About Asf; About Dash - Symantec ALTIRIS OUT OF BAND MANAGEMENT COMPONENT 7.0 SP3 - V1.0 Manual

About ASF

About DASH

Intel AMT is a solution that is based in hardware and firmware and is connected
to the system's auxiliary power plane. Despite the power state or the operating
system state of the client computer, Intel AMT provides IT administrators with
access to alerts, hardware inventory, power management, network filtering, and
agent presence functionality. Intel AMT functionality requires the computer to
be plugged into the power source and connected to the network. Intel AMT
functionality does not require a software agent to be installed on the client
computer.
Altiris Out of Band Management Component, Altiris Real-Time Console
Infrastructure, and Altiris Real-Time System Manager software support Intel
AMT 2.0 and later.
See "About Intel AMT tasks"
ASF (Alert Standard Format) is an industry standards-based technology that lets
IT administrators manage computers regardless of the operating system state.
ASF performs completely out of band and only relies on the operating system to
configure the solution.
ASF provides alerting and power management functionality as long as the
computer is plugged in with Ethernet connection. ASF functionality is
accomplished through hardware on the network card or system board, a software
agent on the client computer, and management software on the server.
Altiris Out of Band Management Component, Altiris Real-Time Console
Infrastructure, and Altiris Real-Time System Manager software support ASF 2.0.
See "About ASF tasks"
DASH (Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware) is a Web
services-based management technology that enables IT professionals to remotely
manage desktop and mobile computers from anywhere in the world. The
technology lets administrators securely turn the power on/off, query system
inventory, and push firmware updates among other things, regardless of the state
of the remote computer.
Altiris Out of Band Management Component, Altiris Real-Time Console
Infrastructure, and Altiris Real-Time System Manager software support Broadcom
and Intel implementations of DASH.
See "About DASH tasks"
Introducing Out of Band Management Component
How Out of Band Management Component works
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