Administrator's Guide HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) v.2.1

1 Introduction
HP Remote Client Solutions are designed to support a variety of users’ needs, from the most basic
computing tasks to more demanding professional and technical applications, while giving IT greater
control over technology resources, simplifying desktop management, increasing agility and, in many
cases, reducing total cost of ownership.
Underlying HP Remote Client Solutions is a unified infrastructure that enables client deployment,
session allocation, balancing of computing resources, and supports the business needs of a diverse set
of users though the use of a common set of tools.
The HP Session Allocation Manager (SAM) system is the control point in managing an HP Remote
Client Solutions deployment. HP SAM manages the assignment of connections from an end-user's client
access device to desktop sessions running on computing resources in a centralized location (typically,
a data center). HP SAM makes these desktop sessions available to users as they are needed.
For more information about HP Remote Client Solutions, visit
www.hp.com/go/rcs.
Key features
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Allocation system to assign users to computing resources (such as blade PCs or workstation
blades)
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Self-registration of computing resources
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Simple management of providing desktop sessions to users
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Central management of access device remote connection settings with optional user override
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Follow-me roaming and persistence support to enable reconnection to an open session from a
different access device
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Customizable administration levels
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Usage and Capacity Planning reports
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Dedicated user/display to computing resource mapping
HP SAM is logically broken up into three areas:
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HP SAM client application running on a thin client or other access device
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HP SAM registration service running on a computing resource
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HP SAM server and SQL database
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