HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Release Notes
2 Features and What's New
Features
HP SIM management
• Fault management and event handling HP SIM provides proactive notification of actual or impending
component failure alerts. Automatic Event Handling enables you to configure actions to notify appropriate
users of failures through e-mail , pager, or SMS gateway , and enables automatic execution of scripts
or event forwarding to enterprise platforms, such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager or HP
OpenVMS Systems.
NOTE: Pager support is only for Windows-based
CMS
.
• Consistent multisystem management HP SIM initiates a task on multiple systems or nodes from a
single command on the CMS. This functionality eliminates the need for tedious, one-at-a-time operations
performed on each system.
• Two user interfaces HP SIM provides the option of a browser-based GUI or a CLI that enables you
to incorporate HP SIM into your existing management processes.
• WBEM indications for HP-UX, Linux, and SMI-S devices HP SIM enables you to use the GUI or CLI to
subscribe and unsubscribe to WBEM indications.
Security
• Role-based security HP SIM enables effective delegation of management responsibilities by giving
system administrators granular control over which users can perform specific management operations
on specific systems.
• Manage SSH keys The SSH keys feature enables you to view and manage, from the CMS, the public
SSH keys stored in the known_hosts file. The SSH keys enable the CMS to authenticate a secure
connection with a managed system.
• Secure remote management HP SIM leverages operating system security for user authentication and
uses SSL and SSH to encrypt management communications.
• Configure or Repair Agents This feature enables you to repair credentials for SNMP settings, HP
System Management Homepage, or Management HTTP Server trust relationships on Windows, Linux,
and HP-UX systems supported by HP SIM.
Installation
• Easy and rapid installation. You can install HP SIM quickly and easily, on HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i
v2, or HP-UX 11i v3 on PA-RISC/Integrity server platforms, or on ProLiant platforms running Windows
or Linux.
• First Time Wizard HP SIM provides you with step-by-step, online instructions for performing the initial
configuration of HP SIM. The wizard helps you configure HP SIM settings on the
CMS
.
Discovery
HP SIM can automatically discover and identify systems attached to the network. Discovery filters enable
you to limit discovery to specific network segments or IP address ranges. Use discovery filters to prevent
discovery of unwanted system types.
Custom tools
HP SIM defines tools using simple XML documents that enable you to integrate off-the-shelf or custom tools.
These tools can be command line tools, web-based applications, or scripts. Role-based security governs
access to these integrated tools.
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