HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

By installing HP Insight Management WBEM Providers for Windows Server 2003 or Windows
Server 2008 x64 Editions, more data about ProLiant systems is provided than what you would
otherwise receive, including:
• Memory
• CPU
• IO (PCI)
• Firmware
• Management Processors
• Network
• Power Supplies
• Cooling
• SCSI HBAs
• Smart Array HBAs
• SAS Controllers
• Sensors
To install the HP Insight Management WBEM Provider, which is an HP extension of WBEM providers
for managing ProLiant systems running Windows 2003, from the Manage Communications page,
select Quick Repair→Install Providers and Agents→Install WBEM/WMI Provider (HP Insight
Management WBEM Provider) for Windows .
To retrieve the most recent version of the Insight Management Advisor for Windows ProLiant systems,
go to the HP Software Depot (http://www.software.hp.com/), and enter HP SIM Insight Management
Agents for Windows in the Search box.
Installing and configuring SNMP agent
SNMP is one of the management protocols supported by HP SIM. Traditional management protocol
used extensively by networking systems and most servers. MIB-II is the standard information available
consistently across all vendors.
Installing the SNMP agent
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 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 (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
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