HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

system health
status
This is aggregate status all of the status sources (which can be SNMP, WBEM, and HTTP) that
are supported on a target system, with the most critical status being displayed. The following are
the different system health statuses that can be displayed:
Critical Systems Insight Manager can no longer communicate with the system. The system
was previously discovered but cannot be pinged. The system might be down, powered off,
or no longer accessible on the network because of network problems.
Major A major problem exists with this system. It should be addressed immediately. For
systems running an HP Insight Management Agents, some component has failed. The system
might no longer be properly functioning, and data loss can occur.
Minor A minor problem exists with this system. For systems running Insight Management
Agents, some component has failed but the system is still functioning.
Warning The system has a potential problem or is in a state that might become a problem.
Normal The system is functioning correctly.
Disabled The system is disabled from monitoring but is not necessarily turned off.
Unknown Systems Insight Manager cannot obtain management information about the
system.
Informational The system might be in a transitional or non-error state.
system
identification
Identifying information about systems. This information is stored in the database. The following
information is identified:
Type of management protocol on the system (SNMP, WBEM, HTTP, and SSH)
Type of HP system (server, client, switch, router, and so on)
Network name of system
system information Information that is provided on the System Page under the System tab. The system information
includes:
Network address
Network name
Description
Contact
Location
System links
system information
using SNMP
Agents that conform to SNMP MIB-2 standards.
system links A summary information page for a specific system that has a management agent.
system overview
report
A report indicating the state of systems that is available at the time that Systems Insight Manager
is first opened. A system search result contains the number of systems that are registered with the
Systems Insight Manager databases. Systems are grouped by their status conditions. Each number
in a column is a hyperlink to a more detailed list of systems, which displays the systems that
correspond to the number in the overview.
system properties properties can be set for a single system or for multiple systems at the same time and include
options such as system name, system type, system sub-type, operating system version, asset
number, contact information, and whether or not the system properties can be changed or updated
by the discovery process.
system search Logical grouping of systems into a collection based on information in the Systems Insight Manager
database. After a search is defined, you can display the results from the system view page or
associate it with a management task.
system search
results
The result of a system search.
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