Satellite Management

The Infrastructure Management, Satellite Management area on the Configuration tab enables you to deploy and manage Satellite servers from the HPCA Console. Satellite servers are used to optimize bandwidth and increase network performance by providing remote services, including data caching, for managed devices.

For HPCA Enterprise Edition, you can choose one of three deployment modes:

For more information about deployment modes, see “HP Client Automation Satellite Server” in the HP Client Automation Enterprise Installation and Upgrade Guide.

To define and configure Satellite servers, complete the following tasks:

  1. Import the device into the HPCA device repository. See Importing Devices for more information.
  2. Add devices to the Servers group. See Servers.
  3. Deploy the Satellite Server component to these devices. This enables remote services, including data caching, on these devices. See Install the Satellite Server Component.
  4. Optionally, create Server Pools and assign Servers to these pools. See Server Pools
  5. Create Locations and assign Servers or Server Pools to these Locations. See Locations.
  6. Create Subnets and assign them to Locations. See Subnets.

Managed devices connect to Satellite servers based on the subnet that is assigned to Server or Server Pool Locations. For example, if a device is on subnet 208.77.1.0 and you have assigned that subnet to a specific Location, your device contacts the assigned Servers or Server Pools for this Location in priority order as defined within the Location.

If the Proxy Server dynamic caching is enabled on the Satellite server, the data requested by agents is automatically cached on the Satellite server. The Satellite servers can also be pre-populated with all data on the HPCA Core server using the synchronize feature. See Delete a Server from Server Pools for details.

Note: You can define and configure Satellite servers from the HPCA Core server only. You cannot do this from another Satellite server.

The Satellite Management area contains the following tabs:


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