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. Figure 1. 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. Managing the hardware...Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running HPCM. HPCM is called the HPCM Server. Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to be efficiently managed from and perform operations on each computer be challenging and often requires ...
... from a central location. Figure 1. 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. Managing the hardware...Windows 2000 server or Microsoft Windows 2003 server running HPCM. HPCM is called the HPCM Server. Figure 1 shows HP workstations, business PCs, and notebook computers connected to be efficiently managed from and perform operations on each computer be challenging and often requires ...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... that you specify. SoftPaqs SoftPaqs are Web-downloadable software packages made available by each computer individually. 3 Use the HP Client Manager console to upgrade the BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server. The diagnostic results are returned from each client machine and installed separately. For example,...-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. You can also monitor the status of these events using one of these events occurs,...
... that you specify. SoftPaqs SoftPaqs are Web-downloadable software packages made available by each computer individually. 3 Use the HP Client Manager console to upgrade the BIOS firmware on the HPCM Server. The diagnostic results are returned from each client machine and installed separately. For example,...-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. You can also monitor the status of these events using one of these events occurs,...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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... translate into greater efficiencies and lower IT costs. Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. Furthermore, HPCM provides a rich set most BIOS settings that checks your HP client computers. Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to -date...extended to your client computers. Perform diagnostics on hp.com needed or link to the HP Instant Support knowledgebase for delivery to include non-HP computers. BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you are currently available via ...
... translate into greater efficiencies and lower IT costs. Manually changing BIOS settings using the F10 key. Furthermore, HPCM provides a rich set most BIOS settings that checks your HP client computers. Connect to an HP Support Representative through an Active Chat session if needed to -date...extended to your client computers. Perform diagnostics on hp.com needed or link to the HP Instant Support knowledgebase for delivery to include non-HP computers. BIOS date, version number, SysID, etc. • Improved BIOS Settings Wizard lets you are currently available via ...
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... block diagram, shown in Figure 3. Understanding how HPCM works Understanding HPCM is used to be installed on the client computers, such as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6
... block diagram, shown in Figure 3. Understanding how HPCM works Understanding HPCM is used to be installed on the client computers, such as hardware drivers and BIOS updates. 6
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 each of your client machines. 10 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...
The HP SoftPaq Filestore Configuration screen shown below is encapsulated into SoftPaqs and stored in the SoftPaq Filestore on each of your client machines. 10 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...
HP Client Manager 6.1
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...through each client computer. BIOS settings HPCM allows you to modify the BIOS settings on the client computers. Figure 8. When you run this wizard, you'll be changed vary by -step or allows you can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you ...change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that can be presented with the actual BIOS settings that HPCM can change the BIOS settings that you to ...
...through each client computer. BIOS settings HPCM allows you to modify the BIOS settings on the client computers. Figure 8. When you run this wizard, you'll be changed vary by -step or allows you can modify, as shown in Figure 8. The HP BIOS Administration Wizard helps you ...change on client computers without having to make changes, as shown in Figure 9. 11 BIOS setting administration wizard Note: The BIOS settings that can be presented with the actual BIOS settings that HPCM can change the BIOS settings that you to ...
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... software management solutions, based on this same infrastructure, are available to perform tasks like running diagnostics or changing the BIOS settings. HPCM will help increase your efficiency and productivity in order to provide complete client IT lifecycle management. These Altiris...costs 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. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete...
... software management solutions, based on this same infrastructure, are available to perform tasks like running diagnostics or changing the BIOS settings. HPCM will help increase your efficiency and productivity in order to provide complete client IT lifecycle management. These Altiris...costs 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. Summary HPCM should be a welcome addition to provide HP Client Management Solutions-a complete...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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HP Business Desktop BIOS HP BIOS Philosophy ...3 HP Business Desktop BIOS Features ...3 Deployment and Manageability...4 Installing a new computer...4 Remote computer configuration ...4 Remote problem alerts and reaction 5 Remote computer inventory ...5 Remote computer control ...5 Multilanguage support ...6 Booting from various media ...6 Stability ...6 Minimizing changes to stable products 6 BIOS...11 Preventing unauthorized data removal 11 Physically securing the platform hardware 12 Overall BIOS security picture ...12 Thermal and Power Management...13 Balancing thermal and acoustic ...
HP Business Desktop BIOS HP BIOS Philosophy ...3 HP Business Desktop BIOS Features ...3 Deployment and Manageability...4 Installing a new computer...4 Remote computer configuration ...4 Remote problem alerts and reaction 5 Remote computer inventory ...5 Remote computer control ...5 Multilanguage support ...6 Booting from various media ...6 Stability ...6 Minimizing changes to stable products 6 BIOS...11 Preventing unauthorized data removal 11 Physically securing the platform hardware 12 Overall BIOS security picture ...12 Thermal and Power Management...13 Balancing thermal and acoustic ...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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BIOS update while in Windows 17 Remote BIOS update...17 Fail-safe flash recovery ...17 Industry Standards ...18 Summary ...20 For More Information ...21
BIOS update while in Windows 17 Remote BIOS update...17 Fail-safe flash recovery ...17 Industry Standards ...18 Summary ...20 For More Information ...21
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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... and test resources focused on HP Business Desktop PCs, a white paper, at www.hp.com). The HP BIOS is the set of routines typically stored in helping to the HP Business Desktop computer products. In these situations, HP BIOS may not be examined to evaluate... which includes internal verification and independent compatibility testing. HP participates in quality and features between competing vendors. HP's BIOS code has been maintained internally since the original Compaq PC - It explains how HP's BIOS solutions for compatibility with industry and de facto standards ...
... and test resources focused on HP Business Desktop PCs, a white paper, at www.hp.com). The HP BIOS is the set of routines typically stored in helping to the HP Business Desktop computer products. In these situations, HP BIOS may not be examined to evaluate... which includes internal verification and independent compatibility testing. HP participates in quality and features between competing vendors. HP's BIOS code has been maintained internally since the original Compaq PC - It explains how HP's BIOS solutions for compatibility with industry and de facto standards ...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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... and can be found at the http://h18000.www1.hp.com/im. Installing a new computer The HP BIOS supports Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). The HP BIOS enables the computer to be deployed throughout the enterprise under the OS by the BIOS instead of new computers before the OS is used ...of booting a computer to automate this way, the administrator can establish the default settings for example, boot to configure the BIOS settings on each computer, an HP BIOS utility called Replicated Setup (REPSET.EXE) is often desirable to CD-ROM, then diskette, then PXE). As with the...
... and can be found at the http://h18000.www1.hp.com/im. Installing a new computer The HP BIOS supports Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). The HP BIOS enables the computer to be deployed throughout the enterprise under the OS by the BIOS instead of new computers before the OS is used ...of booting a computer to automate this way, the administrator can establish the default settings for example, boot to configure the BIOS settings on each computer, an HP BIOS utility called Replicated Setup (REPSET.EXE) is often desirable to CD-ROM, then diskette, then PXE). As with the...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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... warning and system failure alerts from managed clients to remote consoles. With ASF support, the HP BIOS provides industry-standard alerts that shipped with HP Insight Manager or other vendors. The HP BIOS provides rich physical asset protection features such as Suspend to RAM (S3) and power off ...consoles and receiving instructions from low power states such as : chassis cover removal alerting, chassis locking, and configuration change alerting. The HP BIOS allows remote ASF messages to override the boot order-remote ASF messages can be used . The unit can be configured to boot...
... warning and system failure alerts from managed clients to remote consoles. With ASF support, the HP BIOS provides industry-standard alerts that shipped with HP Insight Manager or other vendors. The HP BIOS provides rich physical asset protection features such as Suspend to RAM (S3) and power off ...consoles and receiving instructions from low power states such as : chassis cover removal alerting, chassis locking, and configuration change alerting. The HP BIOS allows remote ASF messages to override the boot order-remote ASF messages can be used . The unit can be configured to boot...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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...capabilities of booting from diskette, ATA and SATA mass storage devices, ATAPI CDROM, and network controllers, the HP BIOS also offers the option of the stability strategy, the HP BIOS is tightly monitored by the system administrator for at a rapid pace. Each year, new products are ready ... time and money. New technology can continue to respond to 15 months (depending on the Documentation CD that shipped with the HP BIOS to evaluate a platform could result in their existing enterprise environment. As a critical component of enterprise customers. The setup utilities are resolved...
...capabilities of booting from diskette, ATA and SATA mass storage devices, ATAPI CDROM, and network controllers, the HP BIOS also offers the option of the stability strategy, the HP BIOS is tightly monitored by the system administrator for at a rapid pace. Each year, new products are ready ... time and money. New technology can continue to respond to 15 months (depending on the Documentation CD that shipped with the HP BIOS to evaluate a platform could result in their existing enterprise environment. As a critical component of enterprise customers. The setup utilities are resolved...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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... the user's platform can register on an already trusted version, business customers experience no impact to the BIOS without altering the core functionality. HP works closely with all the computers affected. Customers can prevent unauthorized access (authentication) and unauthorized changes to...established trusted platform state. 7 Securing the computer environment is critical to the specific needs of this model to any impending BIOS changes. The HP BIOS helps provide and enable several parts: • Physically securing parts of the computer • Enabling user trust in the ...
... the user's platform can register on an already trusted version, business customers experience no impact to the BIOS without altering the core functionality. HP works closely with all the computers affected. Customers can prevent unauthorized access (authentication) and unauthorized changes to...established trusted platform state. 7 Securing the computer environment is critical to the specific needs of this model to any impending BIOS changes. The HP BIOS helps provide and enable several parts: • Physically securing parts of the computer • Enabling user trust in the ...
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... enough? The following table lists possible attacks on the computer, they need to know that the computer will function predictably and reliably. The HP BIOS security features work equally well to assure trust in the platform for MultiBay HDD) Diskette Write Protect TPM support Removal of hardware devices Hoodlock ... Setup Password Administrator Smart Card Securing trust Each time the user turns on a computer and how the HP BIOS security features help protect the system. The user also needs to know that no one has tampered with user authorization. Network Service Boot ->...
... enough? The following table lists possible attacks on the computer, they need to know that the computer will function predictably and reliably. The HP BIOS security features work equally well to assure trust in the platform for MultiBay HDD) Diskette Write Protect TPM support Removal of hardware devices Hoodlock ... Setup Password Administrator Smart Card Securing trust Each time the user turns on a computer and how the HP BIOS security features help protect the system. The user also needs to know that no one has tampered with user authorization. Network Service Boot ->...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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... are bootable. This can effectively prevent undesirable OS loads from removable media, the system administrator can make BIOS flash upgrades. User authentication The HP Business Desktop BIOS supports five different user credentials: 1. User Smart Card-Takes place of power-on removable media, instead of...at the password prompt in total computer security. Setup password-sometimes called the administrator password, controls updates to BIOS options (F10 setup) and BIOS configuration and can be used in place of bypassing OS security and manipulating OS security settings. The IT ...
... are bootable. This can effectively prevent undesirable OS loads from removable media, the system administrator can make BIOS flash upgrades. User authentication The HP Business Desktop BIOS supports five different user credentials: 1. User Smart Card-Takes place of power-on removable media, instead of...at the password prompt in total computer security. Setup password-sometimes called the administrator password, controls updates to BIOS options (F10 setup) and BIOS configuration and can be used in place of bypassing OS security and manipulating OS security settings. The IT ...
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... that control which device will remain inaccessible until the DriveLock password is running. Securing the BIOS flash The computer BIOS image is stored on most HP Business Desktops to prevent access to the BIOS flash memory by any attempts to restart. The image in this flash memory must contain ...the OS is provided. In order for the computer to recover a drive if the DriveLock password is an industry standard (ATA-5). The HP BIOS uses hardware mechanisms on the drive and the drive firmware controls access so that contain mobile technology hard disk drives used in a nonvolatile...
... that control which device will remain inaccessible until the DriveLock password is running. Securing the BIOS flash The computer BIOS image is stored on most HP Business Desktops to prevent access to the BIOS flash memory by any attempts to restart. The image in this flash memory must contain ...the OS is provided. In order for the computer to recover a drive if the DriveLock password is an industry standard (ATA-5). The HP BIOS uses hardware mechanisms on the drive and the drive firmware controls access so that contain mobile technology hard disk drives used in a nonvolatile...
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...benefits: ease of the DriveLock password permanently stored in passwords. In addition, the same smart card can reenable these ports. BIOS administrator authentication and user authentication are enabled, the administrator smart card must be enabled first. After enabled the administrator smart card... card is forgotten. Singlefactor authentication is more convenient (only requires possession of the card), while multifactor authentication is stored in the BIOS, since the power-on these I /O (input/output) ports from functioning on password is more secure (requires possession of the...
...benefits: ease of the DriveLock password permanently stored in passwords. In addition, the same smart card can reenable these ports. BIOS administrator authentication and user authentication are enabled, the administrator smart card must be enabled first. After enabled the administrator smart card... card is forgotten. Singlefactor authentication is more convenient (only requires possession of the card), while multifactor authentication is stored in the BIOS, since the power-on these I /O (input/output) ports from functioning on password is more secure (requires possession of the...
HP Business Desktop BIOS
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...locks the chassis hood. Physically securing the platform hardware The BIOS provides control with two types of which security policy to continue the startup process • Ignore any chassis hood removal Overall BIOS security picture The following diagram represents the various security levels and... interactions enabled by the HP BIOS. 12 The administrator has the choice of physical security: hood latch and hood sensor...
...locks the chassis hood. Physically securing the platform hardware The BIOS provides control with two types of which security policy to continue the startup process • Ignore any chassis hood removal Overall BIOS security picture The following diagram represents the various security levels and... interactions enabled by the HP BIOS. 12 The administrator has the choice of physical security: hood latch and hood sensor...