HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

8 HP SIM credentials
In HP SIM, there are three different types of credentials:
• System Credentials Credentials used by identification to access managed systems. These credentials
include WBEM, WS-MAN, and SSH credentials, Sign-in, SNMP community string, and Single Sign-On
credentials.
• Global Credentials Global credentials are system credentials that apply to all systems.
• Trusted Systems Credentials used to manage the public SSH keys, stored in the known_hosts file,
from the CMS and to set trust relationships.
Related topics
• System credentials
• Protocols
• Managing SSH keys
• Setting up trust relationships
Global credentials
Global credentials apply to all systems and enable you to configure default, system-wide, and protocol-wide
credentials. The user name and password pair credentials are protocol independent and generate a Sign-in
credential. SNMP credentials enable you to set global level read community strings. Global credentials can
also be created from the Discovery page.
1. In the Sign-in Credentials section, enter the user name and password pairs.
Enter as many default user names and passwords as needed by clicking Add. To delete user name and
password pairs, click Delete beside the pair you want to delete.
If you selected to delete a user name and password pair, select how you want to delete them. Select
from the following:
• Delete the credentials and any working references to them
• First copy the credentials to all systems referencing them, then delete the global credentials
2. In the SNMP Credentials section, enter the default read community strings. Click Add to add additional
strings or click Delete to delete existing strings.
3. Click OK to save changes.
Related procedures
▲ System credentials
Related topic
▲ HP SIM credentials
System credentials
After systems are discovered, a working set of credentials are associated with them. For performance reasons,
a maximum of 10 systems can be edited individually at one time.
• Sign in This tab enables you to set one credential for all protocols for all selected systems, or set one
credential for all protocols individually by system. These credentials are protocol independent.
• SNMP This tab enables you to set one set of SNMP community strings to be applied to selected
systems or set community strings individually for each system.
• WBEM/WMI This tab enables you to set WBEM credentials for all selected systems or set the credentials
individually for each system.
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