Symantec ALTIRIS REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGER 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual page 18

18 Introducing Real-Time System Manager
What you can do with Real-Time System Manager
See "Running real-time one-to-one tasks"
Using Real-Time System Manager with properly configured out-of-band capable
computers, you can manage the computers that are turned off or that failed to
load an operating system. Managing computers remotely out of band lets you
significantly reduce the number of desk-side visits.
See "About out-of-band management"
Out of band features that Real-Time System Manager supports
Table 1-2
Feature
Remote boot through Integrated
Drive Electronics Redirection
(IDE-R)
Remote console redirection through
Serial-over-LAN (SOL)
Hardware filtering of network
traffic (Circuit Breaker) using Intel
vPro System Defense technology
Real-Time System Manager also lets you perform some of the tasks on a collection
of computers. You can run the tasks immediately or on a schedule.
See "Running real-time one-to-many tasks"
on page 31.
on page 13.
Description
(Intel AMT and DASH only)
Lets you change the system boot device to a CD, DVD,
or to an image that is located on a remote network
drive. For example, you can boot from a system
recovery disk.
See "Booting a computer from another device "
on page 35.
(Intel AMT only)
Lets you establish a remote console session and walk
the computer through a troubleshooting session, for
example, when you want to reinstall the operating
system, or change BIOS settings.
See "Starting a remote control session "
(Intel AMT only)
Lets you block all inbound network traffic and all
outbound network traffic from a target computer.
For example, you can block network traffic from an
infected computer to prevent threats from spreading.
See "Filtering network traffic "
on page 41.
on page 34.
on page 37.