HP Neoware e90 HP Device Manager 3.8 User Manual - Page 13

Introduction HP Management Server The HP Management Server controls agents through the HP Management Gateway. Tasks, stored as Task Templates on the server, can be sent to each agent through each agent's respective gateway to perform commands as required. HP Management Gateway The HP Management Gateway serves as the link between devices and the HP Management Server. Devices register with the gateway when they are started. The machine installed with the HP Management Gateway also normally contains the PXE Server installed by HP Device Manager. Device Agent The HP Management Agent is a software component installed on thin client devices so that HP Device Manager can interact with them. Agents are embedded into each HP operating system to enable Device Manager to manage devices out-of-the-box (however, agents on older devices may need to be upgraded). Agents get task commands, execute the commands and report on their status. FTP Server The FTP server is where files are stored in a repository of components, images, etc. that can be uploaded from or downloaded to the agents at the request of the HP Management Server. You can create a repository on more than one FTP server. The repository on an FTP server is referred to as the "FTP Repository" in dialogs and in this User Manual to distinguish it from the HP Management Server Repository (the "Server Repository"). What is HP Device Manager? 3