HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Procedure 16 Configure managed systems from the First Time Wizard
1. Select Configure newly managed systems when they are first discovered..
2. To specify credentials to configure the managed system for WBEM / WMI, SNMP, and SSH,
select from the following:
• Use sign in credentials
This account must be an account with administrative privileges.
• Use these credentials
Select this option to use another user name and password pair other than the one entered
into HP SIM.
3. Under Configure WBEM / WMI, select from the following:
• Create subscriptions to WBEM events
• Send a test WBEM / WMI indication to this instance of Systems Insight Manager to make
sure that events appear in Systems Insight Manager events lists
• Use an HP SIM WBEM certificate (good for 10 years) rather than username/password to
manage the system
4. Under Configure SNMP, select from the following:
• Set read community string
• Set traps to refer to this instance of HP SIM
A read/write SNMP community string is automatically created on a managed Windows
system’s SNMP settings.
• Send a test SNMP trap to this instance of Systems Insight Manager to make sure events
appear in the HP SIM event lists
5. Under Configure secure shell (SSH) access, select from the following:
• Host based authentication
All users from this instance of HP SIM are authenticated on the managed system.
• Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system
Each user must be authenticated on the managed system.
6. Select Set trust relationship to "Trust by Certificate" to set a trust relationship between managed
systems and the CMS. This enables HP SIM users to connect to HP SMH, Onboard
Administrator, management processors, and Version Control Agent using the HP SIM certificate
for authentication.
7. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click Next, or to return to the previous step, click
Previous.
Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
WBEM is used by HP SIM to identify and communicate with managed systems. Therefore, on
Windows systems, a WMI Mapper Proxy must be configured for this communication to take place.
Procedure 17 Configuring WMI Mapper Proxy
1. Enter the WMI Mapper Proxy host name and port number. The user name and password
credentials must be entered on the First Time Wizard Configure Managed Systems page.
2. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click Next, or to return to the previous step, click
Previous.
First Time Wizard related topics
44 Initial setup