User manual HP DX6050 MICROTOWER CLIENT MANAGER 6.1

[. . . ] 11 HPCM installation and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Integration with other Enterprise Management Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Altiris Connector for HP Systems Insight Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Altiris Connector for HP OpenView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] To better understand the capabilities of HPCM and how it works, you are encouraged to download and install HPCM 6. 1 from the Altiris website at www. altiris. com/eval. New Features in HPCM 6. 1 · Improved BIOS information collection ­ BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. · Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you remotely set most BIOS settings that are currently available via F10 Setup on client systems such as Remote Wakeup Boot Source, enable/disable serial ports, boot order, etc. · Integration with HP Instant Support ­ Run a system health scan that checks your computers for hardware issues tracked by the HP Instant Support knowledgebase. Scan results identify HP SoftPaqs posted on hp. com needed to resolve the issues. ­ Point-and-click to select and download SoftPaqs. A SoftPaq package is dynamically created that can be scheduled for delivery to your computers. ­ Perform diagnostics on computer components and view reports of test results. ­ Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed or link to the HP Instant Support knowledgebase for more information. · In addition to receiving hardware alerts at the management console, the IT Administrator now has the option to enable alerts to be displayed locally on the user's computer. These alerts include asset changes, low free disk space, hardware health, and low battery. · Collection of basic inventory extended to include non-HP computers. Information collected includes manufacturer, OS, language, processor, memory, and free disk space. · HP Tool Update Wizard provides an easy method to keep the HP tool components (e. g. SSM, Diagnostics) used in HP Client Manager up-to-date. · Improved WMI event handling on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 · Management of systems with HP ProtectTools embedded security chip (requires SP1) ­ Identify and inventory HP client computers that include the ProtectTools embedded security chip. Use the HP Client Manager console to remotely initialize the security chip on your computers saving time in setting-up a more secure client infrastructure. 5 Understanding how HPCM works Understanding HPCM is aided by viewing the HPCM client/server block diagram, shown in Figure 3. Figure 3. HPCM block diagram The underlying infrastructure of HPCM is Notification Server 6. 0 (NS 6. 0). HPCM 6. 1 plugs into NS 6. 0, as do a number of other manageability solutions from Altiris, including Altiris Client Management Suite and Altiris Asset Management Suite. HPCM, in concert with NS 6. 0, downloads several HPCM agents to each client computer to perform the functions shown above. Information reported from the HPCM agents to the HPCM Server is stored in a database (Microsoft's SQL database or, for evaluation purposes, Microsoft's MSDE database). This database is also used to store the HPCM configuration information that you specify, such as the names of the client computers to be managed. HPCM generates and displays its reports from this database. [. . . ] You won't need to visit a particular computer in order to perform tasks like running diagnostics or changing the BIOS settings. From the Altiris Console, you can perform these tasks centrally and view detailed client information. These benefits will help lower your IT costs as well as your overall cost of ownership. 15 For more information As noted above, HP recommends that you perform a trial download and installation of HPCM to verify for yourself that it will significantly enhance the manageability of your HP client computer systems. For further information on HPCM and other HP Client Management Solutions, please visit www. hp. com/go/easydeploy. © 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. [. . . ]