Desktop Management Guide (3rd Edition)

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Desktop Management Guide
Model (CIM), the DMTF has initiated end-of-life for DMI. Given
other advancements in HP Client Management Solutions, HP
Systems Insight Manager, and Microsoft's implementation of CIM,
known as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), the HP
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Insight Manager has been replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager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.
ROM Flash
The computer comes with a programmable flash ROM (read only
memory). By establishing a Supervisor 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 ROM, you may:
■ Order an upgraded ROMPaq diskette from HP.
■ Download the latest ROMPaq images from 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
Supervisor password. The Supervisor password prevents unauthorized
ROM upgrades. System Software Manager allows the system
administrator to set the Supervisor password on one or more PCs
simultaneously. For more information, visit
http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.