HP Device Manager 4.6 - Deployment Guide

Using rules
You can define rules so that the HPDM Server sends tasks to the proper devices automatically. Well-defined rules can
reduce not only network traffic from the HPDM Console to the HPDM Server, but also concurrent task reports.
There are three kinds of rules, designated by their triggers: Scheduled, First Contact, and Startup. Without rule tasks,
finding devices that meet specific criteria and sending tasks to them can be a major part of the daily work of an
administrator.
Use a Scheduled Rule to reduce the traffic from the HPDM Console to the HPDM Server. Sending a task to a large amount of
devices from the HPDM Console manually might cost minutes, or more, to initiate the task. You can define a filter that will
find these devices and create a Scheduled Rule to let the HPDM Server generate a target device list, which will not flood the
HPDM Server with a large request message from the HPDM Console.
You can define a Startup Rule to make the HPDM Server verify whether to send a task to a device when the HPDM Server
receives the device’s startup report. Also, you can define a First Contact Rule to make the HPDM Server verify whether to
send a task to a new device when the device is registered in for the first time. This reduces the bandwidth used for task
reports in environments where devices start at discrete times.
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