HP Client Management Interface
Technical White Paper
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 2
Background ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Benefits .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Architecture ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Hardware Sensor Information............................................................................................................ 5
Hardware Configuration Options....................................................................................................... 6
System Health Events ........................................................................................................................ 6
Available Software Products.................................................................................................................. 7
HP Client Management Interface Software Provider.............................................................................. 7
HP Client Manager .......................................................................................................................... 8
HP System Software Manager ........................................................................................................... 9
Developing Custom Solutions ................................................................................................................ 9
Hardware Sensor Information............................................................................................................ 9
Hardware Configuration Options..................................................................................................... 12
System Health Events ...................................................................................................................... 15
Example applications ..................................................................................................................... 16
Retrieving BIOS Settings .............................................................................................................. 16
Changing the Ownership Tag......................................................................................................17
Changing the Boot Order............................................................................................................ 18
Enabling Hyper-Threading........................................................................................................... 18
Setting BIOS Defaults .................................................................................................................. 19
Monitoring Events....................................................................................................................... 20
Security ............................................................................................................................................ 22
Preserving Password Integrity .......................................................................................................... 22
Configuring WMI Security .............................................................................................................. 24
For more information.......................................................................................................................... 26
Call to action .................................................................................................................................... 26
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