README - HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3

have applied Internet Explorer patch Q313675 or any patch that supersedes or includes that patch, such
as Q316059 and Q319182.
Therefore, do not use underscores in any system name for systems being managed by HP SIM.
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If you receive the Warning HTTPS Hostname Mismatch when accessing HP SIM and you click No, you will
continue to receive the error until you click Yes. You will then be taken to the Sign in page.
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You will not be able to sign into HP SIM if you install HP SIM on a standalone/workstation system and then
promote that same system to a Windows Domain Controller.
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On 64-bit Linux, if no user can log in to the browser interface, then verify there is also a 32-bit PAM interface
installed.
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On an HP-UX or Linux system, you must sign in as root the first time you sign in to HP SIM, even if you
installed with another superuser account. Authorizations can then be added for superuser or other accounts.
SNMP
Windows 2003 installations do not have SNMP installed by default, so you must install SNMP manually.
After SNMP is installed, the security settings have the local host enabled only. The default configuration for
Windows 2003 must be modified to properly discover the system. See the Windows documentation on how
to install the SNMP service.
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How should SNMP be configured?
The SNMP service must have the security settings changed to enable SNMP communications with other
systems. The same community string used by HP SIM should be added to and at least the address of the
system on which HP SIM is installed should be listed in the list of allowed IP addresses.
Software/Firmware
The Install Software and Firmware task for a switch appears to complete successfully, but the firmware is not
deployed on the target switch. One reason for this is if the C:\cpqsystem\log\cpqsetup.log file is
locked, the installer terminates immediately with no error code. To solve the problem, delete or rename this
file and restart the task.
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When updating switch software and firmware, the software update is performed, but the firmware update
is not. There is no log file describing the error. This issue is resolved with firmware version 2.1.1 for the GbE
Interconnect Switch and version 1.2.0 of GbE2 Interconnect Switch.
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For a switch firmware upgrade to be successful, the correct SNMP write community string of the switch must
be specified in the System Protocol Settings page (System Page (for the switch)→Tools &
Links→System Protocol Settings.
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When executing the Install Software/Firmware task on an upgraded Windows 2003 Advanced Server
(Enterprise or Standard Edition) to a Linux system, the status sticks at 0% and the task times out. Perform the
following to allow the task to complete as expected.
On the Linux target system, edit the /etc/hosts file to add an entry for the CMS.
The entry in /etc/hosts should appear as:
IP-Address
Fully-Qualified-Domain-Name
Short-Name
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