HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

Required web browsers
• For Windows:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8◦
◦ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
◦ Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (3.5.09.00)
◦ Mozilla Firefox 3.1.X and above
NOTE: For optimum performance, the minimum resolution for the browser must be 1024 x
768.
• For HP-UX:
◦ Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (3.5.09.00)
• For Linux:
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 (3.5.09.00)◦
◦ Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13
NOTE: For all Internet Explorer browsers, you must have the SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0 browser
security options enabled for Systems Insight Manager to work properly.
Managed storage system
To view the latest information regarding Systems Insight Manager support for a particular storage
system, including Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel
host bus adapters), see the Systems Insight Manager SMI-S Provider web page at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers.
This web page also offers information on obtaining and installing SMI-S providers.
SSH requirements
SSH is locally configured during Systems Insight Manager local installation on the CMS.
Custom tools on the Tools menu require SSH on the CMS to run properly. These commands run on
the CMS with environment variables set to the context of specific events or devices. SSH on the
CMS is also used by the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install on the Deploy→Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and Agents menu.
You can install and configure SSH on each of the managed systems and have Systems Insight
Manager exchange keys with the managed systems (through the mxagentconfig command or
for Windows, through the Install OpenSSH task). If you do this, then the Command Line Tools option
on the Tools menu works for these managed systems. If you choose not to configure it to work with
remote SSH clients, then these commands fail. If SSH is not configured on the client, then command
line tools, any Systems Insight Manager plugins that require SSH, and Configure or Repair Agents
do not work properly.
PSP and SSH deployments occur in parallel and the number of nodes to which this happens in
parallel is controlled by PSPandSSHParallelDeployments in globalsettings.props.
If the credentials are incorrect for any node, then the deployment fails on all remaining nodes.
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