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

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Configuring e-mail settings
To use the First Time Wizard to configure Systems Insight Manager to send e-mail notifications
through automatic event handling:
1. Enter the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host name. The SMTP host is the
outgoing e-mail server that the CMS uses to send e-mail notifications.
2. In the Sender's e-mail address box, enter the e-mail address that the management
server uses when sending e-mail notifications.
3. (Optional) Select Send test email, and then enter the recipient’s e-mail address. Click
Send test email now.
4. To authenticate your SMTP server, select Server Requires Authentication.
5. Enter the account user name and password in the corresponding boxes.
Note:
If you did not enter a valid SMTP host, Systems Insight Manager notifies you that it cannot send e-
mail notifications. If you do not want to enter e-mail settings now, click OK; or to enter a valid
SMTP host, click Cancel.
If the Server Requires Authentication option is selected and you enter incorrect account
information, e-mail event notifications do not reach the intended recipients.
First Time Wizard summary
When you are finished entering information in the Systems Insight Manager First Time Wizard,
review your selections on the Summary page, and then click Finish to save them.
If you enabled automatic discovery or selected the Run discovery after wizard finishes checkbox,
discovery runs when you exit the First Time Wizard. If you did not enable automatic discovery or
unselect the Run discovery after wizard finishes checkbox, discovery does not take place until you
enable it. To enable discovery after completing the wizard, select Options->Discovery from the
Systems Insight Manager menu and enable a discovery task, or select a task and click Run Now.
Finishing the First Time Wizard
When you click Finish in the First Time Wizard, the Finish page appears with a message stating
Your changes are being applied, please do not close the window. If you selected Run discovery
after wizard finishes on the Discovery page, you are notified that discovery is running and where
to monitor the progress of discovery in the Systems Insight Manager. Also included on this page is
information on where to go to see discovered systems that you are managing and where to go to
better manage these systems. To close the First Time Wizard, click Close.
Setting up Windows managed systems
Use the following checklist as a guideline to assist you with setting up managed systems from a
Windows CMS:
1. Ensure that HP Systems Insight Manager is installed on the CMS.
2. Discovery must be run before setting up managed systems. Configuring automatic
discovery is part of the First Time Wizard.
3. Configure the managed system software. For more information, see Configuring the
managed system software using the Configure or Repair Agents feature from the CMS.