HP Dc7800 HP Compaq Business PC Manageability White Paper - Page 1

November 2009 Table of Contents: Introduction 1 ASF ...2 Intel AMT ...2 DASH ...2 Use Case - Asset Management 3 Use Case - Remote Remediation Services 4 Use Case - Proactive Management Services 5 For more information 8 Introduction Corporate IT departments face tough challenges in providing large scale PC management. These challenges can become increasingly costly in terms of time, manpower, and budget. The widespread physical location of systems, system power state or a non-functional operating system can lead to inaccurate or even impossible management. Management technologies are now available to ease client management with platform resident hardware and firmware solutions. HP offers the following solutions:  ASF  AMT  DASH AMT and DASH give corporate IT departments the means to remotely manage multiple clients in an Out-Of-Band (OOB) environment. OOB manageability allows PC control and configuration regardless of the system power state or presence of an operating system. OOB manageability only requires that a platform be connected to a network and to a power source. Note: An OOB managed system must be connected to a power