Philips LCD Monitors manual Centralized management and control, SmartManage

White Paper October 2005 When LCD Monitors can reduce TCO 11

SmartManage	SmartManage
administrator	agent

LAN DVI cable

Server	PC unit
Altiris	Altiris
Notification Server	NS Agent

Figure 8: SmartManage confi guration set-up

Centralized management and control

In addition, information about every SmartManage-compatible display – including serial and model numbers, operating hours, settings status and cost-relevant – is transmitted automatically between displays and the asset management system. This provides the ability to reduce audit and main- tenance cycle times, ease administrative burdens, secure all the Philips displays in the end-user environment and reduce Total Cost of Ownership.

Figure 9: Example of SmartManage administration interface

Figure 10: Two examples of the SmartManage end-user interface

Figure 9 shows an example of a SmartManage administrator interface screen, and Figure 10 shows two typical end-user menu screens.