HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with SP1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

HP Systems Insight
Manager
System management software that is capable of managing a wide variety of systems, including
HP systems, clusters, desktops, workstations, and portables.
HP SIM combines the strengths of Insight Manager 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager
to deliver a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running
Windows, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities required
to manage all HP server platforms. HP SIM can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth
of system management with plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products. Plug-ins
for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload management enable systems
administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management
of their hardware assets.
HP Systems Insight
Manager database
(database)
The database that stores vital information about HP SIM, including users, systems, and toolboxes.
HP Version Control
Agent (VCA)
An agent that is installed on a server to enable you to see the HP software installed on that server.
The HP VCA can be configured to point to HP Version Control Repository Manager, enabling
easy version comparison and software update from the repository.
HP Version Control
Repository
Manager (VCRM)
An HP agent that enables a customer to manage HP provided software stored in a user-defined
repository.
HP Virtual Machine
Management Pack
(Virtual Machine
Management Pack)
Provides central management and control of Virtual Machines on Microsoft Virtual server, Vmware’s
GSX and ESX. Integrated with HP SIM, Virtual Machine Management Pack provides unified
management of HP ProLiant host servers and virtual machines.
HyperText Transfer
Protocol (HTTP)
The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web.
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identification While discovery finds systems, identification attempts to determine what the system type is. In
addition, it determines what management protocol a system supports, using credentials from the
Global Protocol Settings page, and attempts to determine the operating system and version
loaded, along with other basic attributes about the system. Finally, it determines if the system is
associated with another system. For example, a management processor in a server.
installed version A particular HP software component that is installed on the server.
Internet Protocol
(IP)
Specifies the format of datagrams (packets) and the addressing scheme on a network. Most
networks combine IP with Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which establishes a virtual
connection between a destination and a source.
IP range Systems with an IP address that falls in the specified range.
J
Java database
connectivity (JDBC)
Similar to Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC), this set of application program interfaces (APIs)
provides a standard mechanism to allow Java applets access to a database.
Java Remote
Method Invocation
(RMI)
A set of protocols that enable Java objects to communicate remotely with other Java objects.
K
keystore A database that maintains a list of keys. The keystore can contain a subject's own private key.
A keystore can also contain a list of public keys, as published in certificates.
M
Major status Status information collected from the system that indicates one or more of the monitored subsystems
are not operating properly which is impacting the system. Action should be taken immediately.
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