HP Client Management solutions overview - Technical white paper

Remote, simplified management of HP Thin Clients

LANDesk Management Suite 9.5 can manage HP Thin Clients

from the same console as traditional PCs. Support includes

key functionality such as the following:

 Machine discovery

 Inventory

 Image capture and deployment

 Embedded OS write filter management

 Remote control

SCCM and related HP offerings

SCCM

SCCM allows you to reduce the day-to-day operational costs associated with managing Windows, while also enabling

your business to move more quickly by integrating these core disciplines into a single solution.

SCCM delivers enterprise-class software distribution and asset management through comprehensive inventory analysis,

operating system and software distribution, software usage tracking, and reporting. For more information, visit

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/configuration-manager-2012.aspx.

HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products

The HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products offering helps automate the acquisition and deployment of

HP software updates (SoftPaqs) to HP commercial PCs in an SCCM environment. This catalog file, which contains detailed

platform information on HP commercial desktops, notebooks and workstations, can be used in conjunction with the

software update features of SCCM and System Center Updates Publisher or System Center Essentials to automate driver

and patch updates to managed clients.

For more information on HP Client Catalog for Microsoft System Center Products, visit

www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement.

HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center

HP Client Integration Kit for Microsoft System Center (HP CIK) is a plug-in for SCCM that simplifies the deployment of

Windows 7 and Windows XP to managed clients. Capabilities include:

 Importing WinPE and HP platform driver packs

 Integrating the BIOS Configuration utility, which allows you to configure BIOS settings during deployment

 Performing basic OS task sequences, highlighting custom steps from HP

HP CIK is installed on the same server as SCCM 2007 SP2 and can be accessed through the System Center console on the

server.

For more information on the HP CIK, visit www.hp.com/go/clientmanagement.

HP Driver Packs

HP is delivering single files that contain all the necessary drivers for HP commercial PCs. These integrated driver packs

are planned for most 2010, 2011, 2012, and future desktops, notebooks and workstations.

The driver packs are shown in LANDesk Management Suite, HP Client Catalog for Microsoft Systems Center Configuration

Manager, and HP SoftPaq Download Manager.

2010 or newer models