HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Table 52 HP SIM status types (continued)
DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
new servers discovered through iLO (for
example, no operating system or IP
address known) are shown as disabled
until the system is discovered with an
IP address or operating system.
HP SIM cannot obtain management
information about the system using
Unknown
SNMP. Although no management
instrumentation information is available,
the system can be pinged. It might have
an invalid community string or security
setting, or it might be an IP address that
is no longer associated with a system.
The system might be in a transitional
state or a nonerror state.
Informational
The system has not been polled by one
or more of the polling tasks since the
system was discovered.
No Status
NOTE: HP Insight Management Agent for Servers for Windows continues to use the terms
Normal, Degraded, Failed, and Inaccessible. Minor and Major statuses are only associated with
systems running these agents.
Setting up trust relationships
The following sections detail how to set up a trust relationship between an HP SIM CMS and a
managed system.
Configuration of the managed system
For Single Sign On and STE to function properly, the managed system must be running a supported
agent and be configured to trust the HP SIM server. The trust mode is configured from the HP SMH.
The following trust modes are available:
Trust By Certificate. The Trust by Certificate mode sets the System Management Homepage to accept
configuration changes only from HP SIM servers with trusted certificates. This mode requires the
submitted server to provide authentication by means of a digital signature and certificates. This
mode provides the highest level of security because it verifies the digital signature before allowing
access. HP recommends this option.
NOTE: If you do not want to enable any remote configuration changes by HP SIM, leave Trust
by Certificate selected, and leave the list of trusted systems empty.
Trust By Name. The Trust By Name mode sets the System Management Homepage to accept certain
configuration changes only from servers with the HP SIM names designated in the Trust By Name
field. The Trust By Name option is easy to configure and prevents nonmalicious access. For example,
you might use this option if you have a secure network with two separate groups of administrators
in two separate divisions. It prevents one group from installing software to the wrong system. This
option verifies only the HP SIM server name submitted, not the digital signature.
Trust All. The Trust All mode sets the System Management Homepage to accept configuration
changes from any system. For example, you could use the Trust All option if you have a secure
network, and everyone in the network is trusted.
NOTE: For Trust By Certificate, the certificate from the HP SIM system can be installed during the
initial support pack deployment.
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