HP Client Automation Agent Readme

Pre-Loaded Management Agent for

HP Client Automation Starter Edition
HP Client Automation Standard Edition
HP Client Automation Enterprise Edition
Hewlett-Packard provides pre-loaded with this computer the agent software for HP Client
Automation. This agent enables this computer to become a managed node in established
environments for these solutions.
HP Client Automation Enterprise Edition provides extensive management capabilities
including:

Collect hardware and software inventory across multiple platforms

Prepare an application package and conduct impact analysis prior to distribution
Target individual desktops, workgroups or entire populations of desktops for
deployment and maintenance of software and content according to policies
Provision and manage operating systems, applications and content on distributed
desktop computers from any location
Integrate with HP Software Service Center and other help desk and system
management tools
Leverage a common infrastructure for management of software and content on
virtually any device, any platform and any network for all enterprise users

HP Client Automation Enterprise Edition is highly scalable, policy-based change and

configuration management software that enables administrators to efficiently and reliably
inventory, deploy and maintain software and content across heterogeneous desktop
platforms from a web-based console.
HP Client Automation Standard Edition provides the following configuration
management capabilities for Windows PCs:

Collect hardware and software inventory

Deploy packaged software to groups of devices

Manage Microsoft Operating System security patches

Deploy or update operating system images to groups of devices

The agent is pre-loaded and is ready to be installed onto this computer. By pre-loading
the agent software the amount of time and resources required to add this computer into an
HP Management environment is reduced. Once installed, it can be easily configured to
communicate with the management server to provide the management capabilities listed
above. Before installation, you will need to obtain information from the administrators of
the HP Management infrastructure, including:
Name or address of the HP Management Portal or HP Client Automation Standard
Edition server

The appropriate TCP/IP port numbers to communicate with these servers

Any firewall changes for your computer to allow communication to the server

Ports 3466 and 3463 must be open at the client and all firewalls between the client
and the server.