HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Release Notes

1 Overview

HP SIM is the foundation for the HP unified server-storage management strategy. HP SIM is a hardware-level

management product that supports multiple operating systems on HP ProLiant, Integrity and HP 9000 servers,

HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, XP arrays, and third-party arrays. Through a single management view of

Microsoft® Windows®, HP-UX 11iv1, HP-UX 11iv2, HP-UX 11iv3, and Red Hat, and SuSE Linux, HP SIM

provides the basic management features of:

• System discovery and identification

• Single-event view

• Inventory data collection

• Reporting

HP SIM can provide systems management with plug-ins for HP clients, storage, power, and printer products.

Using HP Integrity Essentials you can choose plug-in applications that deliver complete lifecycle management

for your hardware assets:

• Workload management

• Capacity management

• Virtual machine management

• Partition management