Asset Administration - HP Compaq t5125 Supplementary Manual

HP Compaq Thin Clients t5000 Series: Benefit Analysis Paper
Asset
Administration
Asset administration is defined as administrative support for acquiring and tracking
systems and system components, and for managing relationships with external service
providers.
Best Practice Process Category
Hardware Inventory Management
The creation and maintenance of an up-to-
date record of hardware installs, moves,
adds, changes, removals and final disposal.
The record contains information for locating,
assessing, auditing, troubleshooting,
counting, and assigning equipment, or
performing other technical and business
functions, without the need to repeatedly visit
the hardware location or reassemble data
records.
Enterprises who implement best practices in
this area:
Have an up-to-date hardware inventory
Integrate hardware inventory data into
other IT and corporate systems
Software Inventory Management
The creation and maintenance of an up-to-
date record of software installations,
upgrades, removals and final disposal, as
well as the terms, conditions and status of
software license agreements. The record
contains information for locating, assessing,
auditing, troubleshooting, and counting, or
performing other technical and business
functions, without the need to repeatedly visit
the software location or reassemble data
records.
Enterprises who implement best practices in
this area:
Have an up-to-date software inventory
Integrate software inventory data into
other IT and corporate systems
Use software inventory records to make
purchasing/upgrade decisions
TCSC Solution
Unlike a PC, a thin client
device is not designed to
be reconfigured by an
end user. As a result,
hardware configurations
should all be uniform and
therefore, easy to track.
Network administrators
can track software
inventory including:
System information:
name, contact,
location, OS type
MAC/IP/DNS/WINS
addresses, Domain
name, network speed
Applications,
including name,
version, vendor
Summary
TCSC solution
helps meet best
practice
standards.
TCSC solution
helps exceed
best practice
standards.
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