Dell Client Manager Installation & Configuration Resources

Dell Client Manager helps make Dell OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations the easiest and most cost effective client systems you can own. The purpose of Dell Client Manager is simple: Arm IT professionals with centralized, remote control and automate common tasks associated with owning client systems. The results are powerful: Far fewer desk-side visits and repetitive tasks, greater visibility and control of client inventory and usage, and improved consistency and compliance in the way client systems are configured.

Dell Client Manager provides three levels of capability to fit the varying needs and types of organizations. Each level—Standard, Plus, and Altiris Client Management Suite—builds upon the previous level; each simply “snaps” additional management capability into the Dell Client Manager unified management architecture, adhering to and leveraging the same familiar interface, the same database and same management agent. With Dell Client Manager, you outfit yourself with sufficient capability to produce the outcomes you want in the near term and easily adopt additional capability—and the associated benefits—when you’re ready to take the next step. Adopting and deriving the benefits of centralized, automated client management has never been easier or more straightforward.

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Getting Started

Support

• Electronic Support: http://www.altiris.com/Support/Online.aspx
• Telephone Support: 800-945-3355* ASK FOR THE DELL OPENMANAGE QUEUE.

Product Download

• Dell Client Manager Standard (FREE)

Knowledge & Forums

The Altiris Knowledgen & Forum will provide answers to most technical questions through a combination of monitored knowledge base entries as well as current support forums. Post a question or search existing posts and KB articles.

• Knowledgebase 
• Forums

Whitepapers & Technical Articles

• Going Green with Dell Client Manager - This whitepaper discusses how Dell Client Manager can be used to maintain "energy smart" configurations. 
• Battery Recall – Dell Client Manager - This article demonstrates how to use Dell Client Manager to find systems with recalled batteries.
• Managing Warranties with Dell Client Manager - This article shows how to automate the import and notification of Dell support and warranty information into Dell Client Manager. Automatically be notified 30 days prior to the expiration of a Dell Client System's warranty
   

Interactive Training Simulations

1. Obtaining Dell Client Manager - This training simulation will step you through the process of downloading Dell Client Manager 3.0 & the unlimited license.
2. Installing Dell Client Manager 3.0 - This training simulation will guide you through the Dell Client Manager 3.0 Installation process using the Installation Manager.
3. Client Discovery and Agent Install - This training simulation will guide you through the process of discovering Dell client systems and pushing the agent to them.
4. Enable hardware management - This training simulation will guide you through the steps to install the Dell OMCI client to later perform hardware management functions.
5. Hardware Inventory & Reporting - This training simulation will guide you through the process of capturing inventory on remote clients with Dell Client Manager.
6. Remote BIOS Upgrade - This training simulation will guide you through the process of defining a target filter and pushing a BIOS update to the Dell client systems.
7. BIOS Settings Management - This training simulation will guide you through the process of creating a BIOS Settings TASK and applying it to remote machines.
8. Hardware Health Monitoring - This training simulation will cover hardware monitoring through Dell Client Manager's monitor policy & actions which can be taken.
9. Display Management - This training is a brief overview of the display management capabilities of Dell Client Manager, including configuring brightness, contrast and power settings.
10. Power Settings Management - This training simulation will guide you through the process of creating a power scheme task applying it to a group of Dell client systems.