4.2. Administration Tool (Admin GUI)

4.2. Administration Tool (Admin GUI)
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4.2.1. Administrative Name and Password
4.2.2. Admin GUI Tab Descriptions

The Sun Ray Administration Tool (Admin GUI) is organized around primary Sun Ray objects such as servers, sessions, desktop units, and tokens. Each type of object has a dedicated tab that provides related functionality. Figure 4.1, “Admin GUI Home Screen” shows the home screen.

Figure 4.1. Admin GUI Home Screen

Screenshot showing the home screen of the Admin GUI.

4.2.1. Administrative Name and Password

The default user name for the administration account is admin.

The password is set during the Sun Ray server configuration. If you can't remember the administration password, you can use the utconfig -w command to reconfigure the administration software, including the password. To change the administration password, use the Advanced tab in the Admin GUI.

To allow another user account to perform administrative functions, see How to Enable or Disable Multiple Administration Accounts (Oracle Linux) or How to Enable or Disable Multiple Administration Accounts (Oracle Solaris).

4.2.2. Admin GUI Tab Descriptions

Table 4.2, “Admin GUI Tab Descriptions” describes tabs provided with the Admin GUI.

Table 4.2. Admin GUI Tab Descriptions

Tab	Functions
Servers	From the Servers tab, you can do the following tasks: List all of the servers in the failover group. Display the host group's network connectivity status. Show the host group's installed Sun Ray packages. Display details about each server. Perform a warm restart of Sun Ray services on a local or failover group basis. A warm restart does not terminate sessions prior to the restart. Perform a cold restart of Sun Ray services on a local or failover group basis. A cold restart terminates all sessions on the selected servers prior to the restart.
Sessions	From the Sessions tab, you can do the following tasks: List all the sessions, sorted by user sessions and idle sessions. Use the search function to find specific sessions such as those running on a single server or sessions where a specific user is logged in. Select a session's server to display details about the server or client and to select and terminate sessions.
Desktop Units	From the Desktop Units tab, which includes the Sun Ray Clients and Oracle Virtual Desktop Clients, you can do the following tasks: List all registered clients. List all connected clients. List all clients configured as token readers. List all clients participating in multihead groups.
Tokens	From the Tokens tab, you can do the following tasks: Manage the tokens associated with users. Manage the pseudo-tokens associated with clients.
Advanced	The Advanced tab includes the following subtabs:
	Security Subtab From the Security subtab, you can disable and re-enable security settings, such as encryption of communication between client and server, server authentication, security mode, and device access.
	System Policy Subtab From the System Policy subtab, you can regulate authentication manager policy settings, such as: Access for card users and non-card users, which includes enabling Kiosk Mode, Oracle Virtual Desktop Client access, or Mobile Sessions. Enabling Client Authentication Enabling the Multihead feature, Session Access when Hotdesking
	Kiosk Mode Subtab From the Kiosk Mode subtab, you can configure Kiosk Mode for your system.
	Card Probe Order Subtab From the Card Probe Order subtab, you can rearrange the order that smart cards are probed. You can move the cards that are used most frequently to the top of the list.
	Data Store Password Subtab From the Data Store Password subtab, you can change the password for the administrator account.
Log Files	From the Log Files tab, you can do the following tasks: View system messages. View authentication events. View administration events. View mount messages. View storage messages.

All actions performed within the Admin GUI that modify system settings are logged in an audit trail.

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