[SunRay-Users] CAM switch between uttsc, Unix, Linux servers?

[Bob Doolittle]

If users use cards, you can use AMGH to direct all pseudo (non-card) tokens
to the CAM FOG when the card is removed.

-Bob

Thomas L Baca wrote:
> We are very interested in doing the three-way CAM chooser, utswitching
> to Solaris and Linux FOGs (and uttsc to Windows TS).  Any ideas about
> how we can solve the utswitch-back-to-the-CAM-FOG-on-logout problem?
>
> thanks,
> -tom
>
>   
>>>>>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:16:30 -0700, Craig Bender <Craig.Bender at sun.com> said:
>>>>>>             
>
>     > Not necessarily.  Let me think about it.  I wonder if we can do 
>     > something on logout to utswitch it back...
>
>     > Thomas L Baca wrote:
>     >> Thanks for the response!  This is a great starting point for us.
>     >> 
>     >> One related issue for us is that, being at the university, we have
>     >> *lots* of users for relatively few DTU's.  So, I am reluctant to
>     >> support hotdesking for student users because of the likelihood of
>     >> many, many idle sessions taking too many resources on the servers.
>     >> 
>     >> My IT support team *does* use card-based hotdesking to great
>     >> advantage, and I may even consider opening that to
>     >> faculty/instructors.
>     >> 
>     >> So, does not supporting hotdesking for students throw a monkey wrench
>     >> into the works?
>     >> 
>     >> thanks,
>     >> -tom
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >>>>>>> On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:52:44 -0700, Craig Bender <Craig.Bender at sun.com> said:
>     >>>>>>> 
>     >> 
>     >> > Yes.  It could be done a few ways.
>     >> > Have two or three FOG's/or stand alone servers, but the DTU's only being 
>     >> > directed to the one FOG/server
>     >> 
>     >> > You could enable NSCM and non-card users would get solaris.  You could 
>     >> > customize the S10 artwork on the log in screen to direct users to insert 
>     >> > card for linux or windows.
>     >> 
>     >> > Card users would get CAM that displayed a chooser application that 
>     >> > offers windows, linux
>     >> 
>     >> > If they click linux, it utswitch to the linux fog/server, if windows run 
>     >> > uttsc locally and connect to a terminal server.
>     >> 
>     >> > You could then use AMGH to return the DTU's to the primary fog.
>     >> 
>     >> > Or you could do a chooser that offers three applications.  and 
>     >> > utswitches over to the linux or solaris servers.
>     >> 
>     >> > It would be best to do that with cards so you could use AMGH to return 
>     >> > the DTU back to it's home server.  Or you could just instruct the users 
>     >> > to power cycle the Sun Ray when the logout.
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >> 
>     >> > Thomas L Baca wrote:
>     >> >> Suppose you had some of each:
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> Windows Terminal servers
>     >> >> Solaris Sun Ray servers
>     >> >> Linux Sun Ray servers
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> ...and wanted to present a choice to users at the dtu startup screen,
>     >> >> before login (e.g., with CAM), as to which system they wanted to
>     >> >> connect to initially.  Is it possible?
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> I'm in a university environment and want to give easy access to each
>     >> >> of those operating environments without the Windows user having to
>     >> >> know how to navigate a Unix/Linux environment, even briefly, and
>     >> >> vice-versa.
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> For our purposes this sort of *simple* universal terminal
>     >> >> configuration would be ideal.
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> Thanks for any ideas, hints, etc.
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> -tom
>     >> >> 
>     >> >> 
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