HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

Tuning Systems Insight Manager (Optional)
Using SAM or the HP-UX Kernel Configuration tool (kcweb) or kctune, complete the following
optional manual parameter adjustments, if needed.
• Set the dbc_max_pct kernel parameter. This is the percentage of physical memory that can
be dynamically allocated for the data buffer cache. It defaults to 50%, which is usually too
high. Set this variable to the percentage of your system physical memory that equals
approximately 200 MB. For example, a server with 1 GB of RAM should have this value set
at 20%. Refer to the dbc_max_pct man page for additional details in tuning this parameter.
NOTE: This value cannot be less than dbc_min_pct, which cannot be less than 1%. For
more information, see the dbc_max_pct man page for additional details.
NOTE: For HP-UX 11i v2 (September 2004 or later) (B. 11 .23), these parameters are
dynamic, when you modify the parameters, you do not have to reboot of the system.
NOTE: The kernel tunable parameter dbc_max_pct is obsolete for HP-UX 11i v3.
Next steps
Install and configure the required Management software on the systems that will be managed by
the CMS. For more information, see “Setting up managed systems” (page 25). Next, complete the
initial setup of Systems Insight Manager which involves using the First Time Wizard to perform the
initial configuration of Systems Insight Manager Central Management Server as well as steps for
setting up managed systems. For details, see “Configuring Systems Insight Manager” (page 28).
Systems Insight Manager is now installed and initialized on the CMS. Start the Systems Insight
Manager GUI using Firefox at http://<IP_Address>:280/.
NOTE: The HP Systems Insight Manager Registration window and First Time Wizard appear
when a user with full configuration rights logs in to Systems Insight Manager for the first time.
Follow the onscreen instructions to register Systems Insight Manager or click Register Later to
register at another time. If your Systems Insight Manager system is not connected to the internet,
you can go to a system that has internet access and navigate to http://h20293.www2.hp.com/
portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPSIM-LIC to register and retrieve a code
to confirm to the Systems Insight Manager application that it is registered and to discontinue the
registration prompt. The First Time Wizard configures only the basic settings of an initial setup for
Systems Insight Manager. Refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 User Guide at http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for more information.
NOTE: If installing ServiceGuard Manager for the first time, install ServiceGuard Manager 5.0.
To download ServiceGuard Manager 5.0, see http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot, for more
information.
When you install HP ServiceGuard Manager, it recognizes and registers Systems Insight Manager.
24 Installing HP Systems Insight Manager on the CMS for the first time