TITLE: Compaq Management Agents for Clients
VERSION: 5.00 Rev E
DESCRIPTION:
This SoftPaq contains the files needed to install Compaq Management Agents for
the Compaq computer models listed below that support Intelligent Manageability
and are running one of the operating systems listed below.
Compaq Management Agents provide local alerting, DMI, SNMP and DMI web agents.
Local alerting notifies the user if the system temperature has been exceeded
under normal operating conditions or if an imminent drive failure has been
detected. SNMP agents allow the system to be managed by SNMP-compliant
management applications such as Compaq Insight Manager.
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support allows the computer to be managed by
DMI-compliant management applications.
DMI Web agents allow the computer to be managed both locally and remotely by a
web browser (Internet Explorer 4.01 or later).
PURPOSE: Recommended Update
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP20992
SUPERCEDES: SP20136, SP19865, SP19417, SP17511, SP17720, SP16936, SP17721, SP16937
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 2002
CATEGORY: Management Software
SSM SUPPORTED: Yes
PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops
Notebooks
Workstations
PRODUCT MODEL(S):
Armada E500 Family
Armada M300 Family
Armada M700 Family
Deskpro 2000
Deskpro 4000
Deskpro 4000N
Deskpro 4000S
Deskpro 6000
Deskpro EN Series
Deskpro EN Series SFF
Deskpro EP Series
Deskpro EX
Deskpro SB Series
Deskpro Workstation 300
Deskpro Workstation AP230
Deskpro Workstation AP240
Deskpro Workstation AP250
Evo D300 Convertible Minitower
Evo D300 Desktop
Evo D300 Small Form Factor
Evo D310 Microtower
Evo D310 Desktop
Evo D310 Slim Tower
Evo D500 Convertible Minitower
Evo D500 Desktop
Evo D500 Small Form Factor
Evo D500 Ultra-slim Desktop
Evo D510 Small Form Factor
Evo D510 Convertible Minitower
Evo D510 Ultra-slim Desktop
Evo N1005
Evo N400c
Evo N410c
Evo N600c
Evo N610c
Evo N800c
Evo Workstation W4000 CMT
Evo Workstation W4000 SFF
Evo Workstation W4000 SFF DDR
Evo Workstation W6000
Evo Workstation W8000
iPAQ
iPAQ Legacy-Free
Professional Workstation AP200
Professional Workstation AP400
Professional Workstation AP500
Professional Workstation AP550
Professional Workstation SP700
Professional Workstation SP750
OPERATING SYSTEM(S):
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows NT 4.00
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Personal
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Professional
LANGUAGE(S):
Brazilian Portuguese
PRC Chinese
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Dutch
Norwegian
Portuguese
Russian
Swedish
Spanish
Thai
Taiwan Chinese
Hong Kong Chinese
US English
FIXES:
5.00 Rev. E 4-25-2002 - SP20992
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- Fixes potential web agent buffer overrun security problem, by upgrading
CPQHMMO.DLL from version 2.5 to 3.7.
- Fixes video BIOS ROM date detection on newer video controllers.
- Fixes problem with keyboard input on full screen DOS session applications.
- Display the agent build date on the Alert Properties Version dialog.
- Fixes CPQALERT Event Log message strings to display properly.
- Fixes CPQDMI event log information message, "unable to load CpqAoLAN.DLL".
- Show Parallel port IRQ on the web page only if it is valid, not equal to
255.
- Fixes System Board web page script error, "HoodRemovalDate.0 is null or not
an object" on systems that do not have a hood lock.
- Fixes problem where docking station information would be erroneously
reported for non-notebook systems.
- Display correct web page language resources for Brazilian Portugese, Dutch,
and Sweedish.
- Set the EventLog Type (Error, Warning, Information) appropriately for
CPQALERT messages. This was previously hard coded to type "error" for all
messages.
- Report critical temperature notifications once per minute. Degraded
temperature conditions are still reported only once on the transition from
okay to degraded.
- Device driver (2.0.7.1 "2.0 G1") change fixes blue screen encountered with
special MBR INT15 boot loader hook.
5.00 Rev. D 1-24-2002 - SP20136
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- Fixed CLNTMGMT.SYS blue screen on notebook PC's with newer ATI video driver.
- Fixed CLNTMGMT.SYS blue screen during install on non-Compaq BIOS systems.
- Report IDE drive size larger than 137 GB correctly.
- Fixed problem that prevented reporting hard drive serial number on
Armada M700.
- Fixed COLLECT.EXE to report docking station serial number and monitor
manufacturer.
- Fixed problem where COLLECT hangs when getting PCI information.
- Install correct language help file and Technical Release Notes.
- Fixed java script error on Drivers & Services web page.
5.00 Rev. C 12-3-2001 - SP19865
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- Fixed reporting docking station serial number when using COLLECT.EXE
- Fixed web page link for Operating System.
5.00 Rev. B 11-13-2001 - SP19417
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- Delete CPQP6CPU.SYS on upgrade to prevent blue screen problems.
- Fixed CLNTMGMT.SYS to prevent Security32 blue screen on EVO Notebooks.
- Fixed CPQALERT abnormal termination problem when right clicking the taskbar
icon to view properties.
5.00 Rev. A 10-15-2001 - SP17511
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- Client Web Agent includes WMI instrumentation capability.
- Supports Portables, Desktops, and Workstations
- Changed Setup program to use Install Shield. Corporate deployment options
have changed slightly.
- Use web server, CPQHMMO.DLL v2.5.1.0 to avoid potential buffer overrun
security hole.
PREREQUISITES:
N/A
HOW TO USE:
1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded
is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number.
2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
3. After the installation is completed, you may delete the directory created in
step 2 if you wish.
To install silently use the command line parameters "-s -a -preinst -s -SMS"
To unpack files without installing use the command line parameters, "-p -e"
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