HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: To sign into a secondary CMS automatically without needing to sign in again, the
following requirements must be met:
• Your browser must have the secondary CMSs SSL certificate installed.
• The browser must be configured to allow third-party cookies. Secondary CMSs are
considered third-party systems in this case.
12. (Optional) Click Export to CSV to export the table into a spreadsheet.
Connections Tab
The connections tab displays the status of an attempted connection to each secondary CMS. If
Federated CMS Search fails to connect to a CMS, that CMS is excluded from subsequent searches.
After successful connection and if you have suitable authorizations locally on the secondary CMS,
the secondary Systems Insight Manager version, operating system, and system count are displayed.
Credential preferences
By default, all connections made to secondary CMSs are made as the currently signed-in user. To
connect as another user, you can specify full credentials for that user. The credentials are securely
encrypted and stored on the main CMS privately for the current user.
Procedure 218 Setting CMS credential preferences
1. Click Credential Preferences.... The CMS Credential Preferences page appears.
2. Select one of the following options:
• Use signed-in user
• Use specific user:
You must add the HP SIM user name: and the Password:.
3. Click OK to save the changes or Cancel to cancel the changes and return to the Connections
page.
Refreshing connections
CMS connections are established once and maintained in the current instance of the UI. If a CMS
is rebooted or comes online after starting Federated Search, you must refresh connections to
establish a connection to the newly online CMS.
The connections tab displays the status of an attempted connection to each secondary CMS. If
Federated Search fails to connect to a CMS, that CMS is excluded from subsequent searches. After
successful connection and if you have suitable authorizations locally on the secondary CMS, the
secondary HP SIM version, operating system, and system count are displayed.
Credential preferences
By default, all connections made to secondary CMSs are made as the currently signed-in user. To
connect as another user, you can specify full credentials for that user. The credentials are securely
encrypted and stored on the main CMS privately for the current user.
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