Configuring the Zebra Printer Management service for Cloud Extender

Follow these steps to use the new version of the Cloud Extender® Configuration Tool to configure the Zebra Printer Management service for the Cloud Extender.

1. Download ZebraManager.exe and then install the module on the local server where the Cloud Extender is installed.
2. Open the new Cloud Extender Configuration Tool.
   
3. Select the Zebra Printer Management module.
   The Printer Discovery Settings window is displayed.
   
4. From the Discovery Method list, choose SubnetSearch to search on Zebra printers by subnet range (you can include multiple subnets), and then enter the range of IP addresses that you want to search and the port that you want use.
   Note: For the MaaS360 platform 10.70 release, the preferred discovery method is to use subnet search for scalability. This discovery method allows administrators to use multiple Cloud Extenders to manage multiple subnets over large enterprise networks.
   

   

   
   The Zebra printers that are discovered are displayed. Note: If a new Zebra printer is added to the subnet or an existing Zebra printer is replaced on a subnet, the administrator does not need to run the new Cloud Extender Configuration Tool again. The Cloud Extender Configuration Tool acts a test to verify that the subnet range you entered contains Zebra printers. You are configuring Cloud Extender to manage subnets or a group of subnets, and then running a test to verify that there are Zebra printers on those subnets. The Cloud Extender runs a script every 15 minutes to discover Zebra printers and to enforce printer configuration policies.
5. From the list of discovered Zebra printers, select a printer to test the status of the printer on the network.
   

   
   The printer status test results are displayed. Some status settings are managed from the Zebra policy in the IBM MaaS360 Portal and other settings are read-only.

   
6. Click Close, and then click Save to save the results.
   The Cloud Extender sends the details about the Zebra printers that are discovered on the subnet/subnet ranges to the IBM MaaS360 Portal. The results are displayed on the Device Inventory page (Devices > Inventory):