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

White paper | HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2
9 | March, 2013
Credentials
System credentials are used by identification to access managed systems. These
credentials include Sign-in credentials; SNMP and SNMP V3 credentials; WBEM, WS-MAN,
and SSH credentials; and VME and Single Sign-On credentials.
Discovery task credentials are used by a discovery task that applies to all systems
discovered by that task.
Global credentials apply to all systems.
Note:
SNMP3 credentials are available in the Discovery credentials, System credentials, and Global
credentials pages.
Authorizations
Only users with a valid user ID and password on the CMS can access and perform tasks on a
particular managed system or group of systems. Each user can perform tasks using the tools in a
toolbox authorized for that particular user. Systems Insight Manager has four default toolboxes
including the All Tools toolbox and the Monitor Tools toolbox. Users who are authorized to use the
All Tools toolbox can perform administrative tasks and can change the state of managed systems.
Authorize occasional users or non-experts to use only the Monitor Tools toolbox.
Note:
This paper assumes that you have a small number of authorized users and use only the default
toolboxes. Note that toolboxes and authorizations can be customized for environments with large
numbers of users and different security needs for different managed systems.
Secure access using a web browser
When you access Systems Insight Manager from a web browser, you must sign in using a secure
sockets layer (SSL) connection. Your user name and password for Systems Insight Manager are
the same as your login credentials for the Windows operating system running on the CMS.
Systems Insight Manager uses operating system security and SSL to ensure strong authentication
and data encryption and to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to the management console.