HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 User Guide

WBEM................................................................................................................................204
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)............................................................................................205
Remote Wake-Up.................................................................................................................205
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)................................................................................205
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)............................................................................205
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)....................................................................................205
Protocol functionality.............................................................................................................205
Configuring protocol settings in HP SIM...................................................................................207
E Data Collection......................................................................................208
Append new data set (for historical trend analysis)....................................................................208
Overwrite existing data set (for detailed analysis).....................................................................208
Initial data collection.............................................................................................................208
Bi-weekly data collection.......................................................................................................209
F Default system tasks.................................................................................210
Biweekly Data Collection.......................................................................................................211
System Identification..............................................................................................................211
Old Noisy Events..................................................................................................................212
Events Older Than 90 Days....................................................................................................212
Status Polling for Non Servers.................................................................................................212
Status Polling for Servers........................................................................................................212
Status Polling for Systems No Longer Disabled..........................................................................212
Hardware Status Polling for Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator..............................................212
Data Collection....................................................................................................................212
Hardware Status Polling.........................................................................................................212
Version Status Polling............................................................................................................212
Version Status Polling for Systems no Longer Disabled................................................................213
Check Event Configuration.....................................................................................................213
Status polling.......................................................................................................................213
G Host file extensions................................................................................214
Default values......................................................................................................................216
H System Type Manager rules.....................................................................218
Adding new SNMP rules.......................................................................................................218
I Custom tool definition files........................................................................219
Tool type-specific requirements...............................................................................................219
SSA-specific attributes.......................................................................................................219
MSA-specific attributes......................................................................................................219
WLA-specific attributes.....................................................................................................220
mxtool command parameters.................................................................................................221
Parameterized strings............................................................................................................221
Common tool attributes.........................................................................................................223
Tool Filtering attributes...........................................................................................................225
Environment Variables...........................................................................................................225
Tool parameter guidelines......................................................................................................227
J Out-of-the-box MIB support in HP SIM........................................................229
K Support and other resources....................................................................234
Information to collect before contacting HP...............................................................................234
How to contact HP................................................................................................................234
Security bulletin and alert policy for non-HP owned software components....................................234
Subscription service..............................................................................................................234
Registering for software technical support and update service.....................................................234
How to use your software technical support and update service.............................................235
HP authorized resellers.....................................................................................................235
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