HP Dc7600 Desktop Management Guide - Page 16

Desktop Management Guide Insight Management Agent is no longer being provided on new HP commercial desktop, workstation, and notebook models introduced after January 1, 2004. The Insight Management (IM) Agent provided the following features: ■ DMI support allowed a client system to be managed by Insight Manager 7 or other DMI-compliant management applications. ■ A Web agent allowed the system to be managed both locally and remotely by a web browser. ■ Health alerting could notify the user locally or be sent to a central console. Insight Manager has been replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager Software (HP SIM). HP SIM uses WMI to retrieve client system information. The Altiris Connector for HP Systems Insight Manager is available and enables the HP Client Management Solutions through the HP SIM console. While local alerting is currently not supported with HP Client Management Solutions, health alerts are reported to a system management console. Microsoft WMI is standard with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. WMI provides hardware inventory and alert information directly through the Windows OS to a system management application. ROM Flash The computer's BIOS is stored in a programmable flash ROM (read only memory). By establishing a setup password in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility, you can protect the ROM from being unintentionally updated or overwritten. This is important to ensure the operating integrity of the computer. Should you need or want to upgrade the BIOS, you may download the latest BIOS images from the HP driver and support page, http:/www.hp.com/support/files. Ä CAUTION: For maximum ROM protection, be sure to establish a setup password. The setup password prevents unauthorized ROM upgrades. System Software Manager allows the system administrator to set the setup password on one or more PCs simultaneously. For more information, visit http://www.hp.com/go/ssm. 12 www.hp.com Desktop Management Guide