HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

system option to deploy a WBEM certificate to the managed system and is only valid for HP-UX
systems.
• WMI An API in the Windows operating system that enables systems in a network, typically enterprise
networks, to be managed and controlled.
The WMI Mapper Proxy is a configuration setting for WMI. The WMI Mapper receives client CIM/XML
WBEM requests and converts the requests to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) requests.
The WMI results are converted to CIM/XML format and returned to the Central Management Server
(CMS). The discovery and Identification task uses the proxies in the WMI Mapper Proxy list to discover
whether a system is a WMI-enabled system. If the system is WMI-enabled, then the identification
information for that system based on that specific proxy is returned.
The WMI Mapper makes it possible to retrieve WMI instrumented data on a Windows machine through
WBEM requests. The Windows version of HP SIM installs this WMI Mapper locally so that it can make
WMI requests across the network to the systems without the need to install the WMI Mapper on the
managed Windows systems.
The WMI Mapper is included in a Typical install of HP SIM on a Windows CMS (optional in a Custom
install) . For HP-UX and Linux-based CMS's, the WMI Mapper is not available.
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) One of the management protocols supported by HP
SIM. 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 itself is not installed during the operating system installation, you can
install it from the Windows CD using Add 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 systemCD.
For HP-UX systems, SNMP intself 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 (HP ProLiant Insight Management Agents)
for Windows.
To install the SNMP provider from the Manage Communications page, select Quick Repair→Install
Providers and Agents→Install SNMP Agents (HP ProLiant Insight Management Agents) 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.
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 Replicate Agent Settings, by selecting
Configure→Configure or Repair Agents, in step 4. See “Windows CMS” for additional information.
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. To configure the read community string for multiple systems,
select Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings and set the read community string.
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI) An industry-standard protocol, primarily used in client
management, established by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). DMI provides an efficient
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