding values

4. LDAP Mapping:

LDAP mapping Screen is used to login to the LDAP Server and retrieve the LDAP setting and populate to the corresponding combo box, then user will select the setting and save in order to apply to the selected devices.

To retrieve the LDAP setting,

·          Enter the Primary or Alternate of the LDAP server IP or Server Name,

·          Enter Login Name and password of the LDAP server

·          Click on “Retrieve Mapping button”

System will fill fetch the properties and fill in the corresponding fields.

Note: Initially Default values are set, so the user can set the default values or retrieve the Existing properties.

Click on “Save” button finally and the Configset will get created. In order to abort from creating the new config set, click on “Cancel” Button.

4.1.2 Editing the Config Setting

To Edit the saved Config Set

·          Select the Saved Configset

·          Click on Edit Button

·          Modify the setting

·          Click on “save” in the Edit screen.

Note: Only one config set is edited at once. Do not select multiple for editing.

4.1.2 Deleting the Config Setting

To delete the Config Setting

·         Select one or multiple config setting

·         Click on “Delete” button to delete

4.2. Configuration Task

           Configuration   task section is used to following activities.

1.       Create/Edit/ Delete the configuration task and map the task to the defined /saved configuration sets.

2.       Run the task

3.       Schedule the task

4.       View the Task Results.

Click on the new button to define the new Configuration task.

4.2.1 Create the config task

In “configuration Task” tab, go to “configure Task” sub Tab and click on “New” Button

1. Details:

Enter the Task name i.e. the unique name to identify the task, respective description.

User can enable or disable the particular task, if it is enable then only the task is will be executed.

There are three types of actions

1.        Audit check: Does get operation and audit the devices, and raises the warning if the same value is already set to the devices.

2.        Apply: Does the set operation on the device.

3.        Audit and Apply:Does the get and set operation of the config setting on the selected device

Check “Reboot Device after Applying configuration” check box if reboot of devices is needed after applying the configuration.

2. Devices:

Device section/ sub tab is used to discover the device on the network within the IP range defines in the SCOM database.

o   “All discovered devices” radio button is used to display all the discovered devices on the network.

o   “Recently discovered devices” radio button is used to display recently discovered devices (Last 24 hr) on the network.

o   Select one or multiple devices.



3. Scheduling the Task:

Schedule tab is used to define the Schedule period in order to run the task by the scheduling service.

To schedule the task select the “Yes” radio button. And then select the frequency.

Frequency contains four values to schedule the task.

1.       Once: To schedule once to the specified date and time.

2.       Hourly: To schedule every specified hour from start date time to end date time.

Ex: Hourly, Every 4 hour

Corresponding task will be run every four hour continuously from start date time to

End date time

3.       Daily: To schedule every specified day from start date time to end date time.

4.       Weekly: To schedule every specified week from start date time to end date time.

Note:

o   Task will be automatically picked by the service and will get executed; no user interaction is required to run the task.

o   To view the result, go to Config set application and view the results as specified in the below sections 4.2.4 and 4.2.5

4. Credentials:

Credentials section is used to define the device credentials and SNMP access.

Now click on “Save” button to save the configuration task.



4.2.2 Edit the config task

For editing the Config Task

o   Select the   saved “config Task”

o   Click on edit button

o   Modify the setting

o   Click on save button.

4.2.2 Deleting the config task

To delete the Config task

o   Select the single or multiple tasks

o   Click on “Delete” button

4.2.3 Run the Task

To run the Task

o   Select the Saved Task

o   Click on “Run button”

4.2.4 View the Task Status

To view the Task Status

o   Go to “Task Status” Tab under “Configuration Task” Tab.

o   Click on “Refresh” button to view the Task Status



4.2.5 View the Task Results

To view the Task Result

o   Go to “Task Result” Tab under “Configuration Task” Tab.

o   Click on “Refresh” button to view the Task Result

6.0 Deployment



              Step 1: Run the Setup

CentreWare Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Managerv1.0.36_32Bit.msi (32 bit m/c)

OR

CentreWare Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Managerv1.0.36_64Bit.msi (64 nit m/c)

Note: Uninstall the previous CentreWare Management Pack (From the control panel-> Add or Remove programs) before running the setup.

                Step2: Connection string.

                               Application will access the database using Windows authentication.

For changing to SQL Server authenticationchange the connection string in xrx_ConfigurationSetting.exe.config and ConfigSettingSchedulerService.exe.config file.

(C:\Program Files\Xerox\CentreWare Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager\ConfigSet)

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