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

Table of Contents
1 Product overview........................................................................................8
Product architecture.................................................................................................................................8
Central management server.................................................................................................................8
Managed systems..............................................................................................................................8
Web-browser clients...........................................................................................................................8
Authorizations........................................................................................................................................8
Default toolboxes...............................................................................................................................9
User privileges...................................................................................................................................9
Tools.....................................................................................................................................................9
Information storage...............................................................................................................................10
HP SIM audit log.............................................................................................................................10
Database........................................................................................................................................10
Database software......................................................................................................................10
Secure access.......................................................................................................................................11
Command line interface...................................................................................................................11
Graphical user interface...................................................................................................................11
Secure data transmission........................................................................................................................12
Management protocols.....................................................................................................................12
Web server security.........................................................................................................................13
Self-signed certificates......................................................................................................................13
X application security.......................................................................................................................13
Managing servers behind a firewall...................................................................................................14
2 Installation overview and requirements........................................................15
First time install process overview............................................................................................................15
Upgrade overview.................................................................................................................................15
System requirements..............................................................................................................................15
Linux Central Management Server......................................................................................................15
Managed system requirements and recommendations...........................................................................18
Managed storage system..................................................................................................................22
SSH requirements.............................................................................................................................22
Foreign language support.................................................................................................................22
3 Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time..............................................24
Preparing the system..............................................................................................................................24
Installing and configuring the software.....................................................................................................26
Automatically installing HP Systems Insight Manager ...........................................................................26
Manually installing HP Systems Insight Manager..................................................................................26
After installing HP Systems Insight Manager........................................................................................28
Next steps............................................................................................................................................30
4 Setting up managed systems......................................................................32
Installing the ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack on a Linux system for the first time..........................................32
Setting up managed storage systems..................................................................................................32
Installing SMI-S providers..................................................................................................................32
Verifying SSL...................................................................................................................................32
Configuring SMI-S providers..............................................................................................................32
Configuring HP SIM to discover storage systems...................................................................................33
5 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard...........................................34
Using the First Time Wizard....................................................................................................................34
Configuring the managed environment....................................................................................................35
Enabling automatic system discovery.......................................................................................................35
Configuring System Automatic Discovery task sign in credentials.................................................................36
Configuring managed systems................................................................................................................36
Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy........................................................................................................37
Configuring privilege elevation...............................................................................................................37
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