HP ProLiant Gen8 Server with HP iLO Management Engine Setup Guide

AMS Configuration
Use the install AMS selection to enable AMS to send pre-failure messages to HP Support. For more
information about AMS, see “Agentless Management Service” (page 39).
WBEM Configuration
Use the Install HP WBEM Providers and Configure Firewall selection to enable Intelligent Provisioning
to enable remote WMI access to this system and configure the firewall automatically. For security
purposes, use either an Administrator account or grant WMI management privileges to a lower
account to access WMI management data. If you prefer to use a lower privileged Windows user
account, set it up after Intelligent Provisioning has completed the operating system and SPP
installation. For detailed instructions on using an optional lower privileged user account, see the
HP Insight Management WBEM Providers User Guide on the HP website:
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/wbem/
SNMP Configuration
Use the Install SNMP selection to install SNMP services. Select Show Advanced options to enter
the Monitor and Control community strings, and Traps Server IP Address for the device. Monitor
is a ready only community string. Control is a read/write community string. Finally, select whether
to allow the named Traps server to access management information from this system.
Agentless Management Service
AMS is a lightweight service that collects operating system-based management information and
provides it to iLO. AMS collects the following information:
• Server inventory information on installed applications
• Information on processes, including running, system name, IP address, and operating system
installed
• NIC information that iLO cannot access
AMS runs in the operating system context, but it is not an agent in the traditional sense. The
information that AMS provides to iLO is a very small subset of the data that the traditional SNMP
agents provide, therefore AMS is a very lightweight component. AMS consumes less memory and
CPU cycles compared to the in-band SNMP agents. HP recommends selecting AMS.
When using Agentless Management and AMS, note the following:
• HP does not recommend installing AMS together with the Insight Management Agents and
WMI Providers. To enable the System Management Homepage, install WBEM providers.
• If you must run AMS together with the Insight Management Agents on Linux systems, start the
hp-ams daemon process first and decrease the number of traditional agents running on the
system (for example, cmasm2d).
• For more information about AMS on Linux systems, see the manpage for hpHelper, the AMS
daemon process.
• When AMS is installed on Windows systems, the Agentless Management Service Control
Panel is installed. You can use the control panel to enable or disable AMS, and to uninstall
AMS. The Agentless Management Service is installed by default when installing the SPP.
• AMS writes OS configuration information and critical events to the Active Health System log.
NOTE: When AMS is installed, the server name is displayed in HP Insight RS and HP Insight
Online, and can be viewed by HP support and your authorized service provider, reseller/distributor,
and installer. To protect your privacy, do not use sensitive information in the name of the Gen8
server.
AMS is available from the HP website. To download AMS from the HP website:
Configure and install 39