HP Management Integration Framework Administrator Guide (T5494-96539, October 2012)

Management Groups
A Management Group is a set of Management Group machines.
Management Groups allow you to:
• Log in to any member of a Management Group, or to Management Integration Framework
capable application, using a single credential (single sign-on).
• Specify the machines and OS security domains to be used as authenticators for access.
• Add or remove a machine from membership in a Management Group.
In the following illustration, assume that five machines with Management Integration Framework
software are on a common LAN.
Machines with Management Integration Framework software on a LAN
The HP Management Integration Framework software on SVR01 and SVR07 was automatically
installed as part of the installation of server-based HP P6000 Command View. The HP Management
Integration Framework software on STOR02, and STOR05 (HP P6000 EVA storage systems) was
factory installed. As part of their installation, each machine would be a member of its own
Management Group. Thus, there would initially be four Management Groups, as shown below.
Initial Management Groups
Next, assume that you would like the instances of HP P6000 Command View on SVR01 and SVR07
to participate in a single sign-on. You could make either machine be a member of the other
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