HP Compaq Business PC Manageability White Paper

November 2009
Table of Contents:
Introduction ...........................................................................................1
ASF ................................................................................................................ 2
Intel AMT ........................................................................................................ 2
DASH ............................................................................................................. 2
Use Case – Asset Management........................................................... 3
Use Case – Remote Remediation Services ............................................. 4
Use Case – Proactive Management Services ......................................... 5
For more information .............................................................................8
Introduction
Corporate IT departments face tough challenges in providing large scale PC
management. These challenges can become increasingly costly in terms of time,
manpower, and budget. The widespread physical location of systems, system power
state or a non-functional operating system can lead to inaccurate or even
impossible management.
Management technologies are now available to ease client management with
platform resident hardware and firmware solutions. HP offers the following
solutions:
 ASF
 AMT
 DASH
AMT and DASH give corporate IT departments the means to remotely manage
multiple clients in an Out-Of-Band (OOB) environment. OOB manageability allows
PC control and configuration regardless of the system power state or presence of an
operating system.
OOB manageability only requires that a platform be connected to a network and
to a power source. Note: An OOB managed system must be connected to a power