Introduction

Welcome to RealOne^® Desktop Manager!

Overview

This guide is intended for technical system administrators who will use RealOne Desktop Manager (RDM) to customize, install, and maintain RealOne Enterprise Desktops.

IS professionals, server administrators, Web masters, and others who provide Web pages for the Internet and intranet may also find this document useful.

How This Manual Is Organized

The manual contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Starting and Stopping RealOne Desktop Manager Components

This chapter explains how to start and stop RealOne Desktop Manager and how to access its Web-based console, RealOne Desktop Manager® Administrator.

Chapter 2: Customizing RealOne Desktop Manager

This chapter explains how to customize common client connection settings, such as port settings and mount points.

Chapter 3: Managing RealOne Enterprise Desktops

This chapter explains how to create configuration files to specify preferences used by RealOne Enterprise Desktops.

Chapter 4: Security for RealOne Enterprise Desktops

This chapter explains how to provide security with an enterprise network that has deployed RealOne Enterprise Desktops.

Chapter 5: Updating RealOne Enterprise Desktops

This chapter explains how to update RealOne Enterprise Desktops that have already been installed to clients' computers.

Conventions Used in This Manual

This section explains some conventional terms and formats used throughout the manual.

Because this manual is aimed at the administrator of RealOne Desktop Manager, the term "you" refers to the administrator.

The following table explains the typographic conventions used in this manual.

Notational Conventions
Convention	Meaning
emphasis	Bold text is used for in-line headings, user-interface elements, URLs, and e-mail addresses.
terminology	Italic text is used for technical terms being introduced in a given manual or other document, and to lend emphasis to generic English words or phrases.
`syntax`	This font is used for fragments or complete lines of programming syntax (code or markup languages)—whether within text or set off—and for command-line instructions.
`syntax emphasis`	Bold syntax character formatting is used for program names and to emphasize specific syntax elements.
`variables`	Italic syntax character formatting denotes variables within fragments or complete lines of syntax.
`[options]`	Square brackets indicate values you may or may not need to use. As a rule, when you use these optional values, you do not include the brackets themselves.
`choice 1\|choice 2`	Vertical lines, or "pipes," separate values you can choose between.
...	Ellipses indicate nonessential information omitted from code or markup language examples.