Getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 in a smaller Windows environment

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2. To have Systems Insight Manager try other credentials if the entered credentials fail,
select If these credentials fail, try other credentials that may apply....
3. Enter read community strings for SNMP credentials for the System Automatic Discovery
task.
To add additional SNMP credentials, click [Add]. To delete existing SNMP credentials,
click [Delete] beside the credentials that you want to delete.
To have Systems Insight Manager try other credentials if the entered credentials fail,
select If these credentials fail, try other credentials that may apply....
4. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click [Next], or to return to the previous step,
click [Previous].
Configuring managed systems
The Configure Managed Systems page in the First Time Wizard enables you to configure managed
systems as they are discovered and to specify parameters for running the Configure or Repair
Agents. All steps are optional and can be configured from the Systems Insight Manager Options
menu at a later time. To skip this step, click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step.
To configure managed systems from the First Time Wizard Configure Managed Systems page:
1. Select Configure newly managed systems when they are first discovered.
2. To specify credentials to configure the managed system for WBEM/WMI, SNMP, and SSH,
select from the following:
Use the sign in credentials already entered in Systems Insight Manager. This
account should be an account with administrative privileges.
Use these credentials. Select this option to use another user name and password
pair other than the one entered into Systems Insight Manager.
3. Under Configure WBEM/WMI, select from the following:
Create subscriptions for WBEM events.
Send a test WBEM or WMI indication to this instance of HP Systems Insight
Manager to ensure that events appear in Systems Insight Manager events lists.
Use a Systems Insight Manager WBEM certificate (good for 10 years) rather than
username/password to manage the system.
4. Under Configure SNMP, select from the following:
Set read community strings.
Set traps to refer to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager.
Send a test SNMP trap to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager to make
sure events appear in the HP Systems Insight Manager events lists.
5. Under Configure secure shell (SSH) access, select from the following:
Host based authentication
All users from this instance of Systems Insight Manager are authorized on the
managed system.