HP System Management Homepage Release Notes HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Systems *381383-004* Part number: 381383-004 published December 2005 Edition: 3
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Revision Edition 1 November 2004 MPN: 381383-001. The first edition provided release notes for the Linux and Windows operating systems. Typographic Conventions We use the following typographical conventions. audit(5) HP-UX manpage. audit is the name and 5 is the section in the HP-UX Reference. On the web and on the Instant Information DVD, it may be a hot link to the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter “ man audit ” or “ man 5 audit ” to view the manpage. See man(1).
Table of Contents 1 What's New? December 2005 Release for HP-UX...........................................................................................................7 September 2005 Release for HP-UX..........................................................................................................7 July 2005 Web Release for Linux/Windows...............................................................................................7 May 2005 Release for HP-UX......................................
1 What's New? This chapter lists what is new for the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) releases. December 2005 Release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2 provides the following functionality over previous HP SMH releases: • Delivers an upgrade to the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
• Common HTTP/HTTPS service for HP management agents and utilities, for reduced complexity and system resource requirements • Simplified architecture for implementing HTTP security and HP management updates • Greater access control through NIC binding and advanced configuration features for individual and groups of users • Broader operating system and browser support.
2 Features The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) for HP-UX, Linux, and Windows provides the following features. They apply to all releases, except where noted. • HP Insight Management Agent Security Provides Insight Manager Agents and security for HP Insight Management Agents using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for Linux and Windows. • Web-based Applications Security Provides Web-based applications and security using SSL. • Configure Trust Mode Enables you to configure the trust mode level.
3 System Requirements This chapter provides the minimum system requirements for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems to run HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Supported Operating Systems This section lists the supported operating systems for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems: • HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) for HP Integrity Servers, HP Workstations, and HP 9000 Servers • HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) for HP Servers and Workstations • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for x86 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
• Mozilla 1.6 • Mozilla 1.7 You can use the following desktop browsers running on a Windows Itanium or x86 system that are connecting to any server type : • Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater • Mozilla 1.5 • Mozilla 1.6 • Mozilla 1.7 You can use the following desktop browsers running on a Linux IPF or x86 system that are connecting to any server type : • Mozilla 1.5 • Mozilla 1.6 • Mozilla 1.7 NOTE Installation of HP SMH does not require a browser.
RPMs Supported on the IA-32 Platform HP SMH supports the following RPMs for each of the Linux operating systems on the IA-32 platform. Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 (x86) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (x86) Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (x86) RPM • expat 1.95.4-41 or greater • glibc 2.2.5 • pam 0.76-70 or greater • perl 5.8.0 or greater • zlib 1.1.4-53 or greater • expat 1.95.
RPMs Supported on the AMD64 and EM64T Platform HP SMH supports the following RPMs for each of the Linux operating systems on the AMD64 and EM64T platform. Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 (AMD64) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (AMD64 and EM64T) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64 and EM64T) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (AMD64 and EM64T) 14 System Requirements RPM • expat 1.95.4-67 or greater • glibc 2.2.5 • pam 0.76-74 or greater • perl 5.8.0 or greater • zlib 1.1.
RPMs Supported on the Itanium Platform HP SMH supports the following RPMs for each of the Linux operating systems on the Itanium platform. Operating System Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 (IPF) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (IPF) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 (IPF) RPM • expat 1.95.1-7 or greater • glibc v2.2.4 • iproute • jrockit-j2se 8.1.1.1-2 or greater (IPF only) • pam 0.75-46.7.3 or greater • perl 5.6.1 or greater • ucd-snmp 4.2.4 or greater • zlib 1.1.
Verifying System Requirements Before installation begins, the installation utility verifies whether: • HP-UX/Linux/Windows: The operating system meets the minimum requirements. If HP SMH does not support the operating system on a system, an error message appears, indicating that an invalid operating system is found. • HP-UX/Linux/Windows: The user is logged in with administrator/root rights.
4 Known Issues This chapter contains known issues with the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) releases. HP SMH undergoes rigorous testing before releasing any given version of the product. From HP test activities to date, the following items have been uncovered that you should keep in mind. HP SMH 2.2 Release for HP-UX • HP SMH already uses the user and group name hpsmh. You should not use it for any other purpose.
5 Documentation This chapter lists the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) documentation and related HP documentation. HP SMH Documentation For more information regarding HP SMH, refer to the following sources: • HP System Management Homepage Release Notes The release notes provide documentation for what's new with the release, features and change notifications, system requirements, and known issues. The release notes are available on the HP Technical Documentation Web site at http://docs.hp.com.
Related Documentation For more information relating to HP SMH, refer to the following sources: • HP-UX 11i Installation and Update Guides (v1, B.11.11 and v2, B.11.23) These guides provide instructions on how to install or update to HP-UX. They are available on the Instant Information DVD and on the HP Technical Documentation Web site at http://docs.hp.com. • HP-UX 11i Release Notes (v1, B.11.11 and v2, B.11.
Index C P conventions, typographic, 3 copyright notices, 2 publication history, 2 D F requirements, 11 requirements, verify, 16 revision history, 2 RPMs, supported, 13–15 features, 9 new, 7 S G software HP SMH, 16 documentation, 19 government license, 2 H HP SMH media, 16 operating systems, 11 RPMs on AMD64, 14 RPMs on EM64T, 14 RPMs on IA-32, 13 RPMs on Itanium, 15 software, 16 verify install requirements, 16 Web browsers, 11 Web sites, 16 R T trademark notices, 2 troubleshooting, 17 typograp
