• Web browser based management tool for workgroups
• Automate discovery of any DMI 2.0 enabled PC clients in a workgroup
• Automate receipt of DMI 2.0 alerts on the Compaq Insight Manager LC console
• Ability to update system software, run diagnostics remotely and change security settings on Compaq PC clients with agents

For a complete description of other management tools please visit http://www.compaq.com/im

Compaq gives you the power to choose the management tool that’s right for you. Insight Manager LC is part of the Compaq Insight Manager family of system management software products. You can start with Insight Manager LC to manage your PC workgroups and then scale up to Insight Manager XE to manage devices across the enterprise when you’re ready. The two products work together in a complementary manner. The user interfaces of the products have a consistent look with many shared elements that makes it easy to switch from one to the other.

• Easy to install and use – No dedicated system or database is required. Wizard-based utility installs and configures all needed components. Familiar, browser-based user interface; Color-coded device status and alert indicators
• Works with PCs from all leading suppliers – Gather system information and receive fault alerts from any DMI (Desktop Management Interface) version 2.0 compliant PC. Additional value-added services that have not been standardized by the industry are provided for Compaq PCs – change security settings, run diagnostic tests remotely, update BIOS and hardware device drivers.
• Tell what’s on your network – Gather information at a system and sub-system level (e.g. storage devices, network cards) on managed PCs for use in tracking PC assets and planning for software deployment. Manage asset tags to more effectively trace PCs and their location.
• Remotely update system software – Make updates to system software on PCs including changing BIOS and updating hardware device drivers without visiting the PC.
• Receive problem notification and remotely troubleshoot PCs – Receive alerts from PCs on impending hardware problems (e.g. system temperature, potential hard drive failure warnings). Remotely run diagnostic tests to assist in problem analysis.
• Help secure your physical and data assets – Control internal access to PCs by enabling Smart Cover Sensors and Locks. Protect data assets by disabling printer, serial ports, and diskette drives.
• Flexibility to manage your PCs anywhere, anytime – Use any networked web browser to access the Insight Manager LC application console for managing PCs.

• Manages Compaq PCs – Desktop desktops, Armada notebooks, Professional Workstations – and industry PCs that provide DMI v2.0 data
• Supports Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 95, and Windows 98 operating systems on managed PCs
• Discover PCs on a single workgroup, domain, or range of IP addresses
• Discovery process utilizing DMI and HTTP protocols
• No database required
• Fault alerts sent to Insight Manager LC console
• Version control support for updating BIOS, hardware device drivers, and management agents on Compaq PCs
• Automated maintenance of version control capability from Compaq WWW site or Support Software CD
• Free from Compaq WWW site at www.compaq.com/support/files/index.html. Please note this website is available in English only.

• Approximately 20 MB for the Insight Manager LC application
• Approximately 30 MB for the system-level software files of each PC model to be managed

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
Microsoft Windows 95 with Windows Socket 2 Update (Available from Microsoft WWW site),          
Windows 98 (OSR0 or higher); Windows NT 4.0 (all service packs)
Managed PCs running Windows 95 or Windows 98 must have File and Print sharing services           enabled to be discovered by Compaq Insight Manager LC.