HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

Sign-in credentials
For a single system:
1. Enter the user name and password.
2. To use other credentials if the assigned credentials fail, check If these credentials fail, try other
credentials that may apply. Click the Learn more link for additional information. By default this box
is not selected, unless you have upgraded HP SIM.
3. Click OK.
For groups of systems:
1. Enter as many default user names and passwords as needed by clicking Add. To delete user name and
password pairs, click Delete beside the pair you want to delete.
If you selected to delete a user name and password pair for a group of systems, select how you want
to delete them. Select from the following:
• Delete the credentials and any working references to them
• First copy the credentials to all systems referencing them, then delete the global credentials
2. (Optional) To try additional credentials, select Try Others
3. Click OK.
SNMP credentials
For a single system:
1. Enter the Read community string.
2. To use other credentials if the assigned credentials fail, check If these credentials fail, try other
credentials that may apply. Click the Learn more link for additional information. By default this box
is not selected, unless you have upgraded HP SIM.
3. Click OK.
For groups of systems:
1. In the SNMP Credentials section, enter the default read community strings. Click Add to add additional
strings or click Delete to delete existing strings.
2. (Optional) To try additional credentials, select Try Others
3. Click OK.
WBEM credentials
To access the WBEM tab, click Show advanced protocol credentials.
For a single system:
1. Enter user name and password pairs.
To add additional user name and password sets, click Add. To delete user name and password sets,
click Delete beside the set you want to delete.
2. To use other credentials if the assigned credentials fail, check If these credentials fail, try other
credentials that may apply. Click the Learn more link for additional information. By default this box
is not selected, unless you have upgraded HP SIM.
3. Click OK.
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