HP SIM leverages a distributed architecture that can be broken into three types of systems: Central Management Server (CMS), managed systems, and web browser clients.
The CMS and the managed systems together are called the HP SIM management domain.
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Each management domain has a single CMS. The CMS is the system in the management domain that executes the HP SIM software and initiates all central operations within the domain. In addition to the HP SIM software, the CMS maintains a database for storage of persistent objects, and it can reside on a separate system. Typically, applications for the multiple-system aware (MSA) tools also reside on the CMS. These applications are not required to reside on the CMS. They can reside anywhere on the network.
Because the CMS is a system within the management environment, it manages itself as part of the domain. You can add the CMS as a managed system within another management domain if you want to manage it using a separate CMS.
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Systems that make up a management domain are called managed systems. A system can be any device on the network that can communicate with HP SIM, which includes servers, desktops, laptops, printers, workstations, hubs, storage systems, storage area networks (SANs), and routers. In most cases, these devices have an IP addressor IPX address associated with them. A managed system can be managed by more than one CMS if desired.
Systems to be managed must have one or more management agents installed.
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Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) providers, and System Fault Management providers for HP-UX. These agents provide management information and alerts (indications) to the CMS. The SSH agent (service) then enables the HP SIM CMS to log in to the managed system to execute commands through scripts.
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