Scout Enterprise Management Suite

Features of the Scout Enterprise Management Suite

February 25, 2025

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C M

Scout Enterprise Management Suite is the management solution for cloud devices, Hybrid Clients, mobile devices and PCs running the operating system eLux. In addition, Windows-based devices can be managed by using basic Scout management features.

Scout Enterprise Management Suite consists of several components. Most of the components listed below are included in the standard installation but can be optionally excluded when choosing custom installation.

Component	Description	Installation
Scout Server	The service controls and manages eLux devices as well as Windows devices on which Scout Agent for Windows has been installed.	ScoutInstaller.exe
Scout Console	User interface for the management of eLux devices and Windows-based devices on which Scout Agent for Windows has been installed	ScoutInstaller.exe
	Server communication only via database
	Multiple consoles can be managed with one Scout database
Scout Board	Web user interface for the management of eLux devices and Windows-based devices on which Scout Agent for Windows has been installed	ScoutInstaller.exe
Recovery service	Customized TFTP service to realize a PXE recovery environment for eLux endpoints	ScoutInstaller.exe
ELIAS1	Legacy dialog program eLux Image Administration Service (ELIAS) for creating individual image definition files (.idf) for modular firmware updates of the eLux devices. The legacy ELIAS will be replaced by ELIAS 18.	ScoutInstaller.exe
ELIAS 18	New web-based platform-independent ELIAS application for creating individual image definition files (.idf)	separate
		(EliasInstaller.exe)
Scout Report Generator	Tool for creating freely definable reports across all currently existing devices, applications and OUs in the Scout Console	ScoutInstaller.exe
	Is launched from the Scout Console
Scout Keep Alive service2	Windows service processing keep alive packets from eLux devices	ScoutInstaller.exe
Web API	Application programming interface for the management of eLux devices and for the management of Windows-based devices on which Scout Agent for Windows has been installed	ScoutInstaller.exe
Scout Command Interface	Command line interface for Scout commands	ScoutInstaller.exe
Scout Database Connection Editor	Tool for modifying database connection settings of the Scout Server and Scout Console	ScoutInstaller.exe

Further products

Component	Description	Installation
Scout Cloud Gateway	Cloud gateway with VPN backend for convenient connection of devices from the Internet to a Scout infrastructure	separate
Scout Agent for Windows	Service providing an interface for Windows-based devices to be managed through [Scout Enterprise Management Suite]	separate

The features are described in the following guides:

Scout Enterprise Management Suite: Configuration, control and management of the eLux devices using the Scout Console
Scout Board
Scout Cloud Gateway
ELIAS
ELIAS 18
Scout Report Generator
Scout Command Interface

Recovery procedures for eLux devices are described in the eLux Recovery procedures short guide.

Note:

To compose and use your own image files, in addition to the Scout Enterprise Management Suite installation, you need an ELIAS 18 installation. If you usse the legacy ELIAS instead, you need an eLux container for the software packages, see Installing a container.

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Features of the Scout Enterprise Management Suite

February 25, 2025

Contributed by:

C M

February 25, 2025

Contributed by:

C M

Features of the Scout Enterprise Management Suite

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