HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide, March 2008
Table Of Contents
- Installation Guide
- Table of Contents
- About this document
- 1 Product overview
- 2 Installation requirements
- 3 Initial setup
- 4 Installing on HP-UX
- 5 Installing on Windows
- 6 Installing HP SMH using the ProLiant Remote Deployment Utility
- 7 Installing HP SMH using the HP Smart-Update Manager (HPSUM)
- 8 Installing in-place on Linux
- 9 Installing directly on Linux
- 10 Installing in-place on Linux using Linux Deployment Utility
- 11 Initializing the software for the first time
- 12 Logging in and logging out of HP SMH
- 13 Uninstalling HP SMH
- Index
1 Product overview
The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates
and simplifies single system management for HP servers running the HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft
Windows operating systems. HP SMH aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other
HP Web-enabled System Management Software that includes HP Insight Diagnostics, the Array
Configuration Utility, and the HP Software Version Control Agents.
HP SMH enables IT administrators to view in-depth hardware configuration and status data,
performance metrics, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version control information
using a single intuitive interface.
Product features
HP SMH provides the following enhanced security and streamlined operations for HP servers
running HP-UX, Linux, and Windows.
• Browser access using operating system-based SSL-secure authentication
• Common HTTP and HTTPS service for HP Insight 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
Product features 9