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PCI & Disk H/W

The PCI & Disk H/W page displays information about network cards, controller cards, multimedia cards, hard disk controllers and other devices installed for all machine IDs currently matching the Machine ID / Group ID filter. Information shown in this function is collected when a Latest Audit is performed.

The different types of devices reported by the system are:

  • Network cards
  • Graphics cards
  • Multimedia (sound) cards
  • Hard disk controller cards
  • CD-ROM and hard disk vendor information

Disabling PCI & Disk H/W Audit

The agent uses a driver to query the PCI bus during an audit. Only disable this driver if you suspect a driver conflict on the managed machine. The agent can not audit PCI hardware cards if this driver is disabled.

Check-in status

These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine:

Agent has checked in

Agent has checked in and user is logged on. Tool tip lists the logon name.

Agent has not recently checked in

Agent has never checked in

Online but waiting for first audit to complete

The agent is online but remote control is disabled

The agent has been suspended

Machine.Group ID

The list of Machine ID.Group IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID filter and the machine groups the administrator is authorized to see using System > Group Access.

Type

Lists the type of device installed on the managed machine. This can include network interface cards, graphics cards, sounds cards, hard disks, and CD-ROM drives.

Vendor

Lists the manufacturer of the device installed on the managed machine.

Product

Lists the device installed in the managed machine.

Notes

Click the Notes icon to maintain notes about this record.