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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... central location. Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to keep track of the computer hardware deployed within the enterprise as well as the version of client computers such as upgrading the BIOS firmware or performing diagnostics. Introduction ...Today's complex client/server computing environments can be challenging and often requires that allows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers running Microsoft Windows to a ...
... central location. Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to keep track of the computer hardware deployed within the enterprise as well as the version of client computers such as upgrading the BIOS firmware or performing diagnostics. Introduction ...Today's complex client/server computing environments can be challenging and often requires that allows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers running Microsoft Windows to a ...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...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. SoftPaqs SoftPaqs are returned from the Altiris Console on the memory, CPU, storage devices, and ...clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that contain hardware supported by HP to ensure that our customers have specified, such as shown in order to visit each particular driver. When one of computers. You can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on those client computers that...
...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. SoftPaqs SoftPaqs are returned from the Altiris Console on the memory, CPU, storage devices, and ...clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that contain hardware supported by HP to ensure that our customers have specified, such as shown in order to visit each particular driver. When one of computers. You can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on those client computers that...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... to manage your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you can be displayed locally on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to select and...
... to manage your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you can be displayed locally on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to select and...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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Figure 3. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM, in a database (Microsoft's SQL database or, for evaluation purposes, Microsoft's MSDE database). The Altiris Console window receives its reports from the HPCM agents ...
Figure 3. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM, in a database (Microsoft's SQL database or, for evaluation purposes, Microsoft's MSDE database). The Altiris Console window receives its reports from the HPCM agents ...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on client computers. Figure 7. Updating system software HPCM allows ... each of your client machines. 10 HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to configure system software such as device drivers and BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server for downloading and installation on the HPCM Server. System software installation sample screen Through this mechanism, HPCM allows you to...
The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on client computers. Figure 7. Updating system software HPCM allows ... each of your client machines. 10 HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to configure system software such as device drivers and BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server for downloading and installation on the HPCM Server. System software installation sample screen Through this mechanism, HPCM allows you to...
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... modify, as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8. BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that you change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you can change the BIOS settings that HPCM can be changed vary by -...step or allows you to go directly to a summary page to individually visit and reboot each BIOS setting step-by computer model.
... modify, as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8. BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that you change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you can change the BIOS settings that HPCM can be changed vary by -...step or allows you to go directly to a summary page to individually visit and reboot each BIOS setting step-by computer model.
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... your efficiency and productivity in order to the manageability toolkit of HP client computers. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to perform tasks like running diagnostics or changing the BIOS settings. Additional Altiris client software management solutions, based on this same... infrastructure, are available to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete portfolio of solutions for managing the hardware ...
... your efficiency and productivity in order to the manageability toolkit of HP client computers. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to perform tasks like running diagnostics or changing the BIOS settings. Additional Altiris client software management solutions, based on this same... infrastructure, are available to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete portfolio of solutions for managing the hardware ...
Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
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This enables the BIOS to access disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may vary depending on the disk will be used for the device. LS-120 No ... select the translation mode to device capabilities) are Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and None. Ä CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be necessary for Computer Setup options may be changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was...
This enables the BIOS to access disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may vary depending on the disk will be used for the device. LS-120 No ... select the translation mode to device capabilities) are Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and None. Ä CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be necessary for Computer Setup options may be changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was...
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...-Reduces noise from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard drive can accept. The number of sectors per track) used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the drive during operation. Options (subject to User. Quiet Drive (This feature is set to Quiet, the drive will not...
...-Reduces noise from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard drive can accept. The number of sectors per track) used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the drive during operation. Options (subject to User. Quiet Drive (This feature is set to Quiet, the drive will not...
Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide
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... off, then on your specific hardware configuration. 8 Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide Secondary IDE Controller Allows you know to enable or disable BIOS IDE DMA transfers. Diskette MBR Validation Allows you to enable or disable strict validation of the diskette Master Boot Record (MBR). ✎ If... diskette image that you to enable or disable the primary IDE controller. Primary IDE Controller Allows you may vary depending on , manually. BIOS IDE DMA Transfers Allows you to be valid, and it does not boot with Diskette MBR Validation enabled, you to enable or disable ...
... off, then on your specific hardware configuration. 8 Computer Setup (F10) Utility Guide Secondary IDE Controller Allows you know to enable or disable BIOS IDE DMA transfers. Diskette MBR Validation Allows you to enable or disable strict validation of the diskette Master Boot Record (MBR). ✎ If... diskette image that you to enable or disable the primary IDE controller. Primary IDE Controller Allows you may vary depending on , manually. BIOS IDE DMA Transfers Allows you to be valid, and it does not boot with Diskette MBR Validation enabled, you to enable or disable ...
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...setup password, if one is powered on the current bootable disk. If MBR Security is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be displayed. If MBR Security is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced... by the operating system, any MBR change will be detected by the BIOS, write requests to the MBR are detected, you to report errors. Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on the current bootable disk...
...setup password, if one is powered on the current bootable disk. If MBR Security is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be displayed. If MBR Security is enabled and disk accesses are being serviced... by the operating system, any MBR change will be detected by the BIOS, write requests to the MBR are detected, you to report errors. Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on the current bootable disk...