About The Symantec Management Console; About Out-Of-Band Management; About One-To-One And One-To-Many Management - Symantec ALTIRIS REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGER 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

About the Symantec Management Console

About out-of-band management

About one-to-one and one-to-many management

The Symantec Management Console is the Web browser based administration
console for working with Symantec Management Platform and solutions, including
Real-Time System Manager. The console lets you perform tasks, schedule events,
run reports, perform configuration, configure security, and more. You can run
the console from the Notification Server computer (locally) or from a remote
computer with a network connection to Notification Server. This means that you
can perform administration tasks from wherever you are.
The console lets you set security that is specific to each console user. You specify
which areas of the console a user has access to and the rights that a user has to
perform specific actions. For example, one user can run reports while another
user can only view reports that have already been run.
You can start the console remotely by typing the following URL into the Internet
Explorer's address bar:
For more information on the console, see the Symantec Management Platform
Help, which can be accessed through the console's Help menu.
Remote management of client computers often requires the managed computer
to be turned on with an operating system running. When a computer is turned
on with a running operating system, the computer is considered in-band.
Out-of-band is when a client computer is in one of the following out-of-band states:
The computer is plugged in but is not actively running (off, standby,
hibernating).
The operating system is not loaded (software or boot failure).
The software-based management agent is not available.
Out-of-band management is the ability to manage computers in these states.
Computers with Intel AMT, ASF, DASH, or IPMI capabilities can be managed out
of band.
One-to-one management is performed in real time during a live connection between
Real-Time System Manager and the target computer that you manage. You can
run management tasks on the target computer and immediately see the results
in the Symantec Management Console, in the Resource Manager's Real-Time
view.
http://<Notification_Server_name>/altiris/console
Introducing Real-Time System Manager
How Real-Time System Manager works
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