HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers

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to query the SMH framework for the configuration settings of various components of the client-side
Insight architecture. This includes the Insight agent settings, general SNMP settings, the SMH
security settings, and others. The SIM server and the SMH framework can then pass changes to
configuration settings back and forth between them over the HTTPS link. When the Replicate Agent
Settings service receives the new parameters, it changes the configuration settings on the managed
server.
The Replicate Agents Settings capability in HP uses this core service of the SMH framework. In HP
SIM, you can use the Replicate Agents Settings functionality to duplicate the agent settings of one
reference server across an entire group of managed servers. Without the SMH framework and the
Replicate Agents Settings service installed on the managed servers, the Replicate Agents Settings
functionality in HP SIM cannot work.
Considerations when installing and configuring the Insight
Agents
There are several important factors you must take into account while running the installation and
configuration processes of Insight Agents.
Updating Insight Management Agents
In addition to the latest device drivers and utilities for HP ProLiant servers, the HP Service Pack for
ProLiant contains updated Insight Management Agents. This provides a tested and trouble-free
method for keeping the Insight Agents and drivers on managed servers up to date.
Understanding port use with Insight Management Agents and HP SIM
The various software components that comprise the HP SIM environment use several different
system ports for communications. Table 5 lists key ports and the software components that use
them.
Table 5: HP SIM port usage
System Port(s)
Usage
161, 162
SNMP traffic between Microsoft SNMP Agent
Service and HP SIM server
2381
Secure HTTPS link between SIM server and SMH
Framework
2301
Used by SIM to identify management capabilities
in a managed server.
50000
Serving web pages from HP SIM to the
management console browser
When you use HP SIM as a management solution, it is important to keep the port addresses open
within the internal networks. Internal firewalls that block these ports can cause parts of HP SIM to
function improperly.
Configuring the data collection interval
The Insight Management Agents collect information on the managed server at regular intervals. This
is known as polling. You can configure how frequently the agents collect data from the managed
server, setting the data collection interval from as short as every five seconds to once every hour.