Introduction; What Is Hp Image Manager - Compaq 238618-001 - Evo Thin Client Quick Setup Manual

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Introduction

What is HP Image Manager?

HP Image Manager delivers operating systems and applications on-demand from your server to PCs
or thin clients. The server is used as a virtual disk drive, so clients do not require a hard disk or flash
memory. All application processing is done by the client.
A single software image containing the operating system, application and hardware drivers for multiple
hardware platforms can be streamed on-demand to any PC or thin client—regardless of the device's
hardware configuration. PC and thin client users keep their personal configurations and settings; their
data remains unique and secure on the server.
Using HP Image Manager you can easily manage multiple client images from a graphical interface
representing client desktops, groups of desktops and their related hard disk images (volumes). You
centrally manage images and define each client's virtual drives in just a few mouse clicks.
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Changes are made to a single image on the server
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Applications can be deployed instantly
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Images can be swapped in and out quickly
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Desktops can be re-purposed by rebooting
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Software failure gets repaired by a simple reboot
You can think of HP Image Manager as a network storage product (a SAN product) that makes it possible
to boot several clients off a single virtual drive hosted on the server.
The boot process is described as follows:
1. The client issues a PXE boot request over the network.
2. The DHCP server receives the request and responds with a DHCP response, indicating an IP
address and the address of a tftp server.
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