Intel® Platform Administration Technology
Quick Start Guide
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This document explains how to get started with core features of Intel® Platform Administration
Technology (Intel® PAT).
After reading this document, you should know how to use Intel® PAT and where to look for more
information.
For more information, see the Intel® PAT User Guide, Installation Guide or advanced tutorial.
Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................2
2 Installing and Getting Started.............................................................................................................................4
3 Activating the Intel® PAT Server ........................................................................................................................9
4 Getting Help.......................................................................................................................................................... 10
1 Introduction
Intel® Platform Administration Technology (Intel® PAT) is an integrated, cost-effective, and
easy-to-use manageability platform solution for small and medium-sized network
environments. It provides manageability functions that assist IT administrators in
maintaining clean and stable systems with high efficiency.
Intel ® PAT package includes the following components:
Server Client
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z Intel® PAT Branch Server
z Intel® PAT Central Server
z Image and Asset Management Client
z Client Hard Disk Restore
1.1 Glossary
Make sure you understand the following terms before starting:
Golden Machine, Disk Image, Software Update Package, Deployment, Network Recovery,
Hard Disk Protection, Checkpoint, Local Recovery, Save Data. For more details, see the Intel®
PAT Server Online Help and the Client Hard Disk Restore Online Help.
1.2 System Requirements
Make sure your system meets the following requirements before installation:
Hardware Requirements
Server Client
• CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor,
2.8GHz
• Motherboard: Any Intel® motherboard
• Memory: 1GB
• Hard-disk: 2 x Client Hard Disk Size
• NIC: 1000Mbps
• CD-ROM: 16x
• CPU: Any CPU of processor family
below:
®
Core™ 2 Duo
Intel
®
Intel
Pentium® D
®
Pentium® 4
Intel
®
Celeron® D
Intel
• Memory: 512MB
• Hard disk: 80GB IDE
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Introduction
Software Requirements
Server Client
Operating System
Only 32bits operating systems of the
following are supported.
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition*
•
(SP1)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition*
(SP1)
• Windows XP Professional Edition* (SP2)
Windows* Components and Services
• Internet Information Services (IIS)
component, Version 5.0 or above
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) component (Optional)
• Windows Management
Instrumentation service
Third Party Software
• Microsoft Internet Explorer *, Version
6.0 or above
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
Edition *
• Microsoft Data Access Components *,
Version 2.7 or above
• Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
Redistributable *
• Microsoft .NET Framework *, Version
2.0
• Windows XP Professional Edition* (SP2)
• Windows Vista All Editions* (SP2)
• DHCP Client component (Optional)
• Network Connection component
• Windows Management
Instrumentation service
• Microsoft .NET Framework *,
Version 3.5
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