HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

2 Installation overview and requirements
This chapter provides an overview of the HP SIM installation process, and it identifies the system requirements
for a HP-UX CMS, a managed system, and a network client.
First time install process overview
Perform these steps for a first time install of HP SIM on your CMS:
1. Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in the installation chapter of this
guide. See "Chapter 3 “Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time”" for details.
2. 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 managed systems ”" for details.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See chapter "Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the First
Time Wizard”" or "Chapter 6 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu”" for the recommended
tasks.
4. Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. See "Chapter 7 “Configuring managed
systems”" for details.
Upgrade overview
If HP SIM has previously been installed on your CMS proceed to the upgrade instructions in
"Chapter 8 “Upgrading from HP Servicecontrol Manager to HP Systems Insight Manager”" or
"Chapter 9 “Upgrading from HP Systems Insight Manager 4.x or later ”" for details.
System requirements
This section identifies the hardware and software requirements and recommendations for HP Systems Insight
Manager. These requirements are broken into sections for the CMS, managed system, and network client.
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