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Centralized management and control
In addition, information about every SmartManage-compatible display – including serial and model
numbers, operating hours, settings status and cost-relevant – is transmitted automatically between
displays and the asset management system. This provides the ability to reduce audit and main-
tenance cycle times, ease administrative burdens, secure all the Philips displays in the end-user
environment and reduce Total Cost of Ownership.
SmartManage
administrator
SmartManage
agent
Altiris
NS Agent
Altiris
Notifi cation Server
LAN
DVI cable
PC unit
Server
Figure 8: SmartManage confi guration set-up
Figure 9: Example of SmartManage
administration interface
Figure 10: Two examples
of the SmartManage
end-user interface
Figure 9 shows an example of a SmartManage administrator interface screen, and Figure 10 shows
two typical end-user menu screens.