Insight In A Nal Environment; Wake-On-Lan Support - FARONICS INSIGHT Manual

Insight in a NAL Environment

NAL (Netware Application Launcher) is part of the Novell ZENworks package. NAL can be used to
control the student desktop, giving students access to only administrator-approved applications. This
can create a problem for the installation of Insight.
Insight can be configured to run properly in a NAL environment. While it is possible to create a ZEN
package and have Insight installed automatically on each PC, this generally takes more time and effort
than it is worth. Insight installation takes less than a minute per PC, so an entire lab is generally
installed in under 45 minutes. It often takes that long to build the ZEN package. The easiest way to
install Insight in a NAL lab is to:
1. Copy the Teacher.msi/Student.msi file from the Insight CD-ROM/downloaded zip file
to a location on a file server accessible to all. (for example, \\servername\PUBLIC\IS_
CDROM)
2. Login as an administrator on each PC and run the Teacher.msi/Student.msi from that
shared location. Install Insight as a student or teacher depending on the PC.
Note for Teacher Machines:
If the teacher's machine is also locked-down by NAL, the Insight Teacher Icon will be unavailable.
Instead, the hot-key sequence CTRL+ALT+L can be used to bring up the Insight Teacher menu.
Testing and Verifying
Once Insight has loaded, the Insight icon appears in the taskbar on all student machines.
Check to see what teacher channel is in use by hovering the mouse over this icon.
If the teacher machine and the student machines are all set to the same teacher channel, all should
work properly.

Wake-On-LAN Support

Wake-On-LAN (WOL) technology can be used to remotely power-on student computers. However,
student computers must be configured to enable WOL. The steps needed to do this vary with every
computer model. Generally, the computer needs special hardware to support this and there is a BIOS
switch which needs to be enabled. It is best to consult with the computer supplier to determine the
actual steps needed.
In the Utilities folder of the Insight CD-ROM/downloaded zip file, there is a utility, WakeUp.exe, which
can test WOL compliance.
This utility sends a WOL signal to a specified target computer. To use this utility, two computers are
needed: the target machine and a console machine. Both need to belong to the same IP subnet. Next
determine the physical MAC address of the target machine. From a DOS command window, run the
Ipconfig /all
Once the physical MAC address of the target machine has been acquired, shut down the target machine
and from a DOS command window on the console machine and run the WakeUp.exe utility. This sends
the WOL signal to the target machine.
If WOL is properly configured on the target machine, it powers-on. If not, check with the hardware
manufacturer to see what additional steps need to be taken. If WOL is not properly configured on a
student machine the Insight teacher machine will not be able to perform a WOL Wake-Up.
The Wake On LAN List dialog box (Administer > Power On Student) lists student machines that are on
that channel. You can delete machines from the list.
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command.