README - HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1

Linux servers
When a Linux server is discovered as an unmanaged system:
1. Be sure to make the changes similar to the following in the /etc/hosts file on the discovered system
before installing agents:
#Do not remove the following line, or various programs
#that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 localhost
172.24.30.34 HPSIM.wbemqa.com HPSIM
NOTE: Replace the IP address, host name, and alias previously listed with your localhost IP address,
DNS name, and host name.
2. Install agents.
3. Verify that that the following lines are entered in the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file. If not, stop the
SNMP service, enter them manually, and restart the SNMP service.
rwcommunity private
rocommunity public
NOTE: The community strings used should match those community strings on the CMS.
After completing these steps, the system is discovered properly.
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To discover detailed information for Linux running on ProLiant systems, you can do one of the following:
• Install the Linux ProLiant agents on the system.
• Update the snmpd.conf file. If you choose this option and do not update the snmpd.conf file, LINUX
appears in the Operating system name column on the system table view page, instead of the true
operating system name, such as Red Hat Advanced Server.
To solve this issue:
1. Stop the SNMP daemon.
2. Add the following line to the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file:
rocommunity public
3. Restart SNMP.
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Some systems, such as Cisco Fibre Channel switches, that support both SNMP and SMI-S protocols can
appear as two separate systems within HP SIM.
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HP SIM currently does not support an association of management processor to server if the system is based
on PA-RISC because a management processor is only supported on HP Integrity systems. This will not be
supported until a new release of firmware for the PA-RISC systems.
Event
If you try to subscribe for WBEM events from either the command line (mxwbemsub) or the GUI
(Options→Events→Subscribe to WBEM Events) and receive the error message String index out
of range. Verify if the name of the local host resolves to a fully qualified name through DNS. The command
needs the fully qualified DNS name to work properly.
Event 21