HP Client Management solutions overview - Technical white paper

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Remote, simplified management of HP Thin Clients
LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 can manage HP Thin Clients
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from the same console as traditional PCs. Support includes
key functionality such as the following:
Machine discovery
Inventory
Image capture and deployment
Embedded OS write filter management
Remote control
SCCM and related HP offerings
SCCM
SCCM allows you to reduce the day-to-day operational costs associated with managing Windows, while also enabling
your business to move more quickly by integrating these core disciplines into a single solution.
SCCM delivers enterprise-class software distribution and asset management through comprehensive inventory analysis,
operating system and software distribution, software usage tracking, and reporting. For more information, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/configuration-manager-2012.aspx.
HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products
The HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products offering helps automate the acquisition and deployment of
HP software updates (SoftPaqs) to HP commercial PCs in an SCCM environment. This catalog file, which contains detailed
platform information on HP commercial desktops, notebooks and workstations, can be used in conjunction with the
software update features of SCCM and System Center Updates Publisher or System Center Essentials to automate driver
and patch updates to managed clients.
For more information on HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products, visit
www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement.
HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center
HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center (HP CIK) is a plug-in for SCCM that simplifies the deployment of
Windows 7 and Windows XP to managed clients. Capabilities include:
Importing WinPE and HP platform driver packs
Integrating the BIOS Configuration utility, which allows you to configure BIOS settings during deployment
Performing basic OS task sequences, highlighting custom steps from HP
HP CIK is installed on the same server as SCCM 2007 SP2 and can be accessed through the System Center console on the
server.
For more information on the HP CIK, visit www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement.
HP Driver Packs
HP is delivering single files that contain all the necessary drivers for HP commercial PCs. These integrated driver packs
are planned for most 2010, 2011, 2012, and future desktops, notebooks and workstations.
The driver packs are shown in LANDesk Management Suite, HP Client Catalog for Microsoft Systems Center Configuration
Manager, and HP SoftPaq Download Manager.
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2010 or newer models