Ordering Test Methods; Recommended Test Methods - Extreme Networks Sentriant AG Software User's Manual

System Configuration
1 Select one or more of the following
a Sentriant AG Agent—This test method installs a service (Sentriant AG Agent) the first time the
user connects.
b ActiveX plug-in—This test method downloads an ActiveX control each time the user connects to
the network. Testing is accomplished through the browser. If the browser window is closed,
retesting is not performed.
c Agentless—This test method uses an existing Windows service (RPC).
2 Click ok.

Ordering Test Methods

The Sentriant AG backend attempts to test an endpoint transparently in the following order:
1 Sentriant AG tries to test with the agent-based test method.
2 If no agent is available, Sentriant AG tries to test with the ActiveX test method.
3 If ActiveX is not available and if credentials for the endpoint or domain exist, Sentriant AG tries to
test with the agentless test method.
4 If the endpoint can not be tested transparently, then Sentriant AG uses the end-user access screens to
set up a test method and sequence for interacting with the end-user. This order of presentation is
defined on the Testing methods window.
At least one testing method is required. When testing an endpoint, the end-user screen presented first,
is the one that is selected as first here. If this method fails due to a personal firewall or other problem,
the second method selected here is presented to the end-user if one has been selected. Finally, if a third
method has been selected, it will be presented to the end-user if the second method fails. These
system-level settings may be overridden and customized for each cluster.
To order test methods:
Home window>>System configuration>>Testing methods
1 For each test method selected in
testing methods up or down in the selection order. The order of the testing methods determines the
order in which the testing should proceed.
2 Click ok.

Recommended Test Methods

Agentless testing is not recommended as the first test method to be used for testing on domains other
than your Windows domain for the following reasons:
Many times guest users do not know the username and password to their machine if they are
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