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Getting started with HP SIM 5.3 in a smaller Windows environment (417431-005, January 2008)

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Managed storage system
• To view the latest information regarding HP SIM support for a particular storage system,
including Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel
host bus adapters), see the HP SIM SMI-S Provider web page at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers
.
• This webpage also offers information on obtaining and installing SMI-S providers.
SSH requirements
SSH is locally configured during HP SIM local installation on the CMS.
Custom tools on the Tools menu require SSH on the CMS to run properly. These commands run on
the CMS with environment variables set to the context of specific events or devices. SSH on the CMS
is also used by the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install on the Deploy
Deploy Drivers,
Firmware and Agents menu.
You can install and configure SSH on each of the managed systems and have HP SIM exchange keys
with the managed systems (through the mxagentconfig command or for Windows, through the
Install OpenSSH task). If you do this, then the Command Line Tools option on the Tools menu
works for these managed systems. If you choose not to configure it to work with remote SSH clients,
then these commands fail. If SSH is not configured on the client, then command line tools, any HP SIM
plug-ins that require SSH, and Configure or Repair Agents do not work properly.
PSP and SSH deployments occur in parallel and the number of systems to which this happens in
parallel is controlled by PSPandSSHParallelDeployments in globalsettings.props.
If the credentials are incorrect for any system, then the deployment fails on all remaining systems.
Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time
You can install HP SIM from the Management CD or download a self-extracting file available from
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim. The following procedure is for installing HP SIM from the HP ProLiant
Essentials Foundation Pack Management CD that ships with HP ProLiant servers.