HP Dx5150 Desktop Management Guide (3rd Edition) - Page 8

Desktop Management Guide HP Client Manager HP Client Manager is available free for all supported HP business desktop, notebook, and workstation models. SSM is integrated into HP Client Manager, and enables central tracking, monitoring, and management of the hardware aspects of HP client systems. HP Client Manager provides tight integration with HP Instant Support tools to reduce hardware troubleshooting time. HP Instant support tools can be used to run diagnostics, system health scan, active chat, access to the HP Knowledgebase, as well as automated SoftPaq collection. HP Client Manager also integrates with HP ProtectTools to identify, inventory, and initialize TPM-enabled client systems. HP Client Manager provides local alerting. Alerts, such as over-temp condition, SMART drive failure warnings, and so forth, can be made to appear on the local user's machine. The Administrator now has control over how alerts are handled locally at the client. The Administrator can control whether the client user can turn alerts on and off and what the user can do with an alert once it is received. The Administrator can also choose which alerts, if any, are displayed at the local HP client. Use HP Client Manager to: ■ Get valuable hardware information such as CPU, memory, video, and security settings ■ Monitor system health to fix problems before they occur ■ Automatically collect and remotely distribute SoftPaqs that will update the hardware's BIOS, drivers, and security settings ■ Automate processes to quickly resolve hardware problems HP Client Manager uses the same Altiris infrastructure as the other Altiris client lifecycle management solutions. This design provides a significant benefit for the IT staff, since only one infrastructure needs to be setup and maintained. Since information is stored in one database, you get complete and consistent inventory reports as well as system health and security information. You use a single, consistent console interface for scheduling and tracking progress of both hardware and software management tasks for your client systems. For more information on HP Client Manager, visit http://h18000.www1.hp.com/im/client_mgr.html. 4 www.hp.com Desktop Management Guide