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

1 Installation overview and requirements
This chapter provides an overview of the HP Systems Insight Manager installation process, and it
identifies the system requirements for a Windows CMS, a managed system, and a network client.
First time install process overview
Perform these steps for a first time install of HP Systems Insight Manager on your CMS:
1. Install and configure the Central Management Server. See “Installing HP Systems Insight
Manager on the CMS for the first time” (page 21) for more details.
2. Configure HP Systems Insight Manager for your environment. For the recommended tasks,
see “Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager using the First Time Wizard” (page 32) or
“Configuring Systems Insight Manager using the Options menu” (page 34).
3. Install and configure the required Insight Management Agents on the systems that will be
managed by the Central Management Server. This step is covered in the first section of “Setting
up and configuring managed systems” (page 36).
4. Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. For details, see “Setting up and
configuring managed systems” (page 36).
NOTE: Systems Insight Manager reserves ports 50000-500015 on windows as described in:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812873 .
Upgrade overview
If Systems Insight Manager is installed on your Central Management Server, you can upgrade the
same to the latest version. See the upgrade instructions in “Upgrading HP Systems Insight Manager”
(page 41).
System requirements
Part 1: Windows Central Management Server
Operating systems
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, SP1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, SP1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Data Center, SP1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Web, SP1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 Standard (x64), SP2
• Windows Server 2008 Standard x64
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x64), SP2
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x64)
• Windows Storage Server 2008
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard, SP2
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard (x64), SP2
• Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise, SP2
• Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise (x64), SP2
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