Integrating HP Insight Environmental Observer with HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Operations Manager

Introduction

HP Insight Environmental Observer (HPIEO) is a web-based application that lets you view

environmental and power data from monitored sensors in a data center:

• Rack temperature and humidity

• CRAH/CRAC temperature

• Differential subfloor static pressure

• Chilled water energy consumption

• Electrical power and energy values

With a single software installation, HPIEO can monitor these values for a single data center or for

multiple data centers. Based on the monitored sensor points, you can create customized alerts for

administrators and facilities managers.

Launching HPIEO from HP Systems Insight Manager Tools

With HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), you can manage HP servers and storage easily and

inexpensively. HP SIM gives you hardware level management and control of

• Windows

• HP-UX

• Linux

• OpenVMS

• NonStop

When integrated with other HP management applications, HP SIM lets you do the following:

• Manage contracts and warranties

• Manage your server health, either physical or virtual

• Deploy servers quickly

• Optimize power consumption

• Get the most out of your infrastructure with capacity planning

Integrating HPIEO into HP SIM puts another valuable tool at your fingertips. You can add a launch

link to the HP SIM Tools menu for each instance of HPIEO, and you can configure the links using a

tool definition file for each instance of the software.

Adding a tool definition file to HP SIM

Using the command line interface, perform the following steps to add a tool definition file to HP SIM:

1. Create or copy and edit the tool definition file.

2. Save it with an .xml extension.

For example, if you save the tool definition file with the name HPIEO.xml, you will see a sample

file like the example below in the root directory.

Note:

You can edit only the information highlighted in bold.