HP Web Jetadmin Software manual HP Web Jetadmin and Distributed Environments

●HTTP Service

●Localization

●HP Web Jetadmin Network Traffic and Behavior

HP Web Jetadmin runs on a server host allowing remote access from HP Web Jetadmin host clients. The following sections outline features and information about the HP Web Jetadmin server application.

HP Web Jetadmin and Distributed Environments

●How the HP Web Jetadmin Service Works

HP Web Jetadmin is scalable client/server software designed to support distributed environments.

HP Web Jetadmin can be installed on either a server or on a user’s desktop. It can be installed on multiple servers and the user desktop can support multiple instances of the HP Web Jetadmin client application running simultaneously.

The HP Web Jetadmin server performs many background tasks including discovery and configuration of devices, firmware retrieval, and application security. HP Web Jetadmin has a robust client application that runs on Microsoft Windows desktops. The client application displays device lists and groups and provides all the control interfaces needed for device management. Due to changes in the allocation of tasks between the client and server, HP Web Jetadmin offers significant performance improvements over earlier releases of the software.

Characteristics of the HP Web Jetadmin server-based application include:

●Can run on remote server-host or locally on client-host.

●Supports multiple clients (up to 15 or more) accessing a single HP Web Jetadmin server.

●Supports multiple client sessions on a single desktop accessing separate HP Web Jetadmin servers.

●Provides secure downloads of client application through a Microsoft Smart Client connection that is established through Internet Explorer.

●Communications through Microsoft .NET Remoting.

●Provides change event mechanism for the server to efficiently update application details at clients.

●Retrieves information from www.hp.com facilitating updates to software, firmware, and more.

●Offers update service for obtaining application patches, plug-ins, and more from www.hp.com.

●Automatically updates clients whenever newer server-based client components exist.

●Ensures that device credentials and user/roles details are securely stored by the server.

●Provides HTML online help content to clients.

●Communicates to devices, both network and PC-connected, from the server.

●Communicates from the server to other hosts (email, print queue, Active Directory, SNMP traps, and more).

How the HP Web Jetadmin Service Works

HP Web Jetadmin provides a variety of features that support the client, application, and device communication. HP Web Jetadmin runs on the server as a service. The HP Web Jetadmin service (HPWJA Service) contains a simple HTTP server that downloads the Smart Client application and provides the online Help. For more information about the Smart Client application, see Deploy the Smart Client on page 15.

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