A.05.80 HP Insight Remote Support Advanced Central Management Server Configuration Guide (October 2012)

Central Management Server Configuration Guide
Chapter 5: Remote Support Configuration Collector Services
with the relevant authentication details and apply those credentials to individual devices by means of a
drop-down list in the UI.
To create a credential group, and pre-configure authentication details, do the following:
1. Click New Credential Group.
2. Provide a name for the new group in the Description field and complete the remaining authentication
fields as appropriate. You are required to enter password details twice in the Password field.
3. Click Save All Changes to save details of the new group and make it available in the Cred Group
drop-down list for individual devices.
Configuring Network Devices
In the Network Services tab, you can manage your Network Collections. You must provide
authentication details for network devices so that the RSCC application will be able to access each
device when configuration data is being collected.
All devices listed in the Network Services page are listed in table format, as follows:
l The OK column displays the configuration status of the device. The Configuration Wizard can be
launched from the tooltip that appears when hovering over the icon in the OK column.
l The RSC column allows you enable configuration collection for each device listed. All devices are
disabled by default.
l The CC column indicates if data was collected from a device successfully or not.
l The System Name column displays the device name for each member of the selected network device.
l The System Type column provides a drop-down list that allows you to indicate the type of device
involved, or to indicate the operating system for server systems.
l The Connection Protocol column provides a drop-down list that allows you to indicate the
communication protocol to use when connecting to the device. The list will only show protocols that are
valid for the device type.
Depending on the selection you make in the drop-down list, some or all of the remaining fields become
enabled.
l The Credential Group column provides a drop-down list that allows you to associate this device with
a pre-configured credential group (if any exist), whereby group-wide authentication details are applied to
all devices in a group.
If you select a credential group, authentication columns are automatically populated with the
authentication details associated with that group.
l The Username or SNMP Read column allows you to provide a user name for server systems or
indicate read privileges for network devices, for example, public or private.
l The Password or SNMP Write column allows you to provide a password for server systems or
indicate write privileges for network devices.
l The Addl column provides an Edit button that is enabled for connection protocols that have additional
authentication parameters that must be completed, for example, separate root credentials.
l The Test Connection column provides a Test button that allows you to check the authentication
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