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Software package
A managed software package is a collection of software installation files. The collection can include
software for multiple devices and products. The software package is distributed as a *.cab file.
SiteConfig requires that a valid software package be available in its software package store in order
to deploy software.
Package store
A single instance of SiteConfig as it runs on a control point PC has a single package store. You
must specify the location of the package store as a directory on a local or network connected drive.
A software package must be in the package store in order to be available to SiteConfig software
deployment features.
Deployment group
A deployment group is a group of devices to which SiteConfig can deploy software. You group the
devices together based on your software deployment tasks. For example, devices that all get the
same software can be combined in a deployment group. You define software deployment groups in
the SiteConfig Software Deployment | Deployment Groups tree view.
Credentials
Administrator credentials are required in order to install software on a device. SiteConfig remembers
a username and password and passes those credentials to the device in order to get permission to
install software. If all your devices have the same administrator username and password, you can
enter them in SiteConfig as global credentials and then SiteConfig uses those credentials to install
software on all devices. If some devices have a different username and password than those used
for global credentials, you can specify in SiteConfig the credentials for individual devices. SiteConfig
then uses those credentials to install software on the individual device, rather than using the global
credentials.
Roles
A role is a grouping of software functionality. A device can have one or more software roles. A
software role is typically provided by one or more programs or services running on the device. For
some products, a single device-type can be configured to have several different combinations of
software roles, depending on the functionality that device provides to the system or systems to which
it belongs.
Depending on a device’s family, type, and configuration, SiteConfig automatically assigns the
appropriate software roles to a device when the device is added to the system description. You can
also manually modify a device’s software roles.
SiteConfig knows what software should be installed for each software role, and deploys the software
from a software package accordingly.
Deployment Tasks
A deployment task is a mapping between a particular software package that is part of a deployment
group and a device that is part of the same deployment group.
Managed Package and Managed Software
A managed package, or managed software, consists of software that can be installed and/or uninstalled
and/or reinstalled by SiteConfig.
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