HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

• Unknown
HP Systems Insight Manager cannot obtain management information about the system.
• Informational
The system might be in a transitional or non-error state.
system
identification
Identifying information about systems. This information is stored in the database. The following
information is identified:
• Type of management protocol on the system (SNMP/SNMP v3, WBEM, HTTP, and SSH)
• Type of HP system (server, client, switch, router, and so on)
• Network name of system
system information Information that is provided on the System Page under the System tab. The system information
includes:
• Network address
• Network name
• Description
• Contact
• Location
• System links
system information
using SNMP
Agents that conform to SNMP MIB-2 standards.
system links A summary information page for a specific system that has a management agent.
System
Management
Homepage
An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management
Software to communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and
security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.
system overview
report
A report indicating the state of systems that is available at the time that HP Systems Insight Manager
is first opened. A system search result contains the number of systems that are registered with the
HP Systems Insight Manager databases. Systems are grouped by their status conditions. Each
number in a column is a hyperlink to a more detailed list of systems, which displays the systems
that correspond to the number in the overview.
system properties properties can be set for a single system or for multiple systems at the same time and include
options such as system name, system type, system sub-type, operating system version, asset
number, contact information, and whether or not the system properties can be changed or updated
by the discovery process.
system search Logical grouping of systems into a collection based on information in the HP Systems Insight
Manager database. After a search is defined, you can display the results from the system view
page or associate it with a management task.
system search
results
The result of a system search.
system status
panel
The section of the GUI on the left of the screen that displays status information and system or
event alarms.
system type One of 12 supplied types. You can add your own based on one of these types. For example,
use Server type to create MyServer type. It is still a server and is reported on in the same way,
but it has your designation.
System Type
Manager
A utility that enables you to modify the default behavior of the discovery and identification of
objects classified as Unknown or as another category of systems are discovered and identified
precisely as you require. HP Systems Insight Manager discovers and identifies the system and
applies the new information when an Unknown system matches a rule set that you specify as the
primary rule set. Furthermore, creating the new system type provides a System Link page for
viewing the information returned from the system agent or from the communication protocol of
SNMP.
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