HP ProLiant Gen8 Server with HP iLO Management Engine Setup Guide

HP SMH features
HP SMH provides the following enhanced security and streamlined operations for HP servers
running HP-UX, Linux, and Windows operating systems:
• Browser access using operating system-based Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-secure authentication.
• Common HTTP and HTTPS service for HP Insight Management Agents and utilities, for reduced
complexity and system resource requirements.
• Simplified architecture for implementing HTTP security and HP management updates.
• Access control through Network Interface Card (NIC) binding and advanced configuration
features for individual and groups of users.
• Broad operating system and browser support.
• Automated log collection via smhassist.
This feature is available only on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 systems.
• Command Line Interface (CLI) - smhconfig - provides users with administrator rights access to
set values through the command line.
• Facility to disable port 2301.
• Logging into syslog the activities related to login and logout performed on HP SMH. This
feature is available only on HP-UX 11i v2 and HP-UX 11i v3 systems.
• Consolidated API logging for HP SMH and WebApps: Provides an option to log the critical
and major events of both the HP SMH and its WebApps to the system log for viewing and
auditing.
For complete information about using SMH, see the HP System Management Homepage 7.2 User
Guide available from http://www.hp.com/go/smh/.
HP Insight Remote Support
See the HP Insight Remote Support Release Notes for a complete list of supported devices.
Device and access requirements
HP Insight RS 7.0.x can be installed on a ProLiant server or on a VMware guest. See the HP Insight
Remote Support Release Notes for the most current supported versions. Insight RS communicates
over HTTPS/443 to submit incidents to and retrieve entitlement information from the HP Support
Center. HTTPS provides encryption for confidentiality of software configuration data collected from
the Hosting Device and transferred to HP. HP recommends that you configure the firewall for Insight
RS before installing Insight RS. If your policies require IP addresses, see HP Insight Remote Support
Security White Paper available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport/docs for details.
Installing HP Insight Remote Support
Before installing Insight RS, you must first download the Insight RS software package from the HP
Software Depot at http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?
productNumber=REMOTESUPPORT.
Download Insight RS:
1. Log on to the Hosting Device using an Administrator account.
2. Download the executable file containing the Insight RS installation files from the HP Software
Depot.
Begin the installation:
1. On the Hosting Device, double-click the self-extracting executable file that you downloaded
from the HP Software Depot. After the files are extracted, the installation wizard launches and
performs a prerequisite check.
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