HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

System type
The list can be filtered by system type by selecting a type from the System Type dropdown list. Click the
down arrow, and select a system type by which to filter the list.
Columns
The following columns appear on the Manage System Types page:
• Product Model
• Product Type
• Sub Type
• Protocol
• Priority
• System Object Identifier
Click a column heading to sort the column in ascending or descending order.
Total
The Total field displays the total number of systems that meet the System Type selected in the System type
dropdown list.
Available buttons
• New. Used to create a new rule.
• Edit. Used to edit existing rules. Select the rules to edit, and click Edit.
• Delete. Used to delete an existing SNMP or DMI rule. Select the rule, and click Delete. In the
confirmation box, click OK to delete the rule, or Cancel, to return to the Manage System Types page
without deleting the rule.
Related procedures
• Creating STM rules
• Editing STM rules
• Deleting STM rules
Related topics
• Manage system types
• About System Type Manager
About System Type Manager
Manufacturers assign unique system object identifiers to their SNMP instrumented products. System Type
Manager (STM) enables you to customize identification by creating rules that map these system object
identifiers to product categories and names of their choice. HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) discovers
and applies information from the rule when an unknown system matches a rule that you specify. Rules contains
system object identifiers, and optionally, additional object identifier, that are compared with responses from
a target system . When a rule meets the comparison specification, the system is identified using information
from the rule.
NOTE: SNMP rules can be created from the Manage System Types page within HP SIM or from the
CLI using the mxstm command. Additionally, on Windows systems, you can create rules based on the DMI
protocol using the CLI mxstm command.
NOTE: SNMP rules require a system object identifier and product name. Optionally, a compare rule (match
or starts with), MIB OID with value and compare rule, product type, subtype, custom management page,
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