HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide
4 Getting started
If you are getting started with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), you must first familiarize yourself with
the software and set it up for your environment by reviewing the information in the “Product overview”
section. Then, complete the following steps:
• Sign-in to the
GUI
. See “Signing in” for details.
• Familiarize yourself with the HP SIM Home page. See “Navigating the Home page” for details.
• If this is a new installation, perform the initial setup.
The First Time Wizard starts the first time an
administrative rights
signs in to HP SIM. The wizard provides
step-by-step instructions for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM. Additional configuration
options are available through the HP SIM GUI. See “Using the First Time Wizard” and “Performing
initial setup” for details. Only users with administrative rights can configure HP SIM.
• Familiarize yourself with how to schedule and execute tasks. See “Managing with tasks” for details.
• Familiarize yourself with the HP SIM reporting features. See “Reporting” for details.
• If you intend to use the
command line interface
(CLI), review the HP SIM commands. See “Using command
line interface commands” and the
HP SIM 5.2 Command Line Interface Reference Guide
at http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for details.
• Customize the Home page and the System Status panel. See “Customizing the Home page” and
“Customizing the System Status panel” for details.
Related procedures
• Signing in
• Signing out
• Product registration
• Navigating the Home page
• Performing initial setup
• Using command line interface commands
• Customizing the Home page
• Customizing the System Status panel
Related topics
• Product overview
• Monitoring systems, clusters, and events
• Managing with tasks
• Administering systems and events
Product registration
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides an option to register your HP SIM software with HP.
Registration includes the following benefits:
• Notification of software updates
• Product support alerts
• Optional newsletters containing tips and tricks for using HP SIM
Product registration 43