Simplifying single-system management on HP-UX 11i (SMH) (538076-002; March 2011)

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Figure 2 represents the consolidated architecture of how HP SMH and HP SIM work together.
Figure 2. Consolidated architecture diagram of the HP SMH and HP SIM
HP SIM - HP SMH – How they work together
This figure u ses the follow ing abbreviations:
• OS – Operating System
• CMS – Central Management Server
• CGI – Common Gateway Interface
• DB – Database
• HMMO – HyperMedia Managed Object
• WBEM – Web-Based Enterprise Management
• SSH – Secure Shell
• ELM – is a console-based email application
• P – Provider
The following steps describe the process of managing systems in a multisystem and single-
system framework:
1. Launch HP SIM on the web browser (Mozilla or Microsoft Internet Explorer) to manage
multiple systems remotely. HP SIM is installed on a Central Management Server (CMS)
and uses the Tomcat web server.
2. Launch HP SMH on the managed node from HP SIM. HP SMH is installed on the
managed node and uses the Apache web server. HP SMH plug-in applications are
typically common gateway interface (CGI)-based tools. HP SMH can also be used
independent of HP SIM by accessing the managed node directly, using HTTP through port
2301.
3. Log in to HP SMH. While the HP SMH authentication mechanism is based on operating
system users (using the Pluggable Authentication Module authentication framework), its
authorization is based on user classes to which each valid user must be associated. Valid
classes are Administrators, Operators, and Users. The root user is automatically assigned
to the Administrators user class.