HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

System Status
This section includes:
• Health Status The overall status for a system. It is obtained from WBEM, SNMP, DMI Status Polling
tasks, or all three. A ping (ICMP or TCP reachable check) is always made. Click the Health Status
link to access the management processor home page.
For more information about system status types, see “System status types”.
• Contract and Warranty Status The Contract and Warranty Status is available when you have a
Windows CMS, and the HP Insight Remote Support Pack is installed. You can view Contract and
Warranty status updates for HP systems that have contract and warranty data collection enabled. Click
the Contract and Warranty Status icon to view the Contract and Warranty Details page for the
system.
Note: For information about contract and warranty data collection, see “Suspending or resuming contract
and warranty data collection for a single system”.
Note: For information about entering contract and warranty information for single or multiple systems,
see “Editing system properties for a single system” or “ Editing system properties for multiple systems”.
• Aggregate Event Status The Aggregate Event Status is a summary of uncleared events. This status
is updated when an event is added, updated, or removed. To view the System Page Events tab for
a system, click the Aggregate Event Status icon.
Identification
This section expands whenever you access the System Page the first time.
NOTE: Expand this section by clicking . Collapse it by clicking .
IMPORTANT: DMI identification is supported only on Windows and HP-UX-based CMS installations. In
addition, only similar operating systems can be identified. For example, a Windows-based CMS can identify
only a Windows-based DMI system, and an HP-UX-based CMS can identify only HP-UX-based DMI systems.
The items available in this section include:
• Address The IP address discovered for the system.
• Preferred System Name The name shown for the system. When available, it defaults to the host name
from DNS. You can override this setting through the Edit System Properties link under the Tools &
Links tab.
• Network Name The fully qualified DNS name, if available. Reverse DNS lookups by IP address must
be enabled and match a forward lookup.
• UUID A unique identifier from the agent or other instrumentation on the system.
• Serial Number The serial number of the system.
Orphan systems
An orphan system is a system detected by HP SIM that has had its IP address and name reallocated to
another system. Occasionally, this reallocation can happen through simultaneous DHCP address assignment
changes and a system rename. Other causes can include a move of the operating system from one blade
to another through different virtualization mechanisms such as a physical-to-physical system move or
replacement of a system board that has not be configured the same as the original system board.
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