HP Z800 Sp632up SP632UPABA manual Updating and managing software, HP Client Manager Software

Updating and managing software

HP provides several tools for managing and updating software on desktops and workstations:

●HP Client Manager Software

●System Software Manager

●Altiris Client Management Solutions

●Proactive Change Notification

●Subscriber’s Choice

HP Client Manager Software

The HP Client Manager Software offers these services:

●Detailed views of hardware inventory for asset management

●PC health-check monitoring and diagnostics

●Proactive notification of changes in the hardware environment

●Web-accessible reporting of business-critical details such as thermal warnings and memory alerts

●Remote updating of system software such as device drivers and ROM BIOS

●Remote changing of boot order

●Configuration of system BIOS settings

The HP Client Management Solutions (CMS), available for download from http://www.hp.com/go/ easydeploy, are standards-based solutions for managing and controlling workstations in a networked environment.

For more information about the HP Client Manager, see http://www.hp.com/go/ssm.

Altiris Client Management Solutions

Altiris and HP have partnered to provide comprehensive, tightly integrated systems management solutions to reduce the cost of owning HP client PCs.

The HP CMS is the foundation for additional Altiris Client Management Solutions that address:

●Inventory and asset management

●Deployment and migration

●Help desk and problem resolution

●Software and operations management

For more information about the following topics, go to http://www.hp.com/go/ssm:

●How HP CMS works

●Which solutions are compatible with the operating system

●How to download a fully functional, 30-day evaluation version of Altiris solutions

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