HP Dx5150 Desktop Management Guide (3rd Edition) - Page 12

Desktop Management Guide Model (CIM), the DMTF has initiated end-of-life for DMI. Given other advancements in HP Client Management Solutions, HP Systems Insight Manager, and Microsoft's implementation of CIM, known as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the HP 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 Insight Manager has been replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager Software (HP SIM).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. ROM Flash The computer comes with a programmable flash ROM (read only memory). By establishing a Supervisor 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 ROM, you may: ■ Order an upgraded ROMPaq diskette from HP. ■ Download the latest ROMPaq images from HP driver and support page, http://www.hp.com/support/files. Ä CAUTION: For maximum ROM protection, be sure to establish a Supervisor password. The Supervisor password prevents unauthorized ROM upgrades. System Software Manager allows the system administrator to set the Supervisor password on one or more PCs simultaneously. For more information, visit http://www.hp.com/go/ssm. 8 www.hp.com Desktop Management Guide