System Management Homepage User Guide

3. Enter your user name that is recognized by the operating system.
NOTE: HP SMH initially allows access to the root user only.
• Linux HP SMH initially allows access to users belonging to the root operating system group.
• Windows HP SMH allows access to users belonging to the Administrators operating system
group.
If the user credentials cannot be authenticated, the user is denied access.
After logging into HP SMH as an initially allowed user, use the Security Settings to grant access to users
in other operating system groups.
Administrator on Windows and root on Linux have administrator access on HP SMH.
4. Enter the password that is recognized by the operating system.
5. Click Sign In.
The System Management Homepage appears.
Starting HP SMH from Mozilla or Firefox
To sign in to HP SMH with Mozilla or Firefox:
1. Navigate to https://hostname:2381/.
For more information about procedures on changing the configuration variables, see the HP System
Management Homepage Installation Guide on the HP Technical Documentation Web site at http://
docs.hp.com.
2. Click OK.
The Sign In page appears. If you have enabled Anonymous access during installation, then System
Management Homepage appears.
3. Enter your user name that is recognized by the operating system.
• Linux HP SMH initially allows access to users belonging to the root operating system group.
• Windows HP SMH allows access to users belonging to the Administrators operating system
group.
Administrator on Windows and root on Linux have administrator access on HP SMH.
4. Enter the password that is recognized by the operating system.
5. Click Sign In.
The System Management Homepage appears.
Starting HP SMH from HP SIM
To start HP SMH by signing in to HP SIM with a Web browser:
1. Navigate to https://hostname:50000/.
The first time you browse to this link, the Security Alert dialog box appears, asking if you want to trust
the server. If you do not import the certificate , the Security Alert appears each time you browse to
Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
NOTE: To implement a custom Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) or install your own generated certificates
into each managed system, you can install a certificate authority Root Certificate into each browser to
be used for management. If a Root Certificate is implemented, the Security Alert dialog box does not
appear. If the alert appears, you might have browsed to the wrong system. For more information about
installing the certificate authority Root Certificate, see the online help in your browser.
NOTE: To implement or install your own generated certificates into each managed system, you can
install a certificate authority Root Certificate into each browser to be used for management. If a Root
Certificate is implemented, the Security Alert dialog box does not appear. If the alert appears, you
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