User's Manual

Introduction
4 Concepts
Concepts
The Device Pane The Device Pane is in the top-left of the Management Console’s
main screen. All thin clients of a selected product type that are
connected to the server are displayed in this pane.
This pane contains the
Device Tree and the Grouping Scheme drop-
down menus.
Device Tree The Device Tree is the organized structure of all the managed
devices in the Management Console, displayed in the
Device Pane,
on the top-left of the main screen.
The tree contains all the devices reported to the Management Server.
Devices can be automatically sorted and grouped according to their
attributes, or they can be dragged and dropped into arbitrary groups
when the devices are grouped by their customized extended
properties.
Tasks can be designated to groups of devices to meet their specific
needs.
Element An Element is a type of resource (such as a software component,
system image, diagnostic tool or agent file) stored in the
Repository
which can be applied to a device using a particular template.
Task Template Task Templates are some of the tools administrators may use to
remotely control the devices. They are displayed in the
Template
Pane
. Each Task Template is an XML file that defines the configura-
tion change or software update that administrators want the remote
devices to do.
HP Device Manager provides a variety of built-in Task Templates
and many examples on how to manage remote devices, including
device name changes, network settings, home URL changes, ICA
connection clones, add/remove software components and so on.