HP Compaq Business PC Manageability White Paper

Use Case – Asset Management
Asset management is the ability to remotely manage many systems with a single
console to detect and track PCs and their components.
Management technologies use hardware and software inventory capabilities that
are available at all times to give an accurate response.
Off
On
On
On
Crashed
Corporate Systems
Management Console
1. IT polls clients for HW
assets.
2. Clients respond with HW
information regardless of
power state or OS
availability.
3. Results in accurate HW
asset management
throughout the corporation.
Figure 1: Asset Management