HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
This status provides useful information about
the port. No attention is required.
• Starting indicates that the element is
starting.
• Stopping indicates that element is
stopping.
• Dormant indicates that the element is
inactive.
• Other indicates that additional
information is available, but it does not
fit into the previously listed categories.
Starting, Stopping, Dormant, Power Mode,
Other
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Software status types
The following table describes HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) system software status types:
DescriptionStatus typeStatus icon
An update that contains a critical bug fix is
available for this system.
Major
An update that contains new hardware
support or bug fixes is available for this
system.
Minor
All components on the system match the
repository.
Normal
The system is suspended. No software status
is available.
Disabled
The Central Management Server (CMS)
could not reach the HP Version Control
Agent on the system, so the status of the
system is unknown.
Informational
The VCA cannot communicate with HP
Version Control Repository Manager
(VCRM).
Unknown
NOTE: The Unknown status appears for server systems only under the following circumstances:
The VCA is not installed on the managed server.•
• The VCA is installed on a server, but that server does not have a trust relationship established with HP
SIM.
• The operating system on the target server is not supported. Windows and Linux operating systems are
supported.
• The correct version of the agent is not on the target system.
• The target server type brand is not supported (only HP or Compaq brand servers are supported).
• The target system is not licensed for monitoring by the HP Performance Management Pack (PMP). The
target system must have the HP Insight Management Agent 6.20 or later installed.
• PMP reports an indeterminate status for the system.
228 Monitoring systems, clusters, and events