Systems Insight Manager 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows

Glossary
A
administrative
rights user
A user who is authorized for the All Tools toolbox on all systems, including the Central
Management Server. This type of user has been given special privileges to administer the HP
Systems Insight Manager software.
administrator A user who manages users, resource pools, and self-service requests through HP Insight
Orchestration console.
agent A program that regularly gathers information or performs some other service without the user's
immediate presence. HP Systems Insight Manager agents provide in-depth hardware and software
information and subsystem status to HP Systems Insight Manager and numerous third-party
management applications.
See also management agent.
alarm A user-configurable notification displayed in the System Status panel of HP Systems Insight
Manager when certain events occur. For instance, if a monitored item changes, an alarm notifies
the user that a change has occurred.
See also trap, event.
all events collection Displays all events that have occurred for all systems.
All Tools toolbox A default toolbox that provides complete access to all tools for the authorized system or system
group.
architect A user who creates a multisystem infrastructure template using HP Insight Orchestration (a graphical
designer) and then publishes the template for other users to create infrastructure services
attribute A single characteristic of a manageable product or component, as in an attribute of a Management
Information Format (MIF) file. A set of related attributes constitutes a group. For example, the
clock speed of a processor chip is an attribute of a group that describes that chip.
See also Management Information Format.
authentication The process of identifying an individual, based on a user name and password. Authentication is
distinct from authorizations and ensures that the individual is who they claim to be.
authorizations A mapping of a relationship between a user, a toolbox, and a system or system group.
automatic
discovery
The process that HP Systems Insight Manager uses to find and identify systems on your network
and populate the database with that information. A system must first be discovered to collect data
and track system health status. The primary source for automatic discovery is ping sweeps
configured in the automatic discovery tasks page. Other sources might include receiving events
from unknown systems or from a management processor that has information about a server.
Identification automatically runs on discovered systems.
available software A listing of the software components available in the repository to which the HP Version Control
Agent (VCA) has been configured to point. When browsing directly into a VCA, these additional
components can be selected for installation.
B
banner The section of the GUI at the top of the screen that includes the user name and links to the Home
page and sign out functions.
C
caution A note to indicate that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of
information.
Central
Management
Server (CMS)
A system in the management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager software. All
central operations within HP Systems Insight Manager are initiated from this system.
central processing
unit polling rate
The rate for how often the Cluster Monitor CPU Resource checks CPU utilization as reported by
Insight Management Agents on monitored systems.
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