Symantec ALTIRIS CLIENT MANAGEMENT SUITE 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual page 12

12 Introducing Client Management Suite
Components of Client Management Suite
Components of Client Management Suite (continued)
Table 1-1
Component
Inventory Solution
Inventory for Network
Devices
Out-of-band management
Patch Management Solution
for Linux
Patch Management Solution
for Mac
Description
Inventory Solution lets you gather inventory data about the
computers, users, operating systems, and installed software
applications in your environment. You can collect inventory
data from the computers that run Windows, UNIX, Linux,
and Mac.
After you gather inventory data, you can analyze it using
predefined or custom reports.
Inventory for Network Devices gathers inventory data from
the devices that are not managed through the Altiris Agent.
You can gather inventory on the devices that are already
discovered and exist as resources in the Configuration
Management Database (CMDB).
Out-of-Band Management component lets you discover
computers with ASF, DASH, and Intel AMT in your
environment and configure them for out-of-band
management.
Out-of-band management lets you manage client computers
regardless of the state of their power, operating system, or
management agents. You can remotely change the power
state of the computer and collect hardware inventory. You
also can perform other management tasks that normally
would require a visit to a client computer.
Patch Management Solution for Linux lets you scan Red Hat
and Novell Linux computers for security vulnerabilities.
The solution then reports on the findings and lets you
automate the download and distribution of needed errata,
or software updates. The solution downloads the required
patches and provides wizards to help you deploy them.
Patch Management Solution for Mac lets you scan Mac
computers for the updates that they require. The solution
then reports on the findings and lets you automate the
downloading and distribution of needed updates. You can
distribute all or some of the updates.