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

2 Introduction
Online help
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides an online help system to help you become familiar with its
management features. It provides general information about using and administering HP SIM. Click the
question mark icon on any page or use the Help menu to view the online help.
HP SIM help categories
The HP SIM help system covers the following categories:
• Product overview Provides you with an overview of the features in HP SIM. See “Product overview”
for more information.
• Getting started Describes procedures for beginning to use and administer HP SIM. See “Getting
started” for more information.
• Discovery and identification Describes procedures to create and manage discovery tasks, including
identification, and managing hosts files, and discovery templates. See “Discovery and identification”
for more information.
• Users and authorizations Describes procedures to create and manage users, user groups, toolboxes,
and authorizations. See “Users and authorizations” for more information.
• Directory services Describes procedures to configure directory services and to enter the distinguished
name of desired container objects. See “Directory Services” for more information.
• Networking and security Describes networking and security procedures, including setting up trust
relationships. See “Networking and security” for more information.
• Monitoring systems, events, and clusters Describes procedures for monitoring your systems and
events. See “Monitoring systems, clusters, and events” for more information.
• Storage integration Describes procedures for discovering SNMP and SMI-S storage devices and
viewing information about them. See “Storage integration using SNMP” and “Storage integration using
SMI-S” for more information.
• Managing with tasks Describes procedures for managing your systems and events by scheduling
and executing tasks. See “Managing with tasks” for more information.
• Tools that extend management Describes procedures for using HP SIM default tools. See “Tools that
extend management” for more information.
• Partner applications Describes partner applications and includes an overview of each application.
See “Partner applications” for more information.
• Reporting Describes procedures for creating and generating custom reports. See “Reporting” for
more information.
• Administering systems and events Describes how to manage and maintain HP SIM. See “Administering
systems and events” for more information.
• Troubleshooting Describes troubleshooting tips for HP SIM. See “Troubleshooting” for more
information.
• Reference Includes database tables, Microsoft® Windows NT® error log messages, MSA tools, and
service and support. See “Reference information” for more information.
Online help 27