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

Note: Repairing the SNMP settings adds a Read Write community string to the
target system only if one does not currently exist. This community string is unique for
each system, is composed of over 30 characters to include letters and numbers, and
is visible only to the user with administrator privileges for that system. This Read
Write community string is required by the Web Agent to perform certain threshold
setting capabilities. This community string is only used locally on the target system
and is not used by HP SIM over the network. Linux and HP-UX systems do not require
a Read Write community string; hence the Read Write community is added on
Windows systems only.
b. Select Set traps to refer to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager in the target
systems' SNMP Trap Destination List. This setting enables the target systems to send
SNMP traps to this instance of HP SIM.
c. Select Send a sample SNMP trap to this instance of the HP SIM to test that
events appear in HP SIM event lists to verify that SNMP events appear in the HP SIM
events list.
To successfully send a test trap, you must configure target systems to send a trap to
this instance.
Note: You can send a test trap only from a managed system with an HP Insight
Management Agent installed.
Note: The trap from Windows appears as a Generic Trap from the system and is
listed as a Major Event in the Event List of HP SIM
• Configure secure shell (SSH) access. Select this option to configure SSH access
on managed systems.
If this option is selected, you must select one of the following options:
o Host based authentication for SSH.
Note: For this option to work, the user name and password provided in step
2 must be an administrative level account. For Linux or HP-UX targets, it must
be the "root" account and password.
o Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system
Note: If you do not want all users that have sign-in access to HP SIM to run
the tool and you would like to control which users need to have access, this
option is more secure.
Note: SSH can be configured only if the OpenSSH service is running on the
managed systems. OpenSSH can be installed on Windows systems, by
running the Install Open SSH as done in step three or by selecting the tool
under Deploy
Deploy Drivers->Firmware and Agents Install
Open SSH.
• Set Trust relationship to "Trust by Certificate". Select this option to configure
systems to use the Trust by Certificate trust relationship with the System Management
Homepage.