HP ProLiant Linux Management Pack (v 3.1) for Microsoft System Center User Guide

4. To display details for an individual alert, select the alert in the Active Alerts pane. The Alert
Details pane shows HP Knowledge base text with the Event message in the Alert Description.
To view full knowledge information, click View additional knowledge in the Alert Details pane.
Read the Product Knowledge and take action as described in the Resolutions section. If
necessary, launch the Console Tasks defined in the Product Knowledge.
Launching the HP Device Monitor Console
The HP DMC communicates with instances of the DMS to allow you to add, update, or remove
servers supported by this management pack into SCOM.
You can launch the DMC from the Start menu or from the Monitoring view:
1. In the Monitoring view, select the HP Management Servers view.
2. In the HP Management Servers view, select an instance of the DMS.
3. In the Actions pane, in HP Device Monitor Service Tasks, select HP Device Monitor Console.
Alternately, you can launch the DMC by selecting an HP Linux server, an HP VMware server, or
an HP Agentless server and selecting HP Device Monitor Console in the server tasks section of the
Actions pane.
For detailed information about using the DMC, see the HP Device Monitor for Microsoft System
Center User Guide.
Adding a server
To add a server, you must use the DMC to register the server with an instance of the DMS. For
detailed information about this task, see the HP Device Monitor for Microsoft System Center User
Guide.
Updating a managed server
To update a server, you must use the DMC. For detailed information about this task, see the HP
Device Monitor for Microsoft System Center User Guide.
Removing a managed server
To remove a server from the list of managed servers, you must use the DMC. For detailed information
about this task, see the HP Device Monitor for Microsoft System Center User Guide.
Launching HP Integrated Lights-Out for a failed subsystem
The HP Integrated Lights-Out management processor enables you to perform advanced, secure,
and operating system-independent remote server management using a standard browser interface.
To launch HP Integrated Lights-Out:
1. In the Monitoring view, select the failed subsystem (see “Using the Monitoring view” (page 6)).
2. In the Actions pane, in HP ProLiant Linux Server Tasks, select HP Integrated Lights-Out.
3. Log in to HP Integrated Lights-Out.
Launching the HP System Management Homepage task
The HP System Management Homepage (SMH) provides a consolidated view of system hardware
health, configuration, performance, and status information for individual HP servers.
To launch the SMH task:
1. In the Monitoring view, select an HP Linux server.
2. In the Actions pane, in HP ProLiant Linux Server Tasks, select HP System Management
Homepage.
3. Log in to the HP System Management Homepage.
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