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

The amount of time HP SIM waits for an SNMP response when it

sends a request to the system. The default timeout value appears.

If a response is not received within the time interval, HP SIM might

determine that the system does not support SNMP. Decreasing

this value can result in increased network traffic because the rate

of retry attempts is increased. Use caution when changing this

value. A value of three seconds usually works for a LAN. However,

if systems are connected through a WAN, try a higher value, for

example, 10 seconds.

timeout

The number of additional times after the first attempt is made to

communicate with a system before attempts stop.

retries

A community string sets up authentication that enables or prohibits

communication between the managed system and the CMS. The

community string of the CMS must match the community string of

the managed system. Use the read-only community string to read

variables. Use the write community string to modify variables.

Although only one community is valid for a communication attempt,

a system can belong to multiple communities. However, HP SIM

only uses one community string when communicating to a system.

community strings

NOTE: If an IP address is used, it must be properly resolved to a name for the name to be displayed in

the GUI.

See “Adding a system manually” for the steps to add a single system to the database.

Related procedures

• Configuring automatic discovery

• Configuring automatic discovery general settings

• Creating a new discovery task

• Editing a discovery task

• Disabling or enabling a discovery task

• Deleting a discovery task

• Running a discovery task

• Creating a new discovery template file

• Editing a discovery template

• Deleting a discovery template

• Adding a system manually

• Creating a new hosts file

• Editing a hosts file

• Deleting a hosts file

• Adding systems in a hosts file to the HP SIM database