HP Insight Control for Linux 6.2 User Guide

17 Managing Insight Control for Linux collections
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Introduction to collections” (page 157)
• “Populating a collection” (page 158)
• “Adding servers and switches to an Insight Control for Linux collection” (page 158)
• “Removing a managed system or switch from an Insight Control for Linux collection”
(page 160)
17.1 Introduction to collections
The Insight Control for Linux installation process creates an HP SIM collection specifically for
Insight Control for Linux. The Insight Control for Linux collection identifies the systems and
related objects (servers, switches, and HP BladeSystem enclosures) that Insight Control for Linux
can monitor and manage. A collection enables you to easily designate and track managed objects,
and the Insight Control for Linux collection is divided into subcollections of managed objects
based on object type.
The default Insight Control for Linux collection name is icelx, but you can override the default
name during the Insight Control for Linux installation process.
The collection name also represents a virtual prefix for referencing managed systems when using
Insight Control for Linux commands. For example, the default collection name icelx enables
you to reference managed systems using condensed canonical notation such as icelx[1-15]
where icelx1 through icelx15 are the internally assigned names for the managed systems
in the icelx collection.
When you open HP SIM, the Insight Control for Linux collection and its subcollections are listed
in the left frame under Systems Managed by Insight Control for Linux.
For more information about HP SIM collections, see the HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 User
Guide.
Table 17-1 lists the specific subcollections that Insight Control for Linux manages.
Table 17-1 Insight Control for Linux subcollections
How populatedDescriptionSubcollection nameObject type
Populated either manually or
automatically by entering Yes
in the Auto-populate field when
running the
Options→IC-Linux→Configure
Management Services task; the
Auto-populate option places all
managed systems with an
Insight Control for Linux license
into the collection.
Properly licensed servers
placed in this subcollection are
enabled for Insight Control for
Linux advanced monitoring
and management.
{collection_name}_Servers
Server
Populated automatically when
you run the
Options→IC-Linux→Configure
Management Services task,
with the associated console ports
of any servers listed in the
Servers collection.
Provides access to the
management processor on each
managed system.
{collection_name}_Console_Ports
Console Port
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