HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

and at startup by default and sends status change events that can be used set up a notification
task based on the event.
To access Hardware Status Polling, select Options→Status Polling→Hardware Status Polling.
Related procedures
• Hardware status polling
• Software status polling
Related topic
▲ About default system functions
Software status polling
The following example describes how to set up a Software Version Status Polling Task that determines whether
managed systems have software that is out of date. This task uses the All Servers list as the default list.
NOTE: One instance of this task is created by default when HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is
installed. It runs on a weekly basis. Create this task only if it has been deleted.
To create a Software Status Polling Task:
1. Select Options→Status Polling→Software Status Polling.
2. Select target systems from the All Systems collection. The default selected is All Systems. See “Creating
a task” for more information.
3. Click Schedule to schedule the task, or click Run Now to run the task immediately. See “Scheduling
a task” for more information about scheduling the task.
Related procedure
▲ Hardware status polling
Related topics
• Status polling
• About default system functions
Hardware status polling
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) tracks system health status , using a predefined hardware status polling
task. This task polls for updates on hardware status through the different protocols. The following example
describes how to set up a task to poll systems using hardware status polling.
NOTE: One instance of this task is created by default when HP SIM is installed. It runs when new systems
or events meet the search criteria. Create this task only if it has been deleted.
To create a Hardware Status Polling Task:
1. Select Options→Status Polling→Hardware Status Polling.
2. Select the target systems. See “Creating a task” for more information.
3. Click Next. The Select Protocol Settings section appears.
4. Select from the following protocols:
• DMI
Note: DMI is only available on Windows systems.
• HTTP
• SNMP
• WBEM
Note: By default, all protocols are selected. If all protocols are unselected, then the Schedule and Run
Now buttons are disabled.
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