HP Compaq Business PC Manageability

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Comparison of management technologies
Table 2 provides a general comparison of management technologies.
Table 2. Comparison of management technologies
ASF AMT DASH
Sponsor DMTF Intel DMTF
Description Standard defined
OOB PC management
(when OS is not
running)
Intel initiative
delivering enhanced
OOB management
Next generation
standard for secure
OOB remote PC
management based on
web services (WS
management)
Year introduced v2.0, 2001 v2.x, 2006;
v3.x, 2007
v4.0/5.0, 2008
v6.0, 2009
v7.0, 2011
v1.0, 03/2007;
v1.1, 12/2007
Industry support Weak PC supplier
support; uses
unpopular connection
and transport method
(non-secure); poor
console adoption due
to non-normative
standard
HP has offered AMT-
capable desktops
and notebooks since
2006. Console
support provided by
HP software, Altiris,
Microsoft, LANDesk,
and others
Co-chairs: HP and Dell
Key contributors:
AMD (ATI), Broadcom,
Dell, HP, IBM, Intel,
NVIDIA
Monitoring firms:
Symantec, LANDesk,
Lenovo, Microsoft
OOB
manageability?
No, system must first
be remotely woken to
S0 state
Yes. System can be
managed in any
power state (S0-S5).
Yes. System can be
managed in any power
state (S0-S5).
Remote control Limited. Only remote
boot and wake.
Yes. Media and text
redirection; remote
wake/reboot/
shutdown
Yes. Media and text
redirection; remote
wake/reboot/
shutdown
Remote boot Yes, PXE Yes, PXE and IDE
redirect
Yes, PXE and IDE
redirect
Event alerting Yes, preset (restrictive) Yes, policy based
(flexible)
Yes, policy based
(flexible)
Event logging No Yes Yes
Asset information No Yes. Hardware and
software inventory
Yes. Hardware and
software inventory
Non-Volatile
storage
No Yes. 3
rd
party data
store
Yes. 3
rd
party data
store
Secure
communication
Limited. Pre-shared
keys
Yes. TLS, Kerberos Yes. TLS, Kerberos
Transport layer UDP, often blocked by
routers
TCP, preferred routing
protocol
TCP, preferred routing
protocol
Remote control
protocol
RMCP; UDP-based
and obscure
SOAP/WS-MAN;
well known
WS-MAN; well known