HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

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 installation of HP SIM on a Windows CMS (optional in a
Custom install) . For HP-UX and Linux-based CMS, the WMI Mapper is not available.
• SNMP One management protocol 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 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 (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. For additional information, see “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. To configure the read community string for multiple systems,
select Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings and set the read community string.
• DMI An industry-standard protocol, primarily used in client management, established by the Desktop
Management Task Force (DMTF). DMI provides an efficient means of reporting client system problems.
DMI-compliant computers can send status information to a central management system over a network.
For HP-UX and Linux-based systems, you can download DMI from the HP Software Depot (http://
www.software.hp.com/).
• 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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