HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

• Installing and configuring protocols
• Global protocols
Secure Shell
SSH is used to log in to another system over a network and execute commands on that system. It also enables
you to move files from one system to another, and it provides authentication and secure communications
over insecure channels.
You can download SSH from the HP Software Depot (http://www.software.hp.com/).
To install the SSH provider from the Manage Communications page, select Quick Repair+Install Provider s
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.
Related procedures
• Setting protocols and credentials for a system or groups of systems
• Setting protocols for a single system
• Setting global protocols
• Windows CMS
• HP-UX and Linux CMS
Related topics
• Installing and configuring protocols
• Global protocols
WMI Mapper
WMI Mapper is an application based on the OpenPegasus Common Information Model Object Manager
(CIMOM), which enables the client application accessing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
data using CIM/XML. Microsoft Windows systems are well instrumented with CIM data through WMI.
However, WMI uses a proprietary protocol and the Windows operating system must make WMI requests
which left the client application with managing Windows using a different model than other operating
systems. WMI Mapper is the solution for helping client applications using CIM/XML over HTTP to access
WBEM data on target Windows systems.
When clients send CIM/XML requests over HTTP, WMI Mapper parses these requests, dispatches all requests
to the Windows WMI interface, the WMI Interface returns WMI responses to the dispatcher, XML is built
based on responses, and then XML data is returned to client. WMI Mapper uses basic authentication over
HTTPS to receive the user name and password, and then the credential is validated by the WMI Interface
using Windows authentication. Because Microsoft’s WMI Interface can connect to a local system or a remote
Windows system, WMI Mapper can be installed on one target system, and used in a proxy mode. WMI
Mapper uses WMI/DCOM protocol for getting WMI data from other Windows systems remotely.
The typical installation for HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Windows Central Management Server
(CMS) includes installing WMI Mapper on the Windows CMS and used in proxy mode. Configuring WMI
Mapper as a proxy for Windows CMS is complete after WMI Mapper is installed. Users who use an HP-UX
CMS or Linux CMS, must install Mapper on a Windows system and configure the WMI Mapper as a proxy,
either though the First Time Wizard or the HP SIM +Options→Protocol Settings→WMI Mapper Proxy
menu.
Adding a WMI Mapper Proxy
1. Select Options→Protocol Settings→WMI Mapper Proxy→[New]. The Add WMI Mapper Proxy
section appears.
2. In the Host field, enter the full Domain Name Service (DNS) name or IP address of the WMI Mapper
Proxy.
3. In the Port number field, enter a port number. The WMI Mapper Proxy uses this port number to
communicate with the WMI client.
4. Click OK to save and close the Add WMI Mapper Proxy section, click Apply to save without closing
the Add WMI Mapper Proxy section, or click Cancel to abort the save operation.
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