Managing HP Servers through Firewalls with Insight Management 7.0

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Asset Management
With HP Systems Insight Manager installed on the secondary management network, system
administrators can collect system asset information from a ProLiant server on that management
network through the iLO 2 pass-through. As a second option, administrators can browse to the System
Management Homepage (https://servername:2381/) and manually view the asset information.
Appendix A: Configuring a separate management network describes the procedure for configuring a
separate management network. When using SNMP management protocols, SNMP should be
configured to accept packets only from the IP addresses used on the management network, or SNMP
should be bound to the secondary network interface (if the operating system allows this). The HP
Insight Management Agents should be configured to allow access only from IP addresses on the
management network. HP Systems Insight Manager should be configured to discover the systems on
the secondary network. WMI and WBEM can be disabled on the primary network by configuring a
firewall on the system to disable each of the protocols on the primary NIC.
Fault Management
SNMP traps can be forwarded through the Lights-Out interface on ProLiant servers. This allows full
fault management data to flow into HP Systems Insight Manager or another management product
(such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager).
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
In this type of computing environment, administrators can collect network resource information from a
gateway which is connected to the intranet in the DMZ through bypassing it from the firewall.
Managing, deploying Hardware and migration will be a smooth task for the administrators.
Integrate
Key integrations are provided through HP Insight Control for Microsoft System Center and HP Insight
Control for VMware vCenter Server. The Insight control Agents for Microsoft Windows also create
Windows Event Log entries. The Microsoft System Center integration supports OS deployment and
updates, HP ProLiant and Blade System management and alerting, proactive virtual machine
management, and enhanced inventory reporting. The integration happens with the secondary network
which is connected to the network resources.
Control
Insight Control provides single-console integration with the leading management applications. Insight
Control for VMware vCenter Server delivers powerful HP hardware management capabilities to
virtualization administrators without ever having to leave the vCenter console. The benefit to this
approach is that management traffic flows through the secondary network, while the limited access
from the production (primary) network maintains security. We doesn’t require the need of disabling
the firewall rules