HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2005 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Systems Insight Manager
Chapter 5
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Documentation
HP System Management Homepage manpages are included with product. The following
documents are available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#System%20Administration:
• HP System Management Homepage Release Notes
• HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is the foundation for HP's unified infrastructure
management strategy. It provides hardware level management for HP ProLiant,
Integrity, and HP 9000 servers; HP BladeSystems; and HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA,
and XP storage arrays. HP SIM also provides management of non-HP gear through
industry standards.
HP SIM alone is an effective unified infrastructure management tool. When used in
conjunction with Essentials plug-ins, it becomes a comprehensive, easy-to-use platform
that enables organizations to holistically control their Windows, HP-UX, and Linux
environments.
Summary of Change
HP SIM has been updated to version 5.0 with the following enhancements:
• The graphical user interface (GUI) has been modified so it has the look and feel of
other HP products.
• HP SIM no longer requires JRE to be installed on the client systems.
• HP SIM can now discover storage systems through their installed SMI-S providers.
(Refer to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers for information about the
supported devices and SMI-S providers.)
• Cluster Monitor monitors MSCS clusters only.
• Reports are now available in XML format.
• New report engine is available along with new default reports.
• You can now view a consolidated list of all server and storage events from a single
event viewer, and configure and take automated actions.
• You can view storage array capacity details, including unallocated space, RAID
overhead, usable bytes assigned to ports, and usable bytes not assigned to ports.