HP Device Manager 4.5 - Deployment Guide

Configurations
HPDM manages devices remotely with tasks. Configuring the most suitable parameters for tasks can help improve
performance.
Batch tasks
There are three kinds of tasks: PXE, FTP, and General. PXE tasks are PXE imaging tasks. FTP tasks are tasks that use file
transmission, except for PXE tasks. All other tasks are general tasks. The PXE server and file repositories are bottlenecks for
simultaneous task executions. Define default task batch parameters for different types of tasks in the Configuration
Management dialog.
Figure 4. Setting default batch amount and interval values
There are two parameters for each type of task: batch amount and batch interval. The amount is how many devices the
server will send in a batch for one task. The interval is how long the server will wait before sending the task to the next
batch of devices.
For example, the FTP batch amount is five devices and the interval is two minutes. When an FTP task is sent to 12 devices,
the server sends the task to the first five devices. Two minutes later, the server sends the task to another five devices,
regardless of whether the first five devices are finished. Two more minutes later, the server sends the task to the remaining
two devices.
Adjust the default batch settings according to your environment. You might have to adjust the FTP server settings to get a
better performance on concurrent tasks.
You can also adjust batch settings for each task before sending them, which supersedes the default settings:
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