Systems Insight Manager 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows

3 Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager
At this point, step 1 below is complete. Perform step 2 to configure HP Systems Insight Manager for your
environment by using First Time Wizard or proceed to “Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager using the
Options menu”.
1. Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in Chapter 2 “Installing HP Systems
Insight Manager on the CMS for the first time”.
2. Configure HP Systems Insight Manager for your environment. The procedure to complete the First Time
Wizard is in this chapter.
3. Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. For more information on this step, see Chapter 4 “Setting up and configuring managed systems”
for details.
4. Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. For details, see Chapter 4 “Setting up
and configuring managed systems”.
Configuring HP Systems Insight Manager using the First Time Wizard
The initial setup of HP Systems Insight Manager uses the First Time Wizard to provide step-by-step instructions
for performing the initial configuration of HP Systems Insight Manager CMS as well as steps for setting up
managed systems , configuring discovery , configuring event handling, adding users , and defining
authorizations . To perform the initial setup, you must complete the installation of your CMS as described in
Chapter 2 “Installing HP Systems Insight Manager on the CMS for the first time”.
The First Time Wizard is automatically launched the first time a user with administrative privileges signs in
to HP Systems Insight Manager. The administrative account used to install HP Systems Insight Manager is
the initial administrative account. If the wizard is canceled before completion, it restarts each time an
administrative user signs in. You can cancel and disable the wizard from starting automatically by selecting
the Do not automatically show this wizard again checkbox and clicking Cancel. You can start the wizard
manually by selecting Options→First Time Wizard.
The First Time Wizard helps you configure settings on the CMS. After configuring a setting, click Next to
continue the First Time Wizard setup procedure. The First Time Wizard does not apply any changes until
you click Finish on the Summary page.
NOTE: The default settings in Firefox block the First Time Wizard. You must disable the pop-up blocker in
Firefox to see the First Time Wizard.
The following is an overview of the First Time Wizard configuration screens:
• Introduction Describes the purpose of the First Time Wizard. You can cancel the First Time Wizard
and disable the wizard from automatically starting when an administrative user signs in.
• Managed Environment Specifies all operating systems managed by the CMS. The selections made
here configure HP Systems Insight Manager to show collections, tools, and reports only for managed
environments that are selected.
This page also collects required details for each TDEF selection, such as IP address of the Ignite server,
sign in credential information, and so on.
• Discovery Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule, and enter the IP address
ranges or host names of the systems you want to discover. Discovery is the process HP Systems Insight
Manager uses to find and identify systems on your network and populate the database with that
information. A system must be discovered to collect data and track system health status .
• Credentials: Discovery Use the wizard to set the sign-in credentials and the SNMP credentials for the
Discovery task.
• Configure Managed Systems Configure managed systems as they are discovered, by configuring
WBEM and WMI, SNMP, SSH access, and trust relationship.
• WBEM/WMI Mapper Proxy To retrieve managed system information on Windows systems, enter the
mapper proxy system host name and port number.
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