HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide
manually, click the Close Window icon. Otherwise, the window is closed if the HP SIM window
is closed or refreshed, or you sign out of HP SIM.
The enlarged status panel window mimics the System Status panel. Whenever a status changes,
the pop-up window is updated. Click one of the status values to bring up the main HP SIM window
and display the corresponding collection. For example, if you click the Major status value, the All
Major Systems table view page appears. You can customize this window using the options for
customizing the System Status panel. See Customizing the system status panel for more information.
The following error messages might appear:
• Systems Insight Manager is not configured to display any status.
To resolve this issue, close the window, customize the display of the System Status panel, and
then relaunch.
• This window does not have a connection with the main Systems Insight
Manager window.
To resolve this issue, close the window.
NOTE: The status panel pop-up window might not appear if you have a pop-up blocker configured
and running on your system. You must disable the pop-up blocker or configure it to allow the HP
SIM application to use pop-up windows.
NOTE: If you HP SIM configure to enable session timeout, the status pop-up window no longer
displays the status when the session expires.
Utilizing RSS capabilities
RSS is a data format based on XML that can be used by applications and websites to provide
content to other applications. HP SIM uses RSS to publish System Status panel information that can
be viewed in newsfeed programs.
RSS capabilities can be enabled in HP SIM by adding the key name rssFeedEnabled = true in the
globalsettings.props. By changing this value, you can view the System Status panel
information in newsreaders and applications
Procedure 41 Enabling RSS
1. Stop the HP SIM service.
2. In the globalsettings.props file, add rssFeedEnabled=true. The file is located at:
• On Windows
It is typically located at C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\
config\globalsettings.props.
• On HP-UX and Linux
It is located at /etc/opt/mx/config/globalsettings.props.
3. Restart the HP SIM service.
4. Browse to http://server_name:280/RSS to view the XML output for the current HP SIM
status values.
The URL in step 4 can be used in RSS readers to view the same data.
Setting up managed systems from a Linux CMS
Use the following checklist to assist you with setting up managed systems from a Linux Central
Management Server (CMS).
IMPORTANT: Run discovery before setting up managed systems. For more information, see
Running a discovery task. Configuring automatic discovery is also part of the First Time Wizard.
186 Operations