HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

1. Working (might reference system, discovery, or global credentials)
2. System level protocol specific
3. System level Sign-in
4. Discovery level protocol specific
5. Discovery level protocol Sign-in
6. Global Sign-in
Columns in the "Credentials that are in use" table
• System Name
Might be listed more than once if HP SIM is using more than one access type for the system.
• Access Type
The way HP SIM is using the credential to access the managed system. If Access Type equals
None, then HP SIM has no working credential and cannot access the system. If a specific
protocol is listed, then HP SIM has a working credential for that protocol. If Access Type equals
Sign-in is listed, then HP SIM is using the Sign-in credential (for example, the user name and
password pair) to access the system, possibly for multiple protocols.
• Credential
The user name of the user name and password pair that is the working credential or, Certificate
if the HP SIM authenticates itself to the system using a WBEM or WMI certificate. If more than
one user name is the same in Global or Discovery credentials, a number is appended to the
displayed user name in the table that indicates which it is in the series. This number is used
to distinguish the credentials for display purposes only.
• Source
Where the credential was configured. System credentials are configured on the system level.
Global credentials are configured at the global level. Discovery credentials are configured at
the discovery task level and the name of the task is included. For example, Discovery: System
Automatic Discovery. Certificates list Systems Insight Manager as the source.
Viewing, editing, and deleting system credentials
Procedure 80 Viewing all potential system credentials for a system
For each system that was selected in the system credentials table, this table displays all credentials
that can be tried during identification.
• To view the credentials, select systems and click View all credentials.
If there are multiple credentials for a system, the credentials are listed in the order that they
will be tried. Also note that the rightmost column indicates if the system is configured to try
additional credentials if the configured credential fails. If it is not, then it is possible that a
correct credential might not be tried.
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