HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide
Managing Communications.................................................................................................................393
Communication status.....................................................................................................................393
Manage Communications table columns...........................................................................................394
Selection.................................................................................................................................394
System Name...........................................................................................................................394
Identification............................................................................................................................394
Events.....................................................................................................................................394
Run Tools.................................................................................................................................394
Version Control.........................................................................................................................395
System Type.............................................................................................................................395
OS Name...............................................................................................................................395
Manage Communications main page buttons....................................................................................395
Advise and Repair....................................................................................................................395
Quick Repair...........................................................................................................................395
Update....................................................................................................................................395
Print........................................................................................................................................395
Advising and repairing managed system settings...............................................................................395
Idenitification tab...........................................................................................................................396
Events tab.....................................................................................................................................397
Run Tools tab................................................................................................................................397
Version Control tab........................................................................................................................397
Repairing managed system settings..................................................................................................398
Updating communication statuses....................................................................................................401
Printing Manage Communications table............................................................................................401
Firewall........................................................................................................................................401
Ports used by HP SIM that might need to be configured in a firewall................................................401
Configuring the firewall.............................................................................................................402
Configuring the firewall on a Windows system........................................................................402
Configuring the firewall on an HP-UX system...........................................................................402
Configuring the firewall on a Linux system...............................................................................403
Installing and configuring protocols..................................................................................................404
Trusted certificates..........................................................................................................................406
Importing trusted certificates.......................................................................................................406
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Setting trust relationships.................................................................................................................407
Configuration of the managed system..........................................................................................407
Importing the HP SIM certificate over the network.........................................................................407
Configuring WMI Mapper proxy.....................................................................................................408
SNMP..........................................................................................................................................409
Simple Network Management Protocol........................................................................................409
Installing the SNMP agent.........................................................................................................409
Configuring SNMP to send test traps...........................................................................................409
Web-Based Enterprise Management............................................................................................412
Subscribing to WBEM indications...............................................................................................412
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Configure or Repair Agents pages........................412
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Options menu....................................................415
WBEM.........................................................................................................................................415
Web-Based Enterprise Management............................................................................................415
Subscribing to WBEM indications...............................................................................................415
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Configure or Repair Agents pages........................415
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Options menu....................................................418
WBEM Indications.........................................................................................................................418
Subscribing to WBEM indications...............................................................................................418
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Configure or Repair Agents pages........................418
Subscribing to WBEM indications through the Options menu....................................................421
Secure Shell..................................................................................................................................421
WMI Mapper................................................................................................................................421
Adding a WMI Mapper Proxy...................................................................................................422
Pinging managed systems...............................................................................................................422
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