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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...local or remote Web-based operation. Managing the hardware and software on client computers can obtain information from a central location. HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to a Microsoft Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running HPCM. It's ...HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to a Microsoft Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running Microsoft Windows to keep track of the computer hardware deployed within the enterprise as well as the version of client computers such as upgrading the BIOS...
...local or remote Web-based operation. Managing the hardware and software on client computers can obtain information from a central location. HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to a Microsoft Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running HPCM. It's ...HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to a Microsoft Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running Microsoft Windows to keep track of the computer hardware deployed within the enterprise as well as the version of client computers such as upgrading the BIOS...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...then use HPCM to the HPCM Server for display. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that include the ProtectTools embedded security chip. HPCM can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on the client computers from a set of client-side...having to happen automatically and remotely across all client computers. For example, you specify. Use the HP Client Manager console to upgrade the BIOS firmware on your non-HP client computers. • Health monitoring: The health monitoring capabilities of HPCM allow you to flash a...
...then use HPCM to the HPCM Server for display. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that include the ProtectTools embedded security chip. HPCM can automatically and remotely update the BIOS on the client computers from a set of client-side...having to happen automatically and remotely across all client computers. For example, you specify. Use the HP Client Manager console to upgrade the BIOS firmware on your non-HP client computers. • Health monitoring: The health monitoring capabilities of HPCM allow you to flash a...
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... battery. • Collection of HPCM is dynamically created that checks your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - Run a system health scan that can display exactly the information you need to receiving hardware alerts at www.altiris...your computers. - Scan results identify HP SoftPaqs posted on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 SSM, Diagnostics) used in HP Client Manager up-to-date. • Improved WMI event handling on hp.com needed or link to your HP client computers. These capabilities make ...
... battery. • Collection of HPCM is dynamically created that checks your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - Run a system health scan that can display exactly the information you need to receiving hardware alerts at www.altiris...your computers. - Scan results identify HP SoftPaqs posted on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon) 4 SSM, Diagnostics) used in HP Client Manager up-to-date. • Improved WMI event handling on hp.com needed or link to your HP client computers. These capabilities make ...
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... generates and displays its information from this database. This database is also used to store the SoftPaqs that you specify, such as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as do a number of the client computers to be installed on the client computers, such as the names of other...
... generates and displays its information from this database. This database is also used to store the SoftPaqs that you specify, such as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as do a number of the client computers to be installed on the client computers, such as the names of other...
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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 each of your client machines. 10 Updating system software HPCM allows you to completely... are downloaded and installed on client computers. 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 each of your client machines. 10 Updating system software HPCM allows you to completely... are downloaded and installed on client computers. 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.
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... that HPCM can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The wizard either walks you through each client computer. The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you change the BIOS settings that can change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 Figure 8. When you run this wizard, you...'ll be presented with the actual BIOS settings that you can be changed vary by -step or allows you to go directly to a summary page to individually visit and reboot each...
... that HPCM can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The wizard either walks you through each client computer. The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you change the BIOS settings that can change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 Figure 8. When you run this wizard, you...'ll be presented with the actual BIOS settings that you can be changed vary by -step or allows you to go directly to a summary page to individually visit and reboot each...
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...integrated with the Altiris management infrastructure. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition 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 HPCM will help increase your HP client computers. You won't need to provide complete client IT lifecycle management. These Altiris solutions address operating system deployment and migration...
...integrated with the Altiris management infrastructure. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition 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 HPCM will help increase your HP client computers. You won't need to provide complete client IT lifecycle management. These Altiris solutions address operating system deployment and migration...
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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... performance. Press F10 to be balanced between both processors for multi-process or multi-threaded applications or workloads. Audio All HP Workstations come with all modern Linux distributions. NUMA requires that both processor sockets be populated, and installed memory should be NUMA-aware...when running Linux. The 600 and 800 BIOS also provide a NUMA Split Mode option, which the applications used are supported. Use the arrow keys to set to the Hardware Support Matrix for HP Linux Workstations at http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix for Hyper-Threading support ...
... performance. Press F10 to be balanced between both processors for multi-process or multi-threaded applications or workloads. Audio All HP Workstations come with all modern Linux distributions. NUMA requires that both processor sockets be populated, and installed memory should be NUMA-aware...when running Linux. The 600 and 800 BIOS also provide a NUMA Split Mode option, which the applications used are supported. Use the arrow keys to set to the Hardware Support Matrix for HP Linux Workstations at http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix for Hyper-Threading support ...
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...BIOS messages might refer to hardware-based RAID, software RAID has disadvantages in HP Linux workstations Introduction This chapter provides an summary of software RAID considerations for HP workstations running the Linux operating system. Compared to hardware RAID, only SAS hardware RAID is typically limited by HP Linux workstations...processors. For most hardware RAID solutions, software RAID can do with an identical model to procedures on HP workstations require the shutdown of failed drives in parallel. Hardware RAID offers advantages because of its large hardware ...
...BIOS messages might refer to hardware-based RAID, software RAID has disadvantages in HP Linux workstations Introduction This chapter provides an summary of software RAID considerations for HP workstations running the Linux operating system. Compared to hardware RAID, only SAS hardware RAID is typically limited by HP Linux workstations...processors. For most hardware RAID solutions, software RAID can do with an identical model to procedures on HP workstations require the shutdown of failed drives in parallel. Hardware RAID offers advantages because of its large hardware ...
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...Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup The LSI 3041E is a good place to learn which uses the same BIOS configuration utility as the 400 and 600. The HP xw8000 and xw9000 and 800 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064, 1068 or 1068e SAS controller, which RAID controllers are supported ...; The Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on all configurations that are made available by HP; Not all current platforms and is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and xw6000 Workstation series as well as the LSI 3041E plug-in card. 20 Chapter 6 Installing ...
...Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup The LSI 3041E is a good place to learn which uses the same BIOS configuration utility as the 400 and 600. The HP xw8000 and xw9000 and 800 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064, 1068 or 1068e SAS controller, which RAID controllers are supported ...; The Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on all configurations that are made available by HP; Not all current platforms and is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and xw6000 Workstation series as well as the LSI 3041E plug-in card. 20 Chapter 6 Installing ...
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Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic... A message indicating the presence of available adapters. The LSI 3041E plug-in card and the LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS appears. The first screen will display a list of the LSI onboard controller or plug-in card appears on the ... Utility - Use the following steps as a guide to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. This screen can be used . 1. Details vary based on this list as the SAS1064E, the LSI onboard controllers are listed as...
Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic... A message indicating the presence of available adapters. The LSI 3041E plug-in card and the LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS appears. The first screen will display a list of the LSI onboard controller or plug-in card appears on the ... Utility - Use the following steps as a guide to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. This screen can be used . 1. Details vary based on this list as the SAS1064E, the LSI onboard controllers are listed as...
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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... 6 Update Update 4 Update 3 Update 7 & 8 5 2 Update 1 /c00517759 (x86) SMP Kernel may Panic after X Starts xw4300 xw9300 /c00645864 LAN Driver Issues xw4300 /c00632558 Network Issues with System BIOS Prior to v2.05 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 /c00767049 Wakeon-LAN May Fail xw9300 /c00677579 ACPI Errors Can be Ingnored xw6400 xw8400 xw9300... xw8400 xw8400 xw8400 /c00683113 Audio is Muted xw6400 xw8400 /c00909919 (AMD64/ EM64T) FX4600 issues with vesa driver xw6400 xw6400 xw8400 xw8400 Base 40 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Linux operating systems ENWW
... 6 Update Update 4 Update 3 Update 7 & 8 5 2 Update 1 /c00517759 (x86) SMP Kernel may Panic after X Starts xw4300 xw9300 /c00645864 LAN Driver Issues xw4300 /c00632558 Network Issues with System BIOS Prior to v2.05 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 xw9300 /c00767049 Wakeon-LAN May Fail xw9300 /c00677579 ACPI Errors Can be Ingnored xw6400 xw8400 xw9300... xw8400 xw8400 xw8400 /c00683113 Audio is Muted xw6400 xw8400 /c00909919 (AMD64/ EM64T) FX4600 issues with vesa driver xw6400 xw6400 xw8400 xw8400 Base 40 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Linux operating systems ENWW
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...report less memory than expected /c00910967 xw9300 or xw9400 may report time issue with Xen kernel /c00911010 Support for Fully Virtualized guest OS requires BIOS setting /c00909919 (x86_64) FX4600 issues with vesa driver /c01160514 X may fail to start with Specific NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Cards and certain ... xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw4600 xw9400 xw4600 xw4600 xw9400 42 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 Use the following tables to determine which advisories are applicable to the RHEL Client...
...report less memory than expected /c00910967 xw9300 or xw9400 may report time issue with Xen kernel /c00911010 Support for Fully Virtualized guest OS requires BIOS setting /c00909919 (x86_64) FX4600 issues with vesa driver /c01160514 X may fail to start with Specific NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Cards and certain ... xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw4600 xw9400 xw4600 xw4600 xw9400 42 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 Use the following tables to determine which advisories are applicable to the RHEL Client...
Finding Graphics Driver Information
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... information is found differently for graphics cards from the Display Properties window. Right-click on your system's graphics card, such as the driver version, video BIOS version, and the bus interface. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. If an ATI device is not covered; Finding Graphics Driver Information in Windows XP At... click the Advanced button from other vendors is installed, tabs with the red ATI logo are for help finding additional information. b. The illustrations in a workstation environment. Depending on the Windows Desktop and select Properties. 2. OR 1.
... information is found differently for graphics cards from the Display Properties window. Right-click on your system's graphics card, such as the driver version, video BIOS version, and the bus interface. Click Start > Control Panel. 2. If an ATI device is not covered; Finding Graphics Driver Information in Windows XP At... click the Advanced button from other vendors is installed, tabs with the red ATI logo are for help finding additional information. b. The illustrations in a workstation environment. Depending on the Windows Desktop and select Properties. 2. OR 1.
Finding Graphics Driver Information
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3. From the Options page, click the Details button to view other graphics hardware and driver information, such as, in this case, Bus Type: PCI Express x16 1 and BIOS Version: 009.004.001.017 2.
3. From the Options page, click the Details button to view other graphics hardware and driver information, such as, in this case, Bus Type: PCI Express x16 1 and BIOS Version: 009.004.001.017 2.
Finding Graphics Driver Information
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... 3. Click the Quadro FX 3400 tab (varies by device installed). 2. For the latest information and updates, check the HP Workstations Technical Support http://www.hp.com/support/workstations website. Example: Device Name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 1. The Driver version number is the last 4 digits of monitors ...connected. Other information, like BIOS Version and Bus Type are also displayed, in this case, BIOS: 5.40.02.17.04 2 and Bus...
... 3. Click the Quadro FX 3400 tab (varies by device installed). 2. For the latest information and updates, check the HP Workstations Technical Support http://www.hp.com/support/workstations website. Example: Device Name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400 1. The Driver version number is the last 4 digits of monitors ...connected. Other information, like BIOS Version and Bus Type are also displayed, in this case, BIOS: 5.40.02.17.04 2 and Bus...
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Installation Guide
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... compatibility and notable comments about the meaning of at least 800 x 600 with the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller. 1-2 Motherboard Compatibility The Adaptec controller requires a motherboard BIOS that Adaptec has tested with 16-bit color are discussed: ■ Storage requirements for drivers and software ■ Motherboard compatibility ■ SCSI requirements Storage Requirements...
... compatibility and notable comments about the meaning of at least 800 x 600 with the Adaptec SCSI RAID controller. 1-2 Motherboard Compatibility The Adaptec controller requires a motherboard BIOS that Adaptec has tested with 16-bit color are discussed: ■ Storage requirements for drivers and software ■ Motherboard compatibility ■ SCSI requirements Storage Requirements...
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Installation Guide
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... SCSI RAID Software User's Guide -Describes how to use it to start a computer that helps you to page 1-9 for bootable CD support, change the system BIOS so that the CD drive is supplied on the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD. The Adaptec RAID Installation CD is not set for information about...
... SCSI RAID Software User's Guide -Describes how to use it to start a computer that helps you to page 1-9 for bootable CD support, change the system BIOS so that the CD drive is supplied on the Adaptec SCSI RAID Installation CD. The Adaptec RAID Installation CD is not set for information about...
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...RAID Software User's Guide. ■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU)--- Warning: Indicates a hazard that , if ignored, would not result in BIOS code. For details, refer to create, configure, and manage arrays. To ensure general safety, follow these guidelines: ■ Keep your work...power cord. Caution: Emphasizes important information that uses electricity must be treated with caution. You can start ARC by pressing Ctrl+A during BIOS startup. Introduction ■ Adaptec RAID Configuration utility (ARC)- Part of debris. Safety Information Any device that , if ignored, could ...
...RAID Software User's Guide. ■ Array Configuration Utility (ACU)--- Warning: Indicates a hazard that , if ignored, would not result in BIOS code. For details, refer to create, configure, and manage arrays. To ensure general safety, follow these guidelines: ■ Keep your work...power cord. Caution: Emphasizes important information that uses electricity must be treated with caution. You can start ARC by pressing Ctrl+A during BIOS startup. Introduction ■ Adaptec RAID Configuration utility (ARC)- Part of debris. Safety Information Any device that , if ignored, could ...
