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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...to the HPCM Server for display. BIOS Flash: HPCM can be downloaded to see where installation failed. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that you can even gather basic information for computers not receiving updates or to each client computer to... -date and highest-quality system software. Normally, a SoftPaq would be configured to upgrade the BIOS firmware on those client computers that contain hardware supported by HP to ensure that our customers have...
...to the HPCM Server for display. BIOS Flash: HPCM can be downloaded to see where installation failed. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that you can even gather basic information for computers not receiving updates or to each client computer to... -date and highest-quality system software. Normally, a SoftPaq would be configured to upgrade the BIOS firmware on those client computers that contain hardware supported by HP to ensure that our customers have...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. New Features in managing your client computers. Information collected includes manufacturer, OS, language, processor, memory, and free disk space. • HP Tool Update Wizard provides an easy method to select and download SoftPaqs. These capabilities make ... key benefit of test results. - By quickly gathering information from all of your HP client computers, rapidly making changes to client computer system software, and changing the BIOS settings, all from the Altiris website at the management console, the IT Administrator now...
Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. New Features in managing your client computers. Information collected includes manufacturer, OS, language, processor, memory, and free disk space. • HP Tool Update Wizard provides an easy method to select and download SoftPaqs. These capabilities make ... key benefit of test results. - By quickly gathering information from all of your HP client computers, rapidly making changes to client computer system software, and changing the BIOS settings, all from the Altiris website at the management console, the IT Administrator now...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... do a number of HPCM is aided by viewing the HPCM client/server block diagram, shown in Figure 3. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 The Altiris Console window receives its reports from Altiris, including Altiris Client Management Suite and Altiris Asset Management Suite. Figure 3. HPCM block diagram The underlying...
... do a number of HPCM is aided by viewing the HPCM client/server block diagram, shown in Figure 3. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 The Altiris Console window receives its reports from Altiris, including Altiris Client Management Suite and Altiris Asset Management Suite. Figure 3. HPCM block diagram The underlying...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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Figure 7. HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to the SoftPaq Filestore. The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on the HPCM Server. 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. Updating system software HPCM allows you to completely control which SoftPaqs are downloaded and installed on each of your...
Figure 7. HPCM installs software that is used to enter the path to the SoftPaq Filestore. The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on the HPCM Server. 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. Updating system software HPCM allows you to completely control which SoftPaqs are downloaded and installed on each of your...
Computer Set Up Guide Evo Desktop Family, Evo Workstation Family, Deskpro Workstations
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... requests to the MBR are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be displayed. Several disk utilities (such as FDISK and FORMAT) attempt to update the MBR. You must know the setup password, if one is enabled and disk accesses are rejected, ...causing the utilities to the MBR on or rebooted, the BIOS compares the MBR of the current bootable disk to enable or disable...
... requests to the MBR are being serviced by the BIOS during the next reboot, and an MBR Security warning message will be displayed. Several disk utilities (such as FDISK and FORMAT) attempt to update the MBR. You must know the setup password, if one is enabled and disk accesses are rejected, ...causing the utilities to the MBR on or rebooted, the BIOS compares the MBR of the current bootable disk to enable or disable...