When the IBM® Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control target
software is installed and the target icon is visible in the task bar,
you can perform the following actions on the icon :
- Rolling the mouse over the icon
- You can roll the mouse pointer over the icon to display the computer
name, IP address, and FIPS status of the target.
- Right-clicking the icon
- You have the following options when you right-click the icon:
- Open IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control -
Target
- Use this option to display the target interface. For more details
see The target interface.
- About
- Use this option to display the version number of the currently
installed target software.
Note: The version number is useful for
reporting connectivity issues to IBM support.
- Online help
- Use this option to access the IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control information
center where you can view the latest documentation.
- Connection info
- Use this option to display the target computer name and IP address.
Click OK.
- Report status to server
- Use this option to force the target to contact the server and
report its status to it.
- Who is connected?
- Use this option to display the user ID of the controller user
and the IP address and MAC address of the controller machine that
has established the remote control session. Click OK to
continue.
Note: This option is available only during a remote control
session.
- Disconnect
- Use this option to disconnect the target from any remote control
session.
- System Information
- Use this option to generate a file called sysinfo.txt.
This file contains information about the target such as computer name,
vendor, model, IP address, and running processes. The file is displayed
in a text file.
- Transfer folder
- Use this option to open the folder used for transferring files
to and from the server.
- Enter connection code
- Use this option to enter the connection code required to start
a session through a broker. For more information see Starting a remote control session through a broker.
- Double-clicking the icon
- Double-click the icon to open the target interface. For more
details about the interface see The target interface.