HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

5. Under Configure secure shell (SSH) access, select from the following:
• Host based authentication All users from this instance of HP SIM are authenticated on the managed
system.
• Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system Each user must be authenticated on
the managed system.
6. Select Set trust relationship to "Trust by Certificate" to set a trust relationship between managed
systems and the CMS. This enables HP SIM users to connect to HP SMH, Onboard Administrator, iLO
(version 2 and later), and HP VCA using the HP SIM certificate for authentication.
7. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click Next, or to return to the previous step, click Previous.
Configuring the WMI Mapper Proxy
WBEM is used by HP SIM to identify and communicate with managed systems. Therefore, on Windows
systems, a WMI Mapper Proxy must be configured for this communication to take place. By default the Proxy
host name and port number are populated. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click Next, or to return
to the previous step, click Previous.
Configuring privilege elevation
Some tools in HP SIM are defined to run as root on an HP-UX or Linux managed system. HP SIM enables
you to configure privilege elevation allowing you to sign in as an unprivileged user and elevate the privilege
to run on these operating systems.
1. To configure privilege elevation for ESX systems, select Enable privilege elevation for VMware ESX.
To configure privilege elevation for Linux and HP-UX systems, select Enable privilege elevation for
Linux & HP-UX.
2. Select the elevation tool type from the menu.
If a password is required for the tool, select A password is required for this privilege elevation
tool.
3. (Optional) Edit the Privilege elevation tool command.
4. Select the user to sign in to the managed system:
• Same as HP SIM signed-in user
• Specify at run time
• Use this user and enter the user name
5. To go to the next First Time Wizard step, click Next, or to return to the previous step, click Previous.
Configuring e-mail settings
1. Enter the 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 enter recipients 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, HP SIM display an error message: The email could not
be sent: Could not connect to the SMTP host.
If you are changing the e-mail settings from the Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Email
Settings page, click OK to save changes.
48 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard