Managing HP Servers through Firewalls with Insight Management 7.0

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operating system file share. As a second option, administrators can browse to the web-based System
Management Homepage (https://servername:2381/) and manually view the asset information.
Fault management
Administrators can configure ProLiant servers to send an email (through SMTP) when a hardware
problem occurs. In Microsoft Windows operating systems, the Agent Event Notifier provides this
optional feature. Administrators can set up and configure the Agent Event Notifier during the agent
deployment. In Linux operating systems, if a hardware problem occurs, emails are automatically
sent to the root email on the managed system.
The Insight Agents for Microsoft Windows also create Windows Event Log entries. A management
tool such as HP OpenView Operations or Microsoft Operations Manager operating in the same
environment can then collect the log entries and send them back to a centralized server. The Insight
Agents for Linux also create entries in the syslog. Administrators can write a script to look for these
entries and take appropriate action.
Deployment and Migration
With HP Insight Control installed managing, deploying Hardware and migration will be a difficult
task for the administrators. As, the protocols inside the secure area (DMZ) are banned, we need to
disable or allow the protocols within the Intranet, which is not suggestible.
Integrate
Create templates with detailed requirements (server, storage, networks) for simple or complex
infrastructure needs using visual drag-and-drop design tool. Users select from a catalog of published
infrastructure templates in the self-service portal, which routes the requests through a configurable
approval process. The network resource has to be available to the administrator and protocols have
to work fine in order to establish communication. Here security will be primary concern if we want to
integrate, as the firewall rules have to loosen.
Control
HP Insight Control gives you more from every dollar, hour, and watt invested in your ProLiant servers.
With Insight Control and related services, you can deploy new ProLiant servers quickly and reliably,
catalog your environment accurately, proactively monitor server health to pinpoint failures before they
result in unplanned downtime, manage ProLiant servers remotely from any location, and optimize
power usage confidently. As a result, you can reduce unplanned downtime and deliver stable IT
services to your line-of-business (LOB) users. In this case, we need to disable or allow the protocols
within the Intranet and Internet or VPN.
The Insight Agents for Microsoft Windows also create Windows Event Log entries. A management
tool such as HP OpenView Operations or Microsoft Operations Manager operating in the same
environment can then collect the log entries and send them back to a centralized server. The Insight
Agents for Linux also create entries in the syslog. Administrators can write a script to look for these
entries and take appropriate action
Case 2: Separate management network
In some computing environments, system administrators create a separate, secondary network parallel
to the primary or production network (Figure 2). The chief benefit to this approach is that
management traffic flows through the secondary network, while the limited access from the production