HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

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Identifying systems

To identify systems in between discoveries, select Options→Identify Systems. The Identify Systems page

appears. From this page, select target systems to add. See “Creating a task” for more information about

selecting targets.

Related procedure

▲ Adding a system manually

Related topic

▲ Discovery and identification

Managing system types

The

System Type Manager

(STM) is a utility that modifies the default behavior of

identification

. STM enables

you to customize the type and product name of third-party systems using rules based on responses to

SNMP

and

Desktop Management Interface

(DMI) (Windows only) lists from systems on your network.

IMPORTANT: For most HP

systems

, the

system type

and product name cannot be modified. Identification

can be customized based on SNMP System Object Identifiers (OIDs) for all other fields. Manufacturers assign

unique system OIDs to their SNMP-instrumented products. STM enables you to customize identification by

creating rules that map these system OIDs to product categories and names that you choose. You must have

administrative rights

to use STM.

To access the Manage System Types page, select Options→Manage System Types. From this page,

you can:

• Create a New Rule. Click New. The New rule section appears. See “Creating STM rules” for more

information.

• Edit an Existing Rule. Select the rule you want to edit, and then click Edit. See “Editing STM rules”

for more information.

• Delete an Existing Rule. Click Delete. A confirmation box appears. to delete the rule, click OK, or

to cancel the deleting and return to the Manage System Types page, click Cancel. See “Deleting

STM rules” for more information.

Related procedures

• Creating STM rules

• Editing STM rules

• Deleting STM rules