Desktop Management Guide (3rd Edition)

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Desktop Management Guide

HP Client Foundation Suite

The Foundation Suite has at its core, the Altiris Migration Suite

which consists of Altiris Inventory Solution and Deployment

Solution. The foundation suite adds a Quickstart page make setup

easier and shorten the time to getting value out of the software. The

foundation suite also includes HP Client Manager and the HP

Systems Insight Manager connector.

HP Client Premium Suite

The Premium Suite has at its core the Altiris Client Management

Suite, Level 1, adds a quickstart page, and the HP value-added

solutions: HP Client Manager, HP Systems Insight Manager

connector, and the HP OpenView Connector.

HP System Software Manager

HP System Software Manager (SSM) is a free utility that automates

remote deployment of device drivers and BIOS updates for your

networked HP business PCs. When SSM runs, it silently (without

user interaction) determines the revision levels of drivers and BIOS

installed on each networked client system and compares this

inventory against system software SoftPaqs that have been tested and

stored in a central file store. SSM then automatically updates any

down-revision system software on the networked PCs to the later

levels available in the file store. Since SSM only allows distribution

of SoftPaq updates to the correct client system models, administrators

can confidently and efficiently use SSM to keep system software

updated.

System Software Manager integrates with enterprise software

distribution tools such as HP OpenView and Microsoft® Systems

Management Server (SMS). Using SSM, you can distribute

customer-created or third-party updates that have been packaged in

the SSM-format.

SSM may be downloaded at no charge by visiting