HP System Management Homepage Release Notes HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Systems *381383-007* HP Part Number: 381383-007 Published: September 2006 Edition: 5
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Table of Contents About This Document.....................................................................................5 Intended audience..................................................................................................................................5 New and changed information in this edition.............................................................................................5 September 2006 release for HP-UX.....................................................................
About This Document Intended audience The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a Web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. This release notes is for system administrators and any level of user of the HP System Management Homepage. New and changed information in this edition These sections list what is new for the HP System Management Homepage releases.
• • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 Service Pack 3 • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T Service Pack 3 Added browser support to include: • Mozilla 1.7 • Firefox 1.0.2 For a complete list of supported browsers and operating systems, see “System requirements” (page 13) • Supports customers modifying the maximum number of threads that HP SMH launches • Supports customers enabling the use of SSLv2 • Added security fixes: • • Updated OpenSSL to v0.9.
May 2005 release for HP-UX HP SMH 2.2 provides the following functionality for the initial Management HTTP Server release of HP-UX: • Delivered the first HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) release • Supported the HP-UX Tomcats application • Standardized the HP-UX Graphical User Interface (GUI) • Enhanced the authentication and authorization functionality • Delivered HP SMH as a default-installed bundle (SysMgmtWeb) on the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) Operating Environment (OE) and Applications (AR) media.
Related information This section 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.
1 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. Product features • 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.
2 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 HP SMH supports the following operating systems for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems: • HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) for HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers • HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) for HP Servers and Workstations • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for x86, Update 3 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
Supported browsers This section lists the supported browsers for the HP-UX, Linux, and Windows systems: For HP-UX Itanium or PA-RISC systems that are connecting to any server type or for a HP-UX servers that display to any desktop via X, you can use the following desktop browsers : • Mozilla 1.6 • Mozilla 1.7 For Windows Itanium or x86 systems that are connecting to any server type, you can use the following desktop browsers: • Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 • Mozilla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 • Firefox 1.0.2, 1.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (AMD64 and EM64T) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64 and EM64T) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (AMD64 and EM64T) • glibc 2.3.3-98 or greater • pam 0.77-221 or greater • perl 5.8.0 or greater • zlib 1.2.1-70 or greater • glibc 2.3.2 • pam 0.75-56 or greater • perl 5.8.0 or greater • zlib 1.1.4-8.1 or greater • glibc 2.3.3-36 • pam 0.77-47 or greater • perl 5.8.0 or greater • zlib 1.2.
NOTE: The AMD64 is an AMD Opteron processor. The EM64T is an Intel Xeon processor with Extended Memory 64 Technology. The x86 is an Intel Pentium III/IV/Xeon 32-bit processor. The IPF is an Intel Itanium 64-bit Processor. Verifying system requirements Before installation begins, the installation utility verifies whether: • For HP-UX, Linux, and Windows, the operating system meets the minimum requirements.
3 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.
HP SMH 2.2.2 release for HP-UX • The following warning occurs when you use HP-UX Bastille to disable the Apache server on a system that has an System Management Homepage instance of Apache running. The warning confirms that the Bastille configuration you selected does not affect the System Management Homepage Apache server. To continue to run the System Management Homepage Apache server, ignore this message; otherwise, you can disable the System Management Homepage Apache server manually.
HP SMH 2.1.6 release for Windows and Linux ▲ The HP SMH interface times out too quickly or not as quickly as required. HP SMH 2.1.5 and later provides a way for users to configure the GUI timeout. To modify this setting: 1. 2. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory. Manually add the tag: a. Open the smhpd.xml in the \hp\hpsmh\conf directory on the boot drive with a text editor. b.
1. 2. As a precautionary measure, copy the existing smhpd.xml file into a different directory. Manually add the tag: Note: To set this configuration on a group of servers, this setting is included in those affected by the Replicate Agent Settings feature in HP SIM. The source server must be configured manually using the following steps and then the setting can be installed simultaneously to other systems using HP SIM. a. b. Open the smhpd.
5. 6. Click OK to save your settings and close the Add a Port dialog box. Click OK to save your settings and close the Windows Firewall dialog box. This configuration leaves the default SP2 security enhancements intact, but will allow traffic over the ports indicated above. The secure and insecure ports must be added to enable proper communication from your browser and other clients that access the Version Control Repository Manager.
Index A S audience, 5 service and support, 9 software, 16 D document organization, 7 documentation, 8 F features, 11 new, 5 H T troubleshooting, 17 typographic conventions, 7 W Web browsers, supported, 14 Web sites, 16 HP SMH install requirements, 16 media, 16 operating systems, 13 RPMs on AMD64, 14 RPMs on EM64T, 14 RPMs on Itanium, 15 RPMs on x86, 14 software, 16 Web browsers, 14 Web sites, 16 I install operating systems, 13 requirements, 16 RPMs on AMD64 and EM64T, 14 RPMs on Itanium, 15 RPMs o
