HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Functionality when enabledDescriptionManagement standard
System identification, Inventory and eventsSNMP is widely used for management but
the widely implemented versions 1 and 2
have weak security. While no “set”
operations are used by HP SIM, read
access to system data might be visible on
the network. SNMP is UDP-based. In many
environments it is not considered a suitable
protocol to pass through the firewall.
Because SNMPv1 has a simple, clear-text
“community,” it provides a low level of
security. However, SNMP may be suitable
for some environments in which the network
used for managing systems is relatively
controlled.
SNMP
Remote tool executionSSH is used for remote command
execution. HP SIM uses SSH to run
commands on managed systems.
SSH
Consistent server management across
vendors
A DMTF initiative for common server
management which enables
vendor-independent management
applications.
SMASH
System identificationAn SNIA standard for storage management
using WBEM.
SMI-S
Identification, inventory, and eventsA DMTF program with widespread industry
support with a set of standards including
CIM, CIM-XML, and WS-Management. The
CIM-XML protocol is most widely used with
WBEM today, and the term WBEM is often
used to mean this protocol.
Note: Configure firewalls to allow the CMS
to communicate with managed systems
through default port 5989. If you have
modified the default port setting for your
WBEM provider, you must configure your
firewall for the port number your WBEM
provider on which it is actually configured.
WBEM
Identification, inventory, and eventsA DMTF standard for exchanging
management information using web
services. You can use WS-Management to
transport CIM as an alternative to
CIM-XML.
WS-Management
Identification, inventory, and eventsWMI is Microsoft’s implementation of
WBEM. WMI runs over DCOM, which in
turn, uses RPC. For Windows systems
behind a firewall, HP recommends
installing the WMI Mapper on a managed
system in the secure network. This mapper
allows standard CIM-XML requests through
the firewall, and they are mapped to WMI
requests on the managed system.
WMI
Related topics
• System tab
• System Page
• Setting global protocols
Data collection
Data collection gathers data that can be used for reporting and to populate various fields in the user interface
like the HP SIM System Page. You can choose to maintain only the most recent data, enabling you to run
reports or compare different systems using Snapshot Comparison. Or, you can store all data collected over
time, which enables use of Snapshot Comparison to view trends on a single system.
Data collection uses SNMP , DMI , WBEM , or a combination of the three protocols to gather information,
which ensures a comprehensive dossier on a system. However, OpenWBEM is not supported. Typically,
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