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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... from a central location. To help solve these problems, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Altiris, Inc., have developed HP Client Manager Software 6.1 (HPCM 6.1). Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to be visited individually for tasks such as upgrading the BIOS firmware or performing diagnostics. This server is a free hardware management tool that...
... from a central location. To help solve these problems, Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Altiris, Inc., have developed HP Client Manager Software 6.1 (HPCM 6.1). Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to be visited individually for tasks such as upgrading the BIOS firmware or performing diagnostics. This server is a free hardware management tool that...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... without having to schedule the installation of the drivers on the client computers. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that include the ProtectTools embedded security chip. Change BIOS settings: When booting a computer you can press the F10 key to pause the ...boot process in order to change the BIOS settings simultaneously on your non-HP client computers. • Health monitoring: The health monitoring capabilities of HPCM allow you to ensure that our customers have ...
... without having to schedule the installation of the drivers on the client computers. Manage HP ProtectTools enabled clients: Identify and inventory HP client computers that include the ProtectTools embedded security chip. Change BIOS settings: When booting a computer you can press the F10 key to pause the ...boot process in order to change the BIOS settings simultaneously on your non-HP client computers. • Health monitoring: The health monitoring capabilities of HPCM allow you to ensure that our customers have ...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...8226; Integration with HP Instant Support - Combined, these capabilities translate into greater efficiencies and lower IT costs. BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you are currently available via F10 Setup on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon... to manage your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to select and download SoftPaqs...
...8226; Integration with HP Instant Support - Combined, these capabilities translate into greater efficiencies and lower IT costs. BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you are currently available via F10 Setup on newer desktops and workstations (notebooks coming soon... to manage your computers for more productive in HPCM 6.1 • Improved BIOS information collection - Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to select and download SoftPaqs...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...'s MSDE database). The Altiris Console window receives its reports from a Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM generates and displays its information from this database. Understanding how HPCM works Understanding HPCM is Notification Server 6.0 (NS 6.0).
...'s MSDE database). The Altiris Console window receives its reports from a Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server. HPCM 6.1 plugs into NS 6.0, as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6 HPCM generates and displays its information from this database. Understanding how HPCM works Understanding HPCM is Notification Server 6.0 (NS 6.0).
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... machines. 10 Figure 7. Updating system software 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. The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on the HPCM...
... machines. 10 Figure 7. Updating system software 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. The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on the HPCM...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you change on client computers without having to individually visit and reboot each BIOS setting step-by computer model. BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that HPCM can be changed vary by -step or allows you to go directly to a summary page 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 change the BIOS settings that can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The wizard either walks you through each client computer...
The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you change on client computers without having to individually visit and reboot each BIOS setting step-by computer model. BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that HPCM can be changed vary by -step or allows you to go directly to a summary page 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 change the BIOS settings that can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The wizard either walks you through each client computer...
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... as well as your HP client computers. HP Client Management Solutions HP and Altiris have partnered to the manageability toolkit of IT personnel who manage complex HP client computing environments. HPCM... complete client IT lifecycle management. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete portfolio of solutions for managing the hardware and software aspects of... You won't need to visit a particular computer in managing your overall cost of HP client computers. From the Altiris Console, you can perform these tasks centrally and view...
... as well as your HP client computers. HP Client Management Solutions HP and Altiris have partnered to the manageability toolkit of IT personnel who manage complex HP client computing environments. HPCM... complete client IT lifecycle management. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete portfolio of solutions for managing the hardware and software aspects of... You won't need to visit a particular computer in managing your overall cost of HP client computers. From the Altiris Console, you can perform these tasks centrally and view...
HP xw series Workstations - Quick Reference Card
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...You might need to the web and your hard drive. Locating resources for purchasing an HP Workstation! For some countries/regions a printed HP Limited Warranty is provided in the box. See www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport. For Microsoft Windows: • See the Service and Technical ...Cernusco s/Naviglio (MI), Italy Asia Pacific: Hewlett-Packard, POD, P.O. Technical support Product data sheets RAID information Software, BIOS, and drivers For U.S. HP xw Workstation series Quick Reference Card Hewlett-Packard is committed to your product in the start menu on your PC and/or in ...
...You might need to the web and your hard drive. Locating resources for purchasing an HP Workstation! For some countries/regions a printed HP Limited Warranty is provided in the box. See www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport. For Microsoft Windows: • See the Service and Technical ...Cernusco s/Naviglio (MI), Italy Asia Pacific: Hewlett-Packard, POD, P.O. Technical support Product data sheets RAID information Software, BIOS, and drivers For U.S. HP xw Workstation series Quick Reference Card Hewlett-Packard is committed to your product in the start menu on your PC and/or in ...
HP xw series Workstations - Quick Reference Card (Arabic version)
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HP xw Workstation Hewlett-Packard HP Workstation www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals Setup and Troubleshooting Guide • ) Service and Technical Reference Guide Accessory Installation Instructions;9824 • ) White Papers HP Documentation and Diagnostics Microsoft Windows Start All Programs Documentation Linux HP www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport ...
HP xw Workstation Hewlett-Packard HP Workstation www.hp.com/support/workstation_manuals Setup and Troubleshooting Guide • ) Service and Technical Reference Guide Accessory Installation Instructions;9824 • ) White Papers HP Documentation and Diagnostics Microsoft Windows Start All Programs Documentation Linux HP www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport ...
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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...processors for multi-process or multi-threaded applications or workloads. The ability to exit the menu. Please refer to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. As the system is enabled and work correctly. Certain older Linux distributions such as applications and CDROM, is ...both processor sockets be populated, and installed memory should be set to improve memory bandwidth and latency for maximum performance. Network cards All HP Workstations include 1 or 2 integrated network interface controllers. Hyper-Threading is restarted. NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) is booting, press...
...processors for multi-process or multi-threaded applications or workloads. The ability to exit the menu. Please refer to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. As the system is enabled and work correctly. Certain older Linux distributions such as applications and CDROM, is ...both processor sockets be populated, and installed memory should be set to improve memory bandwidth and latency for maximum performance. Network cards All HP Workstations include 1 or 2 integrated network interface controllers. Hyper-Threading is restarted. NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) is booting, press...
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... when software RAID is required are very well balanced and already near-bottleneck levels, this overhead is easily handled by HP Linux workstations. NOTE: While BIOS messages might refer to hardware-based RAID, software RAID has disadvantages in software RAID requires only a minimum amount of...RAID requires that allow error detection and limited rebuilding of data in the processors. See Installing and configuring SAS hardware RAID on HP workstations require the shutdown of the system so that heavily disk-intensive workloads result in roughly double the CPU overhead (for example, from...
... when software RAID is required are very well balanced and already near-bottleneck levels, this overhead is easily handled by HP Linux workstations. NOTE: While BIOS messages might refer to hardware-based RAID, software RAID has disadvantages in software RAID requires only a minimum amount of...RAID requires that allow error detection and limited rebuilding of data in the processors. See Installing and configuring SAS hardware RAID on HP workstations require the shutdown of the system so that heavily disk-intensive workloads result in roughly double the CPU overhead (for example, from...
HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide
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... the RAID chipsets or plugin cards are supported by HP; Not all current platforms and 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 on a given platform. Supported Configurations Hardware RAID for HP Linux workstations is currently supported ...
... the RAID chipsets or plugin cards are supported by HP; Not all current platforms and 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 on a given platform. Supported Configurations Hardware RAID for HP Linux workstations is currently supported ...
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...such as a guide to view option ROM messages. Press CTRL-C when indicated to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. Adapter selection ENWW LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 21 The first screen will display a list of available adapters. Use the following steps... as RAID level and number of disks used to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility. Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to set up the LSI 3041E or the onboard LSI controllers for SAS RAID. The LSI 3041E plug...
...such as a guide to view option ROM messages. Press CTRL-C when indicated to change the boot order of the adapters. Figure 6-1 LSI Logic MPT SAS BIOS 2. Adapter selection ENWW LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 21 The first screen will display a list of available adapters. Use the following steps... as RAID level and number of disks used to begin RAID configuration and enter the LSI Logic MPT Setup Utility. Boot the workstation, and when prompted, press any key to set up the LSI 3041E or the onboard LSI controllers for SAS RAID. The LSI 3041E plug...
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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...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...x86_64] /c01742190 Linux Operating Systems using NVIDIA Graphics Driver Need to the RHEL Client 5 workstation. Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 Use the following tables to determine which... xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw4600 xw9400 xw4600 xw4600 xw9400 42 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Dual Graphics Cards and Certain Red Hat Linux Versions /c01210413 Black...
...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...x86_64] /c01742190 Linux Operating Systems using NVIDIA Graphics Driver Need to the RHEL Client 5 workstation. Customer advisories for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client 5 Use the following tables to determine which... xw8400 xw9400 xw4400 xw6400 xw8400 xw4600 xw9400 xw4600 xw4600 xw9400 42 Appendix A Appendix-HP release notes for Dual Graphics Cards and Certain Red Hat Linux Versions /c01210413 Black...
HP xw Workstation series - Windows Vista Business express upgrade
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...model in the space provided. Select Vista in the list of your PWS if necessary. Visit http://www.hp.com/support/ and select your country. 2. To display the current BIOS version, select Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information. If prompted, select ...the specific PWS model. 4. Page 2 of operating systems. 5. Visit http://www.hp.com/support/ and select your country. 2. Select Vista...
...model in the space provided. Select Vista in the list of your PWS if necessary. Visit http://www.hp.com/support/ and select your country. 2. To display the current BIOS version, select Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information. If prompted, select ...the specific PWS model. 4. Page 2 of operating systems. 5. Visit http://www.hp.com/support/ and select your country. 2. Select Vista...
HP xw Workstation series Setup and Troubleshooting Guide
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Table of contents 1 Locating HP resources Product information ...2 Product support ...3 Product documentation ...4 Product diagnostics ...5 Product updates ...6 2 Setting up the Hardware Quick setup ...7 Ventilation, COA label, and ...Enterprise Linux 16 Installing with the HP driver CD 16 Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations 17 Verifying hardware compatibility 17 Setting up Novell SLED ...17 Updating the workstation ...17 Updating the workstation after first boot 17 Upgrading the BIOS ...17 Determining current BIOS 18 Upgrading BIOS 19 Upgrading device drivers 19 4...
Table of contents 1 Locating HP resources Product information ...2 Product support ...3 Product documentation ...4 Product diagnostics ...5 Product updates ...6 2 Setting up the Hardware Quick setup ...7 Ventilation, COA label, and ...Enterprise Linux 16 Installing with the HP driver CD 16 Installing and customizing Red Hat-enabled workstations 17 Verifying hardware compatibility 17 Setting up Novell SLED ...17 Updating the workstation ...17 Updating the workstation after first boot 17 Upgrading the BIOS ...17 Determining current BIOS 18 Upgrading BIOS 19 Upgrading device drivers 19 4...
HP xw Workstation series Setup and Troubleshooting Guide
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... This section provides information on the following HP resources for your workstation: Topics Product information on page 2 ● HP Cool Tools ● Regulatory information ● Accessories ● System board ● Serial number and Certificate of Authenticity labels ● Linux Product support on page 3 ●... diagnostics on page 5 ● Diagnostics tools ● Audible beeps and LED code definitions ● Web-based support tools Product updates on page 6 ● Software, BIOS, and driver updates ● Operating system reinstallation ● Operating system ENWW 1
... This section provides information on the following HP resources for your workstation: Topics Product information on page 2 ● HP Cool Tools ● Regulatory information ● Accessories ● System board ● Serial number and Certificate of Authenticity labels ● Linux Product support on page 3 ●... diagnostics on page 5 ● Diagnostics tools ● Audible beeps and LED code definitions ● Web-based support tools Product updates on page 6 ● Software, BIOS, and driver updates ● Operating system reinstallation ● Operating system ENWW 1
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Operating system For information on operating systems supported on your Microsoft Windows workstation, select Start>Help and Support>Pick a Task>Use Tools to verify that you have the latest drivers for the workstation. To locate the current workstation BIOS on HP workstations, see http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport to view...>Tools>My Computer Information>View general system information.... Product updates Table 1-5 Product updates Topic Location Software, BIOS, and driver updates See http://www.hp.com/go /wsos. 6 Chapter 1 Locating HP resources ENWW
Operating system For information on operating systems supported on your Microsoft Windows workstation, select Start>Help and Support>Pick a Task>Use Tools to verify that you have the latest drivers for the workstation. To locate the current workstation BIOS on HP workstations, see http://www.hp.com/go /workstationsupport to view...>Tools>My Computer Information>View general system information.... Product updates Table 1-5 Product updates Topic Location Software, BIOS, and driver updates See http://www.hp.com/go /wsos. 6 Chapter 1 Locating HP resources ENWW