Integration for Tivoli

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To view data instrumented by HP Insight Management Agents on an individual server, the Insight Integration
for Tivoli includes a task to launch the System Management Homepage from the Tivoli Desktop and TEC.
Insight Management Agents for HP servers are included with HP Support Packs included with the Foundation
Pack and SmartStart CDs shipped with HP ProLiant servers and can be downloaded from the ProLiant
Essentials Management Software website (http://www.hp.com/servers/manage).
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager is a web-based application that provides unified lifecycle management for HP
servers, storage, and other managed infrastructure resources from HP and third-party manufacturers. HP
Systems Insight Manager can be used to maximize system uptime, reduce total cost of ownership, and
provide powerful systems lifecycle monitoring, inventory, and control.
The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli includes a task to launch the HP Systems Insight Manager application
from the Tivoli Desktop and TEC.
HP Insight Integration for Tivoli also supports SNMP/HTTP events and WBEM/WMI indications that are
forwarded as an SNMP event from HP SIM. All SNMP/HTTP events and WBEM/WMI indications that are
received by HP SIM can be forwarded to the TEC as an SNMP event that subsequently appears as event
58916872 on the TEC.
HP Systems Insight Manager is not required to implement the HP Insight Integration for Tivoli, but it enables
more advanced infrastructure lifecycle management from within the Tivoli environment.
HP Systems Insight Manager can be found on the Management CD included with the ProLiant Essentials
Foundation Pack shipped with every ProLiant server and can be downloaded from the ProLiant Essentials
Management Software website (http://www.hp.com/servers/manage).
NOTE: The download file size for HP Systems Insight Manager is approximately 720 MB.
HP Remote Server Management
HP ProLiant servers include an HP iLO management processor or can utilize a RILOE plug-in option. HP
management processors virtualize system controls to enable routine system administration, maintenance and
troubleshooting over a network regardless of the server's state of operation. Administrators can access HP
iLO and RILOE management processors using standard browser applications or command line options.
The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli includes a task to launch the browser-based interface of HP iLO and
RILOE management processors from the Tivoli Desktop and TEC.
HP iLO and RILOE management processors must be configured before use with the HP Insight Integration for
Tivoli.
HP Storage Management Appliance
The HP Storage Management Appliance is a centralized monitoring and management solution for SAN.
Connected directly to the network fabric, it performs advanced independent management functions between
computers and storage devices.
The HP Insight Integration for Tivoli includes a task to launch the agents associated with the HP Storage
Management Appliance from the Tivoli Desktop and TEC.