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Performance Improvements at Point Of Sale - A Guide to Getting the most out of your 4690 System. It is clear that many of the IBM 4690 POS applications could use an overhaul. But who has the time? And where would one start? |
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Overview - Brief Description of Feature This feature allows the customer to retrieve available terminal and terminal device physical asset information including make/model/serial # as well as IP and MAC address. Problem - What Problem Does the Feature Solve? 4690 provide limited terminal and device physical asset information through its Vital Product Data file and it now provides expanded information through its RMA capabilities. This feature of InSight provides expanded information similar to RMA and is a simplified option for customers that aren't able to run JAVA and RMA in their terminals or manage their systems using JMX-based facilities. Solution - Short Description of How the Feature Works The terminal agent component of InSight gathers machine information from the system SMBIOS, lan adapters, etc. This information is provided to the controller agent and is written to a set of per-terminal asset information files on the controller. Part of the information that is maintained is a 'last-seen' date/time record. The InSight controller agent, by default, will purge information for any terminal that hasn't been seen in one year. |