HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

• SNMP
One management protocol supported by Systems Insight Manager. Traditional management
protocol used extensively by networking systems and most servers. Management Information
Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets (MIB-II) is the standard information
available consistently across all vendors.
For Windows systems, if SNMP is not installed during the operating system installation, you
can install it from the Windows CD using Add or Remove Windows Component feature.
For Linux systems, SNMP itself is part of the initial installation of the Linux operating system.
If it was not installed during the initial operating system installation, you must install the SNMP
.rpm file manually from the operating system CD.
For HP-UX systems, SNMP is part of the operating system installation.
HP Insight SMMP agents are HP specific SNMP agents used to better manage ProLiant systemts.
To install HP Insight SNMP agents for Windows systems, select Configure→Configure or Repair
Agents, Install Providers and Agents→Install SNMP agents (Insight Management Advisor) for
Windows.
To install the SNMP provider from the Manage Communications page, select Quick
Repair→Install Providers and Agents→Install SNMP Agents (Insight Management Agent) for
Windows.
To install the HP Insight SNMP agents for ProLiant systems running on Linux x86 operating
system, go to http://www.software.hp.com/ and select the ProLiant Support Pack 7.90.
To install the HP Insight SNMP agents for Linux systems, select Configure→Configure or Repair
Agents→Install Providers and Agents→Install Linux PSP or ESX Agents.
NOTE: The HP Insight SNMP agents cannot be installed on HP-UX systems.
For HP SIM to manage target systems using SNMP protocol, verify on the target system that
the SNMP service allows a remote connection from the CMS. If there are different read
community sets on the target system, ensure that the read community string is configured in
CMS SNMP protocol. The read community string can be set on the target through Configure
or Repair Agents, by selecting Configure→Configure or Repair Agents, in step 4. For additional
information, see Configuring managed systems from a Windows CMS.
To configure the read community string on the CMS for one or more systems, select
Options→Protocol Settings→System Protocol Settings from the HP SIM menu. Or select
Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings, and set the read community string for
multiple systems.
To configure the read community string on the CMS, select Options→Protocol Settings→System
Protocol Settings from the HP SIM menu and click on the System credentials page to set the
read community string for a particular server. To configure the read community string for
multiple systems, select Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings and set the read
community string.
• OpenSSH
A set of network connectivity tools providing encrypted communication sessions over a computer
network using SSH. It was created as an open source alternative to the proprietary SSH
software suite offered by SSH Communications Security.
You can download OpenSSH from the HP Software Depot (http://www.software.hp.com/).
To install OpenSSH from the Manage Communications page, select Quick Repair→Install
Providers and Agents→Install OpenSSH. To configure OpenSSH from the Manage
Communications page, select Quick Repair→Install Providers and Agents→Install
OpenSSH→Configure secure shell (SSH) access.
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