Desktop Management Guide

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Desktop Management Guide
Insight Management Agent is no longer being provided on new HP
commercial desktop, workstation, and notebook models introduced
after January 1, 2004.
The Insight Management (IM) Agent provided the following features:
■ DMI support allowed a client system to be managed by Insight
Manager 7 or other DMI-compliant management applications.
■ A Web agent allowed the system to be managed both locally and
remotely by a web browser.
■ Health alerting could notify the user locally or be sent to a central
console.
Insight Manager has been replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager
Software (HP SIM). HP SIM uses WMI to retrieve client system
information. The Altiris Connector for HP Systems Insight Manager
is available and enables the HP Client Management Solutions through
the HP SIM console.
While local alerting is currently not supported with HP Client
Management Solutions, health alerts are reported to a system
management console. Microsoft WMI is standard with Windows
2000 and Windows XP. WMI provides hardware inventory and alert
information directly through the Windows OS to a system
management application.
ROM Flash
The computer's BIOS is stored in a programmable flash ROM (read
only memory). By establishing a setup password in the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility, you can protect the ROM from being
unintentionally updated or overwritten. This is important to ensure
the operating integrity of the computer. Should you need or want to
upgrade the BIOS, you may download the latest BIOS images from
the HP driver and support page,
http:/www.hp.com/support/files.
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CAUTION: For maximum ROM protection, be sure to establish a setup
password. The setup password prevents unauthorized ROM upgrades.
System Software Manager allows the system administrator to set the setup
password on one or more PCs simultaneously. For more information, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.