Installation (Smart Setup) Guide, Windows Server 2003, v6.2

SNMP Management Agents
HP Insight Management Agents comprise the following:
• HP Insight Foundation Agents
• HP Insight Server Agents
• HP Insight Network Interface Card (NIC) Agents
• HP Insight Storage Agents
• HP Insight Management Services
You can deactivate and activate the management agents from the HP Management Agents
Control Panel, accessible from Start → Control Panel → HP Management Agents.
The following sections describe the components of each agent.
HP Insight Foundation Agents
HP Insight Foundation Agents comprise the following:
Host Information Enables a subservice that captures general information
about the host such as OS description, OS version, OS type,
crash dump state, CPU utilization, file system, physical
hardware mapping, software running, system status,
physical memory, platform type, and host GUID.
OS Information Enables a subservice that captures OS information such as
running processes, physical memory, logical and physical
disks, cache, paging file, processors, and networking.
External Status Information Enables a sub-service that captures information about
external MIB.
Software Version Displays the version numbers of HP system software
installed on the machine.
Threshold Support Allows a management application, such as HPSIM, to set
user-definable alarms on monitored items (for example,
system processor utilization or file system utilization).
Host Remote Alert Enables a subservice that monitors registry keys updated
by Cluster, Performance, and Host information to verify
and notify when thresholds are reached.
Clustering Information Enables a subservice that captures information about a
configured cluster in the machine.
HP Insight Server Agents
HP Insight Server Agents comprise the following:
System configuration information Collects configuration information of server
hardware-related devices such as CPU, Memory, I/O,
cooling, power supply, and cabinets.
System Devices Status Provides dynamic status of monitored devices in the server
(for example, cooling devices, temperature sensors, and
power supplies) and of the watchdog timer used for
automatic server recovery.
Device Settings Enables you to set server device settings (for example, asset
tag, unit identification, and attention LED states) and
watchdog timer (automatic server recovery) parameters.
HP Insight NIC Agents
HP Insight NIC Agents support logical HP Network Interface Cards (NICs) configured on the
system you are managing, including virtual NICs, team NICs, and single NICs. It also collects
Ethernet statistics.
96 SMH and the WBEM Providers/SNMP Management Agents