HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

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Perform step 2 to install and configure the required management software.
1. Install and configure the CMS. For more information, see “Installing HP SIM on the CMS for
the first time” (page 27).
2. Install and configure the required Insight Management Agents on the systems that will be
managed by the CMS.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. For more information, see “Configuring HP SIM”
(page 39).
Setting up managed systems involves installing the required management software. The management
software being installed depends on the type of managed system.
• Linux
• Storage systems
• Windows systems - see the http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs
• HP-UX - see the http://www.hp.com/go/insightmanagement/sim/docs
Installing the Proliant or Integrity Support Pack on a Linux system for the
first time
For Linux systems, use the Linux Deployment Utility to install the latest support pack with the
preconfigured components to the local system. For more information regarding installing a support
pack using the Linux Deployment Utility, see http://www.hp.com/servers/psp.
Setting up managed storage systems
Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a Storage Networking Industry Association
(SNIA) standard that enables interoperable management for storage networks and storage devices.
HP SIM uses this standard to discover and manage the storage systems it supports.
You must have a storage system's WBEM SMI-S provider installed and configured for HP SIM to
discover it. This includes storage devices such as Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries,
or hosts (with Fibre Channel host bus adapters).
Refer to the HP SIM SMI-S Provider webpage, http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers, to view
the latest information regarding HP SIM support for a particular device. This webpage offers
information on obtaining, installing, and configuring SMI-S providers.
Installing SMI-S providers
Each storage vendor provides the SMI-S provider and installation instructions for its storage system.
The webpage referenced in the previous section provides information on obtaining SMI-S providers.
Also, consult the storage vendor's website or representative for more information regarding their
SMI-S providers. For each storage system:
1. Verify that the applicable SMI-S provider is installed.
2. If the SMI-S provider is not installed, obtain and install it per the vendor's installation instructions.
Verifying SSL
HP SIM requires that Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is enabled for the SMI-S provider in order to
discover and manage the storage system that the provider supports. Verify that SSL is enabled for
each SMI-S provider.
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