HP Device Manager 4.6 Administrator Guide

Table of contents
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
What is HP Device Manager? .............................................................................................................. 1
Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 2
HPDM Console .................................................................................................................... 3
HPDM Server ....................................................................................................................... 3
HPDM Gateway ................................................................................................................... 3
HPDM Agent ........................................................................................................................ 3
Repositories ......................................................................................................................... 4
Terms and definitions ........................................................................................................................... 5
Finding the latest updates .................................................................................................................... 5
2 Getting started with HPDM ............................................................................................................................... 6
System requirements ........................................................................................................................... 7
HPDM Server requirements ................................................................................................. 7
HPDM Gateway requirements ............................................................................................. 7
HPDM Console requirements .............................................................................................. 8
HPDM Agent requirements .................................................................................................. 9
Master Repository Controller requirements ....................................................................... 11
Network requirements ........................................................................................................ 11
Port requirements .............................................................................................................. 11
Installing HPDM .................................................................................................................................. 12
Installing an HPDM 4.6 Service Pack ................................................................................ 13
Using the HPDM Console .................................................................................................................. 13
Logging in to the HPDM Console ...................................................................................... 13
HPDM Console overview ................................................................................................... 13
Operating system tabs ...................................................................................... 14
HPDM Gateway tab .......................................................................................... 15
Discovering device systems ............................................................................................................... 15
Displaying device properties .............................................................................................................. 16
Basic asset information ...................................................................................................... 16
Collecting complete asset information ............................................................................... 17
Displaying complete device asset information ................................................................... 17
Keeping the HPDM Agent updated on device systems ...................................................................... 17
3 Device discovery ............................................................................................................................................. 18
Automatic registration (normal thin clients) ........................................................................................ 18
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