System Management Homepage User Guide

Table of Contents
1 Product overview........................................................................................9
Product features......................................................................................................................................9
HP SIM..................................................................................................................................................9
2 Getting Started........................................................................................11
Signing in............................................................................................................................................11
Starting HP SMH from Internet Explorer...............................................................................................12
Starting HP SMH from Mozilla or Firefox.............................................................................................13
Starting HP SMH from HP SIM...........................................................................................................13
Configuring Firewall Settings..................................................................................................................14
Windows........................................................................................................................................14
Linux..............................................................................................................................................14
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.............................................................................................14
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server........................................................................................................16
Configuring Timeout Settings for HP-UX....................................................................................................16
Configuring SMH Service Timeout......................................................................................................16
Configuring SMH Session Timeout.....................................................................................................16
Automatically Importing Certificates.........................................................................................................17
Signing Out.........................................................................................................................................18
3 Scenarios................................................................................................19
IP Binding............................................................................................................................................19
IP Restricted Login.................................................................................................................................19
Local Server Certificate..........................................................................................................................19
Port 2301.............................................................................................................................................19
Kerberos Authentication (Windows only)..................................................................................................19
User Groups.........................................................................................................................................19
Alternative Names................................................................................................................................19
4 Navigating the Software...........................................................................21
Information Areas..................................................................................................................................22
Icon View.............................................................................................................................................24
HP SMH Pages.....................................................................................................................................26
5 The Home Page........................................................................................27
Component Status Summary...................................................................................................................27
Overall System Health Status..................................................................................................................27
6 The Settings Page.....................................................................................29
SNMP Webagent Box...........................................................................................................................29
SMH Data Source Category..............................................................................................................29
SNMP Configuration Category..........................................................................................................29
UI Options Category........................................................................................................................29
System Management Homepage Box......................................................................................................30
UI Properties Category.....................................................................................................................30
User Preferences Category................................................................................................................31
Security..........................................................................................................................................32
Anonymous/Local Access Category..............................................................................................32
IP Binding Category....................................................................................................................34
IP Restricted Login Category.........................................................................................................35
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