Introduction

Concepts

The Device Pane

The Device Pane is in the top-left of the Management Console’s

 

main screen. All thin clients of a selected product type that are

 

connected to the server are displayed in this pane.

 

This pane contains the Device Tree and the Grouping Scheme drop-

 

down menus.

Device Tree

The Device Tree is the organized structure of all the managed

 

devices in the Management Console, displayed in the Device Pane,

 

on the top-left of the main screen.

 

The tree contains all the devices reported to the Management Server.

 

Devices can be automatically sorted and grouped according to their

 

attributes, or they can be dragged and dropped into arbitrary groups

 

when the devices are grouped by their customized extended

 

properties.

 

Tasks can be designated to groups of devices to meet their specific

 

needs.

Element

An Element is a type of resource (such as a software component,

 

system image, diagnostic tool or agent file) stored in the Repository

 

which can be applied to a device using a particular template.

Task Template

Task Templates are some of the tools administrators may use to

 

remotely control the devices. They are displayed in the Template

 

Pane. Each Task Template is an XML file that defines the configura-

 

tion change or software update that administrators want the remote

 

devices to do.

 

HP Device Manager provides a variety of built-in Task Templates

 

and many examples on how to manage remote devices, including

 

device name changes, network settings, home URL changes, ICA

 

connection clones, add/remove software components and so on.

4 Concepts