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Understanding your NetVista Thin Client Express
The IBM NetVista N2800e Thin Client Express offers a fast and simple way to
access applications on the following platforms:
v Windows NT
®
Server 4.0
v Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition (TSE)
v Windows NT Workstation 4.0
v Windows
®
2000 Server
v Windows 2000 Professional
v Windows 2000 Advanced Server
As both a hardware and a software solution, Thin Client Express includes essential
Network Station
™
Manager V2R1 functions on a pre-installed CompactFlash card.
Thin Client Express provides the usual thin-client benefits, such as a reduced total
cost of ownership and the fast, flexible deployment of applications. Because it does
not require a boot server, Thin Client Express also provides a quick start-up time.
Thin Client Express also includes a Setup Utility, and a Configuration Tool that
provide the following:
v A streamlined configuration process
v Local boot capabilities from a CompactFlash card
v A Netscape browser
v 3270, 5250, and VTxx emulator sessions
v An Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) client and ICA Remote
Application Manager
v Separate utility programs for flash update service and operations management
v A desktop with a Launch Bar or one or more full-screen applications
v Advanced diagnostics
The IBM NetVista Thin Client Express Service Utility and IBM NetVista Thin Client
Manager Operations Utility are management utilities that you can use to manage
your workstations. These utilities run on Windows 2000 and Windows NT
workstations, and are available to you, free of charge. You can download these
utilities either from a compact disc (CD) or from the World Wide Web. For
information on obtaining the CD (at no cost to you), visit the following uniform
resource locator (URL):
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/netvista/thinclient/xpress.html
Click Express Utilities, located under the More Info heading.
If you are interested in downloading the utilities from the World Wide Web, refer
to “Downloading the utilities from the NetVista Thin Client web site” on page 16
for more information.
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