Specifications

HP-UX
HP Essentials for HP-UX 11i are advanced plug-ins to HP SIM that provides modular, integrated
system management software for complete HP server management. It integrates with many other HP-
UX–specific system management tools, including the following tools available on HP 9000 servers:
• Ignite-UX addresses the need for HP-UX system administrators to perform fast deployment for one or
many servers. It provides the means for creating and reusing standard system configurations,
enables replication of systems, permits post-installation customizations, and is capable of both
interactive and unattended operating modes.
• Software Distributor-UX (SD-UX) is the HP-UX administration toolset used to deliver and maintain
HP-UX operating systems and layered software applications. Delivered as part of HP-UX, SD-UX can
help you manage your HP-UX operating system, patches, and application software on HP servers.
• System Management Homepage (SMH) is used to manage accounts for users and groups, perform
auditing and security operations, and handle disk and file system management and peripheral
device management. HP Systems Insight Manager allows these tasks to be distributed to multiple
systems and delegated using role-based security.
• HP-UX Kernel Configuration is used for self-optimizing kernel changes. The new HP-UX Kernel
Configuration tool enables users to tune both dynamic and static kernel parameters quickly and
easily from a web-based GUI to optimize system performance. This tool also sets kernel parameter
alarms that notify you when system usage levels exceed thresholds.
• Partition Manager creates and manages nPars for high-end servers. After the partitions are created,
the systems running on those partitions can be managed consistently with all the other tools
integrated into SIM.
• HP-UX 11i Webmin-based Admin is a web-based system management framework that allows a
wide variety of open source Webmin system management modules to be plugged in. HP supports
this tool for the configuration of the HP-UX 11i Apache-based Web Server and the HP-UX 11i
Tomcat-based Servlet Engine.
• HP-UX Bastille is a security hardening/lockdown tool that enhances the security of an HP-UX 11i
UNIX® host. It accommodates the various degrees of hardening required of servers used for webs,
applications, and databases.
• Security Patch Check efficiently improves systems security by performing analysis of file sets and
patches installed on an HP-UX 11i system and generating a report of recommended security
patches.
• System Inventory Manager is for change and asset management. It enables you to easily collect,
store, and manage inventory and configuration information for HP-UX–based servers. It provides an
easy-to-use, web-based interface, superior performance, and comprehensive reporting capabilities.
• Event Monitoring Service (EMS) keeps the administrator of multiple systems aware of system
operation throughout the cluster, and it notifies the administrator of potential hardware or software
problems before they occur. HP Systems Insight Manager can launch the EMS interface and
configure EMS monitors for any node or node group that belongs to the cluster, resulting in
increased reliability and reduced downtime.
• HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) controls the resources that processes use during peak system
load. PRM can manage the allocation of processor, memory resources, and disk bandwidth. It
allows administrators to run multiple mission-critical applications on a single system, improve
response time for critical users and applications, allocate resources on shared servers based on
departmental budget contributions, provide applications with total resource isolation, and
dynamically change configuration at any time—even under load.
• HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) provides automatic processor resource allocation and
application performance management based on prioritized service level objectives (SLOs). In
addition, WLM allows administrators to set real memory and disk bandwidth entitlements
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