Hp Client Manager - HP xw4300 Technical White Paper

HP Client Management Interface Model
N etwork
Client
OS
Hardware
HP CMI Software Provider creates the necessary definitions to support the hardware configuration
option classes defined by the native HP CMI architecture. This allows for hardware configuration
scripts and management application to interact with instrumented configuration data without the
necessity of understanding if the underlying implementation is hardware or software based.
HP BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools
HP BIOS Configuration for ProtectTools version 2.0 provides the capability to access and modify
BIOS configuration details from within the HP ProtectTools interface. This application utilizes the
data-driven model used within HP CMI. Because HP CMI is designed to expose information in a
consistent manner regardless of varying platform feature sets, BIOS Configuration is capable of
supporting a wide range of features and platforms with minimal, if any, need to upgrade the
application.

HP Client Manager

HP Client Manager provides centralized hardware management of HP business PCs, notebooks and
workstations. Features include the ability to get in-depth hardware inventory information, monitor
system health status, run diagnostic tests, remotely install drivers and manage BIOS settings updates
without visiting each client computer. Beginning with version 6.1, HP Client Manager takes
advantage of HP CMI exposed features and capabilities.
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