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HP Part Number: 418811-002

Edition: 5.1

Published: January 2007

© Copyright 2003-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Revision History
Revision 5.0December 2005

Part Number 418811-001. Documentation for software version 5.0.

Revision 4.0December 2005

Part Number 5991-4498. Documentation for software version 5.0.

Revision 3.0October 2005

Part Number 5991-2791. Documentation for software version 5.0.

Revision 2.0July 2005

Part Number 5991-2833. Documentation for software version 5.0.

Revision 1.3January 2005

Part Number 5991-0710. Documentation for software version 4.2.

Revision 1.2May 2004

Part Number 5990-8181. Documentation for software version 4.2. Addition of information to support migrating data from Insight Manager 7 SP 2.3 to HP Systems Insight Manager 4.1; upgrading from HP Systems Insight Manager 4.0 to HP Systems Insight Manager 4.1; Upgrading from ServiceControl Manager to HP Systems Insight Manager.

Revision 1.1February 2004

Part Number 5990-7221. Documentation for software version 4.00.01. Addition of information to support Linux as a central management server.

Revision 1.0December 2003

Part Number 5990-6691. 

Documentation for software version 4.0. Original release.

Table of Contents

1 Product overview
Features
HP SIM management
Security
Installation
Discovery
Custom tools
Reporting
Partner applications
What's new
Events
Task Wizard
Directory services
Security
Command Line Interface
Discovery
Protocols
Reporting
Additional new features
Partner applications
Product architecture
Central management server
Managed systems
Web-browser clients
Authorizations
Default toolboxes
User privileges
Tools
Information storage
HP SIM audit log
Database
Secure access
Command line interface
Graphical user interface
Secure data transmission
Management protocols
Web server security
Self-signed certificates
X application security
Managing servers behind a firewall
2 Installation overview and requirements
First time install process overview
Upgrade overview
System requirements
Linux Central Management Server
Managed system requirements and recommendations
SSH requirements
3 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time
Preparing the system
Installing and configuring the software
Automatically installing HP Systems Insight Manager
Manually installing HP Systems Insight Manager
After installing HP Systems Insight Manager
Next steps
4 Setting up managed systems
Installing the ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack on a Linux system for the first time
Setting up managed storage systems
Installing SMI-S providers
Verifying SSL
Configuring SMI-S providers
Configuring HP SIM to discover storage systems
5 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard
First Time Wizard
Entering WBEM settings
Entering SNMP settings
Enabling system automatic discovery
Adding users to the Central Management Server
Configuring e-mail settings
Additional e-mail settings
Configuring automatic event handling
First Time Wizard summary
6 Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu
Configuring protocol settings
Adding users
Adding toolboxes
Adding authorizations
Configuring email settings
Setting up automatic event handling
Configuring and executing discovery
Configuring and executing automatic discovery
Configuring and executing manual discovery
Configuring WMI Mapper
7 Configuring managed systems
Configuring the Managed System Software
Running the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS
Setting up Linux managed systems manually
8 Upgrading from HP Systems Insight Manager 4.x or later
Upgrading HP SIM 4.x or later to HP SIM 5.x in Linux
9 Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager
Uninstalling HP Systems Insight Manager from a Linux system
10 Using the graphical user interface
Accessing the GUI
Using Internet Explorer 7
Graphical user interface features
Customizing the GUI
Customizing the Home Page
Customizing the System Status Panel
11 Using the command line interface
Logging in to the CLI
Logging in directly on the CMS
Using an SSH client remotely
manpages
12 Configuration options
CPU utilization during data collection
Overview
Implementation
GUI time-out policy
Overview
Implementation
HP SIM audit log configuration
Overview
Implementation
Lifetimes for entries on the Task Results Page
Overview
Implementation
13 Troubleshooting
Browser issues
GUI issues
Installation issues
Login issues
glossary
Index
   


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