HP Insight Management Agents 9.10 Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux HOW TO Whitepaper

$ man hp-health

NOTE: The version number for the RPM file varies depending on the supported systems and

functionality. The distribution refers to the Linux distribution supported by the RPM. The platform

refers to the processor architecture the RPM was built to support. The RPM file has a binary compiled

for the supported distribution with the default kernel.

After the installation process, the health service is configured to automatically start each time your

system boots. To start the service without rebooting, type:# /etc/init.d/hp-health start

# service hp-health start

Installing the HP ProLiant Channel Interface device driver for iLO/iLO 2/iLO 3/iLO

4(hp-ilo)

To install hp-iLO RPM, enter the following:

# rpm –ivh hp-ilo-<version>.rpm

This driver automatically loads upon system startup, or manually by entering:

# /etc/init.d/hp-ilo start

# service hp-ilo start

For more information about this component, see the online documentation by entering:

$ man hp-ilo

Installing the Insight Management SNMP Agents for HP ProLiant Systems

To install hp-snmp-agents, login as the root user, and then enter:

# rpm –ivh hp-snmp-agents-<ver>.<dist>.<platform>.rpm

1. To configure and activate agents, execute the following command as root:

# /sbin/hpsnmpconfig

Provide basic Simple Network Protocol (SNMP) information, when prompted. The drivers and

agents are inserted immediately.

2. To start hp-snmp-agents, execute the following command as root:

# /etc/init.d/hp-snmp-agents start

# service hp-snmp-agents start

3. 3. To check if the agents are loaded properly, enter the following command:

# /etc/init.d/hp-snmp-agents status

# service hp-snmp-agents start

For more information about these components, see the online documentation by entering:

$ man hp-snmp-agents

Uninstalling drivers and agents

Table 10: Uninstall drivers and agents commandslists the commands for uninstalling the entire

contents of the HP Linux management software.

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