Support Notes for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium Processor on HP Integrity Servers

Support Note for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 for the Itanium® Processor on HP Integrity Servers
Manageability
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Manageability
You can use tools such as HP Insight Manager 7 and HP Systems Insight Manager to
remotely monitor system information on an Integrity server that has HP Insight
Management Agents for Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1, System Management Web Agent,
or Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) providers installed. This section provides a
brief overview of both management tools and installation and configuration instructions for
HP Insight Management Agents, System Management Web Agent, and WBEM providers.
Monitoring Tools
HP Insight Manager 7
HP Insight Manager 7 (IM7) is a Web-based tool designed to manage platforms running HP
Insight Management Agents. The IM7 central management server must be an IA-32 system
running Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. With the IA-32 Windows system functioning as
the central management server, IM7 monitors HP Insight Management Agents installed on
both IA-32 and Itanium 2-based platforms.
Download IM7 for IA-32 Windows systems at http://www.hp.com/servers/IM7.
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager is a multi-OS application for managing Proliant, Integrity, and
HP 9000 systems running HP Insight Management Agents or WBEM providers in a Windows,
Linux, or HP-UX environment. It delivers the capabilities required to manage all HP
platforms and can be extended to provide custom device management. See
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim for more information.
HP Insight Management Agents
IMPORTANT Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS v.2.1 Update 3 enables Open IPMI, which is
required to support the HP Insight Management Agents you can use on your
system. Please follow the directions in “Registering Software and Getting
Updates from Red Hat Network” on page 16 to upgrade to Update 3.
Based on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HP Insight Management
Agents allow you to remotely monitor configuration information and system status on your
Integrity server from any SNMP browser. A central management server using HP Insight