Working with devices, About siteconfig support on managed devices, About device phases – Grass Valley SiteConfig v.2.1 User Manual
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Related Links
Third party devices in SiteConfig
on page 43
About hosts files and SiteConfig
on page 39
Working with devices
About SiteConfig support on managed devices
Before SiteConfig can be used to discover or manage a device, the device must meet the following
requirements:
•
The device must be a Microsoft Windows operating system device.
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The device must have Microsoft .NET version 2.0 installed, as reported in the Windows
Add/Remove Programs control panel.
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The SiteConfig Discovery Agent service must be running on the device, as reported in the
Windows Services control panel.
Software that meets these requirements is bundled in various components and installation programs,
some of which are available at your SiteConfig install location as follows:
•
The
ConnectivityKit
folder contains Microsoft .NET. You can copy the contents of this folder
to a device and then run
setup.exe
to install the software.
•
The
DiscoveryAgent Setup
folder contains the SiteConfig Discovery Agent. You can copy the
contents of this folder to a device and then run
setup.exe
to install the software.
Related Links
Troubleshooting device discovery
on page 94
Comparing files for software deployment
on page 79
About device phases
As you work with a SiteConfig system description to move from planning to implementation, a
device moves through several phases, as follows:
•
Placeholder device — This is a “virtual” device that is still in the planning phase. It is in a system
description, but it has not yet had an actual, network-connected physical device assigned to it.
•
Discovered device — This is a physical device that has been discovered by SiteConfig but that
has not yet been assigned to a device in the system description.
•
Assigned device — This is a device that has been discovered as a physical device and that has
been assigned to a device in the system description. The full set of SiteConfig features can be
applied to an assigned device.
Placeholder device
When you first add a device to a system description, it is only a placeholder for a physical device.
Later you discover the physical device and match it to the placeholder.
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