This presentation gave an overview of the Top Tools product which is HP's management solution. A brief overview of the E-Vectra and associated equipment was given. Expansion products are available to add to Top Tools. Top Tools 5.0 is due to released soon. Top Tools is a hardware level management device.
Basic architecture is all web management.
There is security on the product which allows restriction of who uses it and is linked to the NT server. Once run through Discovery, you can perform a number of functions on a particular device. For example power on power off, reboot and change threshholds. Asset information is available from a device, such as a notebook. Reporting is a value added tool to Top Tools.