Managing your HP servers through firewalls with HP SIM (481364-002, February 2008)

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Abstract
This paper identifies possible ways of managing HP servers with HP Systems Insight Manager and
Insight Software deployed in the area of the network that is considered more secure than the standard
production network. This is not a best practices document. This document provides information that
can enable system administrators to create management solutions appropriate for specific computing
environments.
Acronyms in text
The following acronyms are used in the text of this document.
Acronym Acronym expansion
CLP Command Line Protocol
CIM Common Information Model
DIMM Dual inline memory module
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DMTF Distributed Management Task Force
HP SIM HP Systems Insight Manager
HTTP Hyper Text Transport Protocol
HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol.
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
iLO 2 Integrated Lights-Out 2
IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
MIB Management Information Base
OS Operating System
RMCP Remote Management Control Protocol
RPC Remote procedure call
SSH Secure Shell
SSL Secure Socket Layer
SM CLP Server Management Command Line Protocol
SMASH Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware
SMI-S Server Management Initiative - Specification
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol