HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

NOTE: For more information on installing Oracle, see “After installing HP Systems Insight Manager”
and Chapter 3 “Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time”.
NOTE: The Oracle database must be created with Unicode character set of AL32UTF8 and national
character set of AL16UTF16 before installing HP SIM. The NLS Length must be set to BYTE. You must
also specify the thin client .jar file location. HP SIM requires Oracle database and Transparent Network
Substrate (TNS) listener services to be up and running when system is restarted. Oracle by itself does
not start the Oracle database and TNS listener automatically. An Oracle database administrator (DBA)
must set these services to be restarted when the server is reset. See the Oracle documentation for details
on how to automatically start these services at
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A96167_01/post-inst.htm#sthref548. Access to this link
requires registration, which is free. The Oracle DBA who manages the Oracle installation must perform
this task.
NOTE: You must install the Oracle JDBC driver, version 10.1.0.2.0. You can download this driver
from the Oracle website at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/index.html.
Secure access
HP SIM utilizes several technologies to provide secure access. You can access HP SIM through the command
line or a web browser. Both of these user interfaces can be accessed from anywhere on your network.
Command line interface
When you access HP SIM from the CLI, your operating system login is used to identify you to HP SIM. You
have access to use the HP SIM commands based on your authorizations. If you access HP SIM from any
system other than the CMS, be sure you use an SSH client. Programs like telnet, rlogin, and FTP do not
provide encrypted access. When you use one of these applications to access HP SIM, your data, including
your password, is transmitted across the network unencrypted. In addition, these protocols are not
spoof-protected. If you have a Windows CMS, then only administrators have command line access to HP
SIM. A remote desktop connection to the CMS can be used to access the command line.
Graphical user interface
When you access the HP SIM from a web browser, you log in using the secure HTML login page. The user
name and password for the login page are the same as your CMS operating system user name and password.
Your information is securely transmitted using the SSL protocol. SSL provides data encryption and server
authentication by using a public and private key technology. The web server on the CMS uses a certificate
for server authentication. By default, this certificate is self-signed, but it can be replaced by a certificate that
is signed by a trusted certificate authority. Your web browser should import this certificate to trust the CMS.
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