HP Device Manager 4.6 Administrator Guide

HPDM Console
The HPDM Console is the user interface of HPDM and can be installed on any number of machines.
Several HPDM Consoles can interact with an HPDM Server.
The HPDM Console allows system administrators to do the following:
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View details for each controlled device
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Organize device trees
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Create and maintain remote job definitions
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Monitor tasks sent out to devices
HPDM Server
The HPDM Server controls HPDM Agents through the HPDM Gateway.
Tasks, stored as task templates on the HPDM Server, can be sent to each HPDM Agent through
each HPDM Agent’s respective HPDM Gateway to perform commands as required.
IMPORTANT: There must be only one HPDM Server in the system.
HPDM Gateway
The HPDM Gateway serves as the link between HPDM Agents and the HPDM Server. The HPDM
Agents register with the HPDM Gateway when they are started.
Multiple HPDM Gateways may be required for specific network architecture or load balancing, but it is
not mandatory. In many cases, installing an HPDM Gateway to manage thousands of devices in
different subnets is also an appropriate deployment strategy. In a simple single network environment,
the HPDM Gateway and HPDM Server can be hosted on the same computer.
TIP: The machine installed with the HPDM Gateway also normally contains the PXE server installed
by HPDM.
HPDM Agent
The HPDM Agent is a software component installed on devices so that HPDM can interact with them.
HPDM Agents are embedded into the operating system to enable HPDM to manage devices out-of-
the-box (HPDM Agents on older devices may need to be upgraded).
HPDM Agents receive task commands from an HPDM Gateway, execute the commands and report
back to the HPDM Gateway with the results.
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