HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

1. Access the System Protocol Settings page by selecting Tools→System Information→System
Page.
2. Select the target system.
3. Click Run Now.
4. Select Links→System Protocol Settings.
Related procedures
• Setting global protocols
• Setting protocols and credentials for a system or groups of systems
• Setting protocols for a single system
Related topic
• Global protocols
• Using the First Time Wizard
Setting global protocols
You can set default system-wide protocols settings. These defaults apply to all newly discovered systems . For
passwords or community strings, the default list is repeated until one string works (if at all). HP recommends
putting the most often used passwords or community strings first in the list. In the following procedure, all
sections are optional but highly recommended for proper management of systems.
WARNING! If your environment's security policy includes account lockout after a specific number of failed
attempts, system protocol settings should be used instead of global protocol settings. You cannot configure
system protocol settings until discovery has been run once, making sure none of the account lockout accounts
are configured in the global protocol settings. See “Setting protocols and credentials for a system or groups
of systems” for information on configuring system protocol settings.
NOTE: If you access the Global Protocol Settings page from the Automatic Discovery - General
Settings page, click Automatic Discovery at the top of the page to return to the Automatic Discovery
- General Settings page. Otherwise, this option is not available.
NOTE: You can configure some global protocol settings in the First Time Wizard. See “Using the First Time
Wizard” for more information.
To set global management protocol settings:
1. Select Options→Protocol Settings→Global Protocol Settings. The Global Protocol Settings
page appears.
2. In the Default ping settings section, choose from the following options:
• (Recommended) Use the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for system reachability
(ping) check. This setting is the default.
• Use the TCP protocol for system reachability (ping) check port number 80. Select this setting
if your company has disabled Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) on the corporate network
or if the corporate policy mandates system firewall software to filter ICMP requests.
Windows XP has this feature built in and can prevent systems from being automatically discovered.
This option enables you to run HP SIM and ping all available systems.
This option applies to only IP-based systems and is available for global, system-wide settings that
are used when managing all systems in HP SIM. It is used by automatic discovery, hardware status
polling, the ping tool, and any other tool that must verify system availability. This option is not
available on a single-system basis.
When HP SIM attempts a connection request to a system, that system does not need any additional
software running on it for this option to work. For example, HP does not require that a web server
be running on port 80. Some networking systems might not respond to the TCP request, which is
typically seen in low-end networking equipment. You can make manual additions, if necessary.
However, this system displays as Critical if hardware status polling is run.
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