HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

8. Click OK to save the current settings.
After configuring the directory server parameters, you must configure the containers and groups
that contain the computer objects of interest. See Configuring directory servers for information
about configuring directory group parameters.
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Configuring directory groups
After configuring the directory server parameters, you must configure the containers and groups
that contain the computer objects of interest.
Procedure 77 Configuring directory groups
1. Enter the Distinguished Name (DN) for the Group 1.
2. Optional: If you want to search subtrees, select Search. This applies only to container and OU
objects, not directory group objects, and only to those OU objects that are more than one
level deep. If this option is selected, HP SIM searches the entire depth of the specified branch.
A match is based on the full DNS name of the system. If HP SIM does not have the full DNS
name of a system, a match is considered successful if the short system name matches (using
the CN attribute of the object) and no other partial match occurs. Systems having only an IP
address available as the system name will fail unless the IP address is the name in the directory
object.
3. Optional: To add additional groups, click Add. Repeat steps 4 through 6 for each group.
4. Optional: To delete a group, click Delete next to the group to be deleted.
5. Click Run Now.
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Configuring directory servers
Configuring directory groups
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Directory Services
Global credentials
Global credentials can apply to all systems and enable you to configure default, environment-wide
credentials. Sign-in credentials apply to multiple protocols and enable HP SIM to access the
managed system. SNMP credentials enable you to set global level read community strings.
During the identification process (done automatically during discovery), credentials are tried,
starting with System Credentials. If they do not work, and the Try Others setting is chosen for them,
then Discovery credentials are used. Similarly, if those do not work and the Try Others setting is
chosen, then Global Credentials are tried. As soon as a credential is found that works, HP SIM
notes that credential as working and continues to use it for regular communications with the
managed system as long as it continues to work. If it should fail, then the process is repeated the
next time identification is run. To see the working credentials for any managed system, go to the
System Credentials page (Options→Security→Credentials→System Credentials). These working
credentials appear in the Credentials that are in use table.
Global credentials 229