Technical white paper HP Client Management solutions overview Table of contents Executive summary 2 Solutions overview 2 LANDesk Client Management Solutions Advanced HP hardware management Policy enforcement for key HP Professional Innovations Software Key features Remote, simplified management of HP Thin Clients 2 2 SCCM and related HP offerings SCCM HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center HP Driver Packs 5 5 HP Software Solutio
Executive summary HP provides a comprehensive portfolio of HP Client Management Solutions to help reduce the complexity and cost of managing commercial PCs throughout their lifecycles. This portfolio includes client management software from HP and third-parties, jointly-developed value-adds, and HP manageability tools and technologies. This document provides an overview of client management solutions for HP commercial desktop, workstation, and notebook PCs.
Proactive hardware health alerting – You can receive health alerts from your HP systems, including thermal conditions and proactive hard drive failure warnings from HP SMART1 technology. Policy enforcement for key HP Professional Innovations Software You can use LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 to remotely enforce and control policies on some HP Professional Innovations Software solutions.
Benefit Software license monitoring Software distribution OS deployment and profile migration Remote control, inventory, and power management 4 Feature Description Wake-on-WAN (WOW) Allow an elected peer on the subnet to wake the machine by sending magic packets on the local subnet – WOW can function even when the network is configured to not forward broadcast packets; machines can be powered up across the enterprise WAN infrastructure without network reconfiguration User-based views Utilize an e
Remote, simplified management of HP Thin Clients LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 can manage HP Thin Clients2 from the same console as traditional PCs.
HP Software Solutions HP Client Automation Enterprise HP Client Automation Enterprise is a true desired state client management solution for highly complex, ever-changing enterprise environments. By automating management across your physical or virtual client fleet from assessment to acquisition, deployment, management, and retirement you can improve availability, security, and compliance.
HP management tools and technologies HP Client Management Interface With HP CMI, you can manage PCs regardless of the systems management software installed, allowing HP commercial PCs to integrate seamlessly into a managed IT environment. Your systems management tools and applications can communicate directly with the PC, reducing the need for agents or connector software.
Software image compatibility A key design benefit of many HP commercial PCs is that HP carefully engineers the software image to be compatible across the various hardware form factors within a particular product series. Maintaining a single image within a product series provides unprecedented IT simplicity, manageability, benefit of ownership, and investment protection.
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