HP Client Manager 6.1
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HP Client Manager 6.1 Introduction...2 New Features in HPCM 6.1 ...4 Understanding how HPCM works ...6 Extensive reporting capability ...7 HPCM in operation ...7 Client inventory...7 Health monitoring ...8 Diagnostics ...9 Updating system software ...10 BIOS settings ...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 14 HP Client Management Solutions ...15 Summary ...15 For more information...16
HP Client Manager 6.1 Introduction...2 New Features in HPCM 6.1 ...4 Understanding how HPCM works ...6 Extensive reporting capability ...7 HPCM in operation ...7 Client inventory...7 Health monitoring ...8 Diagnostics ...9 Updating system software ...10 BIOS settings ...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 14 HP Client Management Solutions ...15 Summary ...15 For more information...16
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...client-side events, such as a chassis intrusion, disk drive error, battery status, thermal changes, and "walking assets" such as new or missing PCs, memory, battery, disk drives, CPUs, and monitors. Software installations are performed only on the HPCM Server. After Microsoft Windows has booted on ... SoftPaq to the HPCM Server and then use HPCM to -date and highest-quality system software. HPCM can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on the client computers. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that our customers have specified, such...
...client-side events, such as a chassis intrusion, disk drive error, battery status, thermal changes, and "walking assets" such as new or missing PCs, memory, battery, disk drives, CPUs, and monitors. Software installations are performed only on the HPCM Server. After Microsoft Windows has booted on ... SoftPaq to the HPCM Server and then use HPCM to -date and highest-quality system software. HPCM can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on the client computers. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that our customers have specified, such...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...BIOS settings using the F10 key. To better understand the capabilities of your HP client computers, rapidly making changes to your HP client computers. Perform diagnostics on the user's computer. Information collected includes manufacturer, OS, language, processor, memory, and free disk space. • HP Tool Update...health, and low battery. • Collection of customizable reporting tools so you are currently available via F10 Setup on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 Scan results identify HP SoftPaqs posted on hp.com needed or link to be ...
...BIOS settings using the F10 key. To better understand the capabilities of your HP client computers, rapidly making changes to your HP client computers. Perform diagnostics on the user's computer. Information collected includes manufacturer, OS, language, processor, memory, and free disk space. • HP Tool Update...health, and low battery. • Collection of customizable reporting tools so you are currently available via F10 Setup on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 Scan results identify HP SoftPaqs posted on hp.com needed or link to be ...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... diagram, shown in Figure 3. HPCM, in a database (Microsoft's SQL database or, for evaluation purposes, Microsoft's MSDE database). HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 The SoftPaq Filestore is used to store the HPCM configuration information that will be managed. The Altiris Console window receives its reports from Altiris, including...
... diagram, shown in Figure 3. HPCM, in a database (Microsoft's SQL database or, for evaluation purposes, Microsoft's MSDE database). HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 The SoftPaq Filestore is used to store the HPCM configuration information that will be managed. The Altiris Console window receives its reports from Altiris, including...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... on the HPCM Server. Figure 7. System software installation sample screen Through this mechanism, HPCM allows you to configure system software such as device drivers and BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server for downloading and installation on client computers. HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to the SoftPaq...
... on the HPCM Server. Figure 7. System software installation sample screen Through this mechanism, HPCM allows you to configure system software such as device drivers and BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server for downloading and installation on client computers. HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to the SoftPaq...
Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
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...requests to write to update the MBR. Several disk utilities (such as FDISK and FORMAT) attempt to the MBR on the current bootable disk. If changes are detected, you to enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security. If MBR Security is powered on or rebooted, the BIOS compares the MBR ... to report errors. Each time the computer is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be detected by the BIOS, write requests to the MBR are rejected, causing the utilities to the previously-saved MBR. You ...
...requests to write to update the MBR. Several disk utilities (such as FDISK and FORMAT) attempt to the MBR on the current bootable disk. If changes are detected, you to enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security. If MBR Security is powered on or rebooted, the BIOS compares the MBR ... to report errors. Each time the computer is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be detected by the BIOS, write requests to the MBR are rejected, causing the utilities to the previously-saved MBR. You ...