Features

Fault management and event handling.  HP SIM provides proactive notification of actual or impending component failure alerts. Automatic Event Handling enables you to configure actions to notify appropriate users of failures through e-mail , and enables automatic execution of scripts or event forwarding to enterprise platforms, such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager or HP OpenView Operations.

Consistent multisystem management. HP SIM initiates a task on multiple systems or nodes from a single command on the CMS. This functionality eliminates the need for tedious, one-at-a-time operations performed on each system.

Two user interfaces. HP SIM provides the option of a browser-based GUI or a command line interface (CLI) to make it easy to incorporate HP SIM into your existing management processes.

Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) indications for HP-UX, Linux, and Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) devices. HP SIM enables you to use the GUI or CLI to subscribe and unsubscribe to WBEM indications.

Role-based security. HP SIM enables effective delegation of management responsibilities by giving system administrators granular control over which users can perform specific management operations on specific systems.

Secure remote management. HP SIM leverages operating system security for user authentication and uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Secure Shell (SSH) to encrypt management communications.

Configure or Repair Agents. This feature enables you to repair credentials for SNMP settings, System Management Homepage, or Management HTTP Server trust relationships on Windows, Linux, and HP-UX systems supported by HP SIM.

Easy and rapid installation. HP SIM can be installed, quickly and easily, on HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 on PA-RISC/Integrity server platforms, or on ProLiant platforms running Windows or Linux.

First Time Wizard. HP SIM provides you with step-by-step, online instructions for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM. The wizard helps you configure HP SIM settings on the Central Management Server (CMS).

Data collection and inventory reports. HP SIM performs comprehensive system data collection and enables you to quickly produce detailed inventory reports for managed systems. Reports can be generated in HTML, XML, or CSV format. Data collection and reporting has been added for HP Superdome systems and other cellular complexes. Data that can be collected includes information on enclosures, cabinets, cells, memory, Integrity virtual machines, non-Integrity virtual machines, virtual partitions (vPars), and hard partitions (nPars).

Snapshot comparisons. HP SIM enables you to compare configuration snapshots of up to four different servers, or compare configuration snapshots of a single server over a period of time. This functionality assists IT staff in pinpointing configuration issues that can contribute to system instability. Snapshot comparisons can also be used to save a picture of a standard configuration for comparisons to other systems.

HP Version Control. HP SIM automatically downloads the latest BIOS, driver, and agent updates for HP ProLiant and HP Integrity servers running Windows and Linux, identifies systems running outdated system software, and enables system software updates across groups of servers. For HP-UX systems, Software Distributor is integrated into HP SIM.

System Management Homepage. The System Management Homepage provides a consolidated interface for single-system management. By aggregating the data from HP web-based agents and management utilities, the System Management Homepage provides a common, easy-to-use interface for displaying hardware fault and status monitoring, performance data, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version control for an individual server.

HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.  HP SIM delivers a blade environment designed to consolidate access to blade deployment, configuration, and monitoring tools. Picture views are available of racks and enclosures. The HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager is automatically installed with HP SIM. No license key is required. To access HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager, select ToolsIntegrated ConsolesHP BladeSystem. See http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/Integrity-bl/p-class/60p/index.html for more information.

HP Insight Power Manager. HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) is an integrated power-monitoring and management application that provides centralized control of server power consumption and thermal output at the datacenter level. It extends the capacity of datacenters by enabling the user to control the amount of power and cooling required for ProLiant servers. Built on ProLiant Power Regulator technology, extends new server energy instrumentation levers into HP SIM for greater Unified Infrastructure Management.

Support for HP-UX Serviceguard clusters. HP SIM recognizes HP-UX Serviceguard clusters and displays them in the GUI. HP Serviceguard Manager opens when you click a Serviceguard cluster in a search list and provides information on the clusters.