HP ThinPro 5.1 - Administrator Guide

2 Getting started
Choosing a management service
Thin clients running HP ThinPro can be managed by either HP Smart Client Services or HP Device
Manager (HPDM). You can use whichever management service is best for your deployment.
HP Smart Client Services is optimized for use with Smart Zero. This option allows for zero
management.
HPDM is ideal for large environments that contain thin clients with a variety of different operating
systems. This option provides more visibility to thin clients and a greater variety of management
options.
Starting HP ThinPro for the first time
When you first turn on a new thin client running HP ThinPro, a setup utility runs.
First, the setup utility checks for a network connection. If specific network settings are required, click
the Network Settings button to open the Network Manager (see
Network settings on page 15 for
more information).
The setup utility then checks to see if the thin client is being managed by either HP Smart Client
Services or HP Device Manager (HPDM). If the thin client is being managed by either program, the
setup utility exits and the management program performs predefined configurations to the thin client.
NOTE: For more information about HP Smart Client Services, see
HP Smart Client Services
on page 56. For more information about HPDM, go to http://www.hp.com/go/hpdm.
If the thin client is not being managed by either HP Smart Client Services or HPDM, the utility checks
whether there is an image update available from HP. If there is, click Install now on the Software
Update tab to update the image.
TIP: If you want to maintain your own internal site for image updates, you can customize where the
operating system looks for updates by changing the following registry key:
root/config-wizard/FirmwareUpdate/firmwareUpdateURL
If you want to verify whether service packs or package updates are available, click Easy Update to
launch HP Easy Tools.
If you need to manually configure the HPDM Agent or the Automatic Update settings for HP Smart
Client Services, click the Device Management tab of the setup utility and choose the appropriate
option.
TIP: If you want to check for software updates every time the thin client starts up, enable the Check
for software updates every boot option.
If you want to preserve your thin client configuration when you upgrade your image version, enable
the Preserve Thin Client Configuration option.
After you close the setup utility, if no connections are configured, you are prompted to configure a
connection.
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