HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

More Information
This section provides more detailed information about the system and lists all system information tools available
for the system. The following links are available:
• System Management Homepage SMH is launched if available.
• Property Page The Property pages are launched if available.
• Partition Manager View The Partition Manager is launched if available.
• Virtual Manager Host View The Virtual Manager Host View is launched if available.
Identification
This section is expanded whenever you access the System Page the first time.
NOTE: This section can be expanded by clicking or collapsed by clicking .
IMPORTANT: Desktop Management Interface identification is only supported on Windows and HP-UX-based
Central Management Server (CMS) installs. In addition, only like operating systems can be identified. For
example, Windows-based CMSs can identify Windows-based DMI, and HP-UX-based CMSs can only identify
HP-UX-based DMI systems.
The items available in this section include:
• Address The IP address that has been discovered for the system.
• Preferred System Name The name shown for the system. When available, it defaults to the host name
from DNS. You can override this setting through the Edit System Properties link under the Tools &
Links tab.
• Network Name The fully qualified DNS name, if available. Reverse DNS lookups by IP address must
be enabled and match a forward lookup.
• UUID A unique identifier from the agent or other instrumentation on the system.
• Serial Number The serial number of the system.
Orphan systems
A system described as an orphan system is a system for which HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) detects
that both the IP address and name have been reallocated to another system. Occasionally, this reallocation
can happen through simultaneous DHCP address assignment changes and a system rename. Other causes
can be caused by a move of the operating system from one blade to another through different virtualization
mechanisms, such as a physical-to-physical system move or replacement of a system board that has not be
configured the same as the original system board.
In HP SIM, orphan systems can be named one of three ways, with the first naming convention that HP SIM
can use. The following lists three ways orphan system can be named:
• < serialNumber > Where < serialNumber > is replaced with the serial number of the system.
• < serialNumber >-< devKey >-< oldName > Where < serialNumber > is replaced with the serial number
of the system, < devKey > is replaced with the devKey on the system, and oldName > is replaced with
the old system name.
• < devKey > Where < devKey > is replaced with the devKey on the system.
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