HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

• Specify the WBEM settings for the system on the System Protocol Settings page. You can override

the default user name and passwords by selecting use values specified below and entering appropriate

user names and passwords.

• Specify the SNMP settings for this system to be unique or match the global discovery settings. The

current system default settings appear. If you override the default and specify a different value, that

community string must be supported on the system. If it is not and one of the defaults is supported, HP

SIM reverts back to the default value. When manually adding a single system, you can modify the

following settings:

The amount of time HP SIM waits for an SNMP response when it

sends a request to the system. The default timeout value appears.

If a response is not received within time interval, HP SIM might

determine that the system does not support SNMP. Decreasing

this value can cause increased network traffic because the rate of

retry attempts is increased. Use caution when changing this value.

A value of three seconds usually works for a LAN. However, if

systems are connected through a WAN, try a higher value, for

example, 10 seconds.

timeout

The number of additional times after the first attempt is made to

communicate with a system before the attempts stop.

retries

A community string sets up authentication that enables or prohibits

communication between the managed system and the CMS. The

CMS community string of the must match the community string of

the managed system. Use the read-only community string to read

variables. Use the write community string to modify variables.

Although only one community is valid for a communication attempt,

a system can belong to multiple communities. However, HP SIM

uses only one community string when communicating with a

system.

community strings

NOTE: If an IP address is used to manually add a single system, it must be properly resolved to a system

name for the name to be displayed in the GUI.

Related procedures

• Configuring automatic discovery

• Configuring automatic discovery general settings

• Creating a new discovery task

• Editing a discovery task

• Disabling or enabling an existing discovery task

• Deleting a discovery task

• Running a discovery task

• Creating a new hosts file

• Editing a hosts file

• Deleting a hosts file

• Adding systems in a hosts file to the HP SIM database