Getting started with HP SIM 5.

1 in a smaller Windows
environment

Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 3
HP SIM basics ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Product architecture.......................................................................................................................... 4
Central management server ........................................................................................................... 5
Managed systems......................................................................................................................... 5
Network clients ............................................................................................................................ 5
Systems and event collections ........................................................................................................ 5
Setting up custom collections ............................................................................................................. 7
Authorizations ................................................................................................................................. 7
Secure access using a web browser ................................................................................................... 7
Why migrate from previous versions of Insight Manager?......................................................................... 7
Managing HP ProLiant 100 series servers ............................................................................................... 8
Managing storage ............................................................................................................................... 8
Managing HP printers .......................................................................................................................... 9
Managing clients ................................................................................................................................. 9
Managing systems running HP-UX or Linux.............................................................................................. 9
Additional HP SIM capabilities ............................................................................................................ 10
Version Control.............................................................................................................................. 10
Reporting ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Tool Definition Files ........................................................................................................................ 10
HP SIM plug-ins ............................................................................................................................. 10
Installation overview and requirements in a Windows environment .......................................................... 11
Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time....................................................................................... 13
Installing HP SIM............................................................................................................................ 13
Signing in to HP SIM ...................................................................................................................... 15
Using the First Time Wizard ............................................................................................................ 16
Configuring WBEM settings......................................................................................................... 17
Configuring SNMP settings.......................................................................................................... 17
Configuring System Automatic Discovery....................................................................................... 18
Adding users to the CMS ............................................................................................................ 18
 Creating users............................................................................................................................ 19
Editing users .............................................................................................................................. 19
Deleting users ............................................................................................................................ 20
Configuring e-mail settings........................................................................................................... 20
Configuring automatic event handling........................................................................................... 20
Finishing the First Time Wizard .................................................................................................... 21
Populating the HP VCRM ................................................................................................................ 22
Setting up Windows managed systems ............................................................................................. 22
Install ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) on managed systems .................................................................. 22
Updating the repository from the HP SmartStart CD............................................................................ 28
Configuring managed system SNMP and security settings ............................................................... 28
Setting up custom collections (optional)............................................................................................. 29
Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 29
Glossary........................................................................................................................................... 31
Additional resources .......................................................................................................................... 32
Introduction
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is HP’s unified server and storage management application that
assists you in managing all HP servers, storage, and system hardware within your IT environment. HP
SIM brings enterprise-level benefits to IT environments ranging from small networks to large corporate
networks. Regardless of the size or complexity of your organization, HP SIM can help you be more
efficient and proactive in identifying, diagnosing, and fixing potential issues for all of your HP
hardware. For example, you can receive notification of drive issues that enable you to replace the
drive under warranty before it fails.

HP SIM ships with all HP ProLiant 300, 500, and 700 series servers, HP XP, EVA, and MSA storage
arrays, and is included in the HP-UX media releases, or it can be downloaded from
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim and implemented quickly. The default management capabilities enable
you to auto-discover systems, monitor system health, deploy system software and firmware updates,
and setup paging or e-mail notifications for pro-active notification of potential problems. HP SIM also
includes a set of fully enabled licenses for value-added options such as patch management and
performance management, which enable you to evaluate these additional capabilities on ProLiant
systems. If you are responsible for managing printers, storage, and clients in addition to servers, HP
SIM provides additional value through consolidated access to specialized tools for managing these
systems.

HP SIM is easy to install and use. This paper guides you through the steps to install a basic HP SIM
configuration in a Microsoft® Windows® environment. For more information about using HP SIM in
other environments, visit the Information Library at:

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html

This paper also describes some of the advanced capabilities of HP SIM that you can implement based
on the needs of your organization.

Five things you should know about HP SIM:

• It is the only unified server and storage manager platform in the industry – it can manage
servers, storage, desktops, printers, and networking equipment and interfaces with
management tools for those systems.

• It can be installed and configured on a Windows XP desktop in less than one hour.

• The graphical user interface (GUI) is intuitive and easy to learn (no extensive training
needed.)

• It provides fault and inventory management for a handful of systems up to thousands of

systems.

• It includes free licenses for HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
(VPM) and other HP ProLiant Essentials value-added plug-ins.

By default, HP SIM provides unified server and storage management including fault, inventory, and
configuration management of all your HP servers and storage. Even if you have little or no experience
using management tools, HP SIM can immediately help you become more proactive in detecting and
solving system problems. HP SIM provides tangible benefits in a wide range of IT environments. For
example:
Sam is an IT administrator in a small firm of lawyers. He manages 5 servers, 50 desktops, 2 storage
arrays, 10 printers, and miscellaneous networking systems. He does not currently use management
tools. If the lawyers have a problem with their systems, they quickly pick up the phone and call him.
Sam does not think that his firm will invest in management tools and he is not sure that he has the time
to learn the software. If Sam used HP SIM, he would receive an e-mail or pager notification of
potential problems with server and storage components such as drives, CPU, and memory, enabling
him to fix issues before the lawyers noticed and phoned him. Answering fewer crisis phone calls
could save Sam much more than the time he would spend learning HP SIM. HP SIM would also help
Sam to quickly locate information on his systems such as serial numbers, model numbers, and
operating system levels as well as enable him to centrally track and update server BIOS, firmware,
and agents. With the addition of the HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management
Pack, he can even scan systems for security vulnerabilities, update operating system and application
patches, and ensure that patches remain installed on the systems.

Colin is an IT administrator in a local community college. He manages over 10 servers, 250

desktops, 3 storage arrays, several printers, and ProCurve network switches. He has spent a lot of
time configuring Compaq Insight Manager 7 for his IT environment, and he appreciates its remote
management capabilities. He knows about HP SIM, but he does not know if the benefits outweigh the
effort to switch from Compaq Insight Manager 7. Colin uses HP Client Manager to manage the
desktops so he will be pleased to know that he can launch HP Client Manager in context within the
HP SIM user interface. He can also get detailed information on his storage arrays and ProCurve
switches. In parallel, Colin has been evaluating vulnerability scanners and patch management
software but he is reluctant to learn new tools to manage his environment. The introduction of the new
HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack that is integrated into HP SIM should
convince Colin to migrate. When Colin decides to upgrade from Compaq Insight Manager 7, he will
find it quick and easy to migrate to HP SIM.

Wilma is an IT administrator in a small department within a large enterprise. She is responsible for
managing the 20 Windows servers and 1 storage array in her local environment. She understands
the benefits of HP SIM for the larger IT environment, but she thinks that it might be too complex and
expensive for her small department. In fact, she prefers to use the old Windows console even though
she knows that it does not support the newest ProLiant servers. First, Wilma needs to know that HP
SIM can be installed on a desktop running Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and she can use
Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine® (MSDE) as her database. MSDE ships with HP SIM at no
additional charge and can be installed along with HP SIM. Because HP SIM is browser-based, Wilma
is not tied to her Windows management console to get information on her servers and storage. She
can sign in from any machine on the network and get secure access to her systems. This means that
even if she is out of the office, she can still manage her servers and storage. Wilma will also be
pleased to know that it is easy to update HP SIM. Instead of having to install a new console with
every agent release, she only has to update event definitions in the console. She will save time and
increase her efficiency as she learns how to make the best use of HP SIM features for updating her
system software, running regular inventory reports, and more.

HP SIM basics
Product architecture
HP SIM can be described by a simple distributed architecture comprising three types of systems – a
central management server (CMS), managed systems, and network clients. Authorized users can
access the CMS through a web browser graphical user interface (GUI) from any network client
running Internet Explorer or Mozilla. It also provides a command line interface (CLI) to allow scripted
operations.
Central management server
Each management domain has a single CMS. The CMS runs the HP SIM software and initiates all
central operations within the domain. The CMS can be a Windows, HP-UX, or Linux machine.
However, this paper assumes that you install the HP SIM software on a Windows system. The CMS
can be a server or a desktop PC that meets the hardware requirements specified in Table 1 later in
this paper.

HP SIM uses a database to store vital management domain information, including authorizations,
systems, users, and more. HP SIM in a Windows environment supports MSDE or Microsoft SQL
2000®, Microsoft SQL 2005, and Oracle databases. MSDE is shipped standard with HP SIM and is
usually sufficient to support an environment of up to 500 managed servers and storage devices. You
do not need a Microsoft SQL server license to use MSDE.

Managed systems
A managed system is any system in the management domain that communicates with the CMS.
Managed systems can include servers, desktops, workstations, storage, printers, laptops, hubs,
storage systems, SANs, management processors, or routers with an IP or IPX address. To get the full
capabilities from HP SIM, ProLiant servers should have one or more management agents installed.
You can install the ProLiant Windows management agents onto ProLiant PL300 series servers and
above directly from HP SIM (refer to Populating the HP VCRM). ProLiant 100 series servers and non-
HP platforms can be managed using standards-based management protocols such as Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) and SNMP. HP storage arrays/infrastructure and non-HP storage
arrays are managed using standards-based management protocols such as SNMP, SMI-S (Storage
Management Initiative Specification) and WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management.)

Network clients
You can access HP SIM from any network client. The network client can be part of the management
domain and must be running a compatible browser to access the GUI or an SSH client application to
securely access the CLI.

Systems and event collections

HP SIM enables you to group systems and events by attributes or by selecting individual systems using
system collections. HP SIM comes with a standard set of system collections that logically group
systems and events based on information in the HP SIM database, such as operating system,
hardware platform, status, event type, and other criteria. In addition, you can create your own
collections that enable you to automatically select systems or events from the database for specific
tasks and monitoring actions. System collections are dynamic; anytime a system reflects the criteria of
an existing collection, it becomes available in that collection.

To create a custom collection:

1. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize
Collections page appears.

2. The Customize Collections page enables you to delete, copy, move, or edit existing
collections or create new collections.

3. Click New.

4. Collection criteria are defined by logical operators and system properties, such as IP address
range, total system memory, operating system type, system type, and so on. You can add as
many criteria as needed to define your collection.

5. After you define the collection, click Save As Collection to save your collection in the
appropriate location.
 6. Test your new collection by selecting it from the System and Event Collections panel.

Refer to Configuring managed system SNMP and security settings.

To successfully monitor and control managed systems, it is important to properly configure SNMP and
agent security settings. The Configure or Repair Agents task makes it easy to configure these settings
across groups of Windows, Linux, or HP-UX systems.

Click ConfigureÆConfigure or Repair Agents. Then configure SNMP and security settings as
follows:

1. Select the collection or individual systems to be configured. If you created a custom collection
in step 1 of the previous section, select the same collection.

2. Enter Windows login credentials. You must input a user name and password that allows HP
SIM to login to the target systems. Click Next.

3. Input the required SNMP and security configuration information as indicated in Figure 1.

4. Click Run Now. After the task is completed, the Task Results page identifies which
configuration operations have succeeded and which have failed.

Figure 1
Setting up custom collections
You can also create private collections (optional) by manually selecting systems. For example, you
might want to group systems by location (servers on the seventh floor) or by owner (finance
department systems). Each private collection displays a status icon representing the most critical status
within the group, enabling administrators to identify problem areas at a glance.

Authorizations
Only users with a valid user ID and password on the CMS can access and perform tasks on a
particular managed system or group of systems. Each user can perform tasks using the tools in a
toolbox authorized for that particular user. There are two default toolboxes in HP SIM including the All
Tools toolbox and the Monitor Tools toolbox. Users who are authorized to use the All Tools toolbox
can perform all administrative tasks and can change the state of managed systems. Occasional users
or non-experts should be authorized to use only the Monitor Tools toolbox. This paper assumes that
you have a small number of authorized users and use only the default toolboxes. Note that toolboxes
and authorizations can be customized for environments with larger numbers of users and different
security needs for different managed systems.

Secure access using a web browser

When you access HP SIM from a web browser, you must sign in using a secure sockets layer (SSL)
connection. Your user name and password for HP SIM is the same as your login credentials for the
Windows operating system running on the CMS. HP SIM uses operating system security and SSL to
ensure strong authentication and data encryption and to minimize the risk of unauthorized access to
the management console.

Why migrate from previous versions of Insight Manager?

One of the key reasons to upgrade HP SIM is to increase the power of the IT administrator with a new
common discovery and management platform for all servers, storage, and IT infrastructure. With the
use of value added plug-ins, HP Integrity Essentials, ProLiant Essentials, and Storage Essentials, that
are tightly integrated with HP SIM, the IT administrator realizes even more administrative efficiencies
and reduced downtime. The Essentials value-added plug-ins supplement basic discovery, reporting,
and configuration with automation, rapid deployment, virtualization, workload management, and
advanced reporting.

As an example, the integration of vulnerability and patch management capabilities with the new HP
ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack enables you to quickly identify and
resolve server security vulnerabilities using one tool instead of three different tools. Customers
evaluating virtual machine technology are also pleased to learn that the Virtual Machine Management
Pack plug-in automatically associates virtual machines with their physical hosts and provides the
ability to copy and migrate virtual machines from one host to another.

HP SIM has a more intuitive and flexible user interface than Compaq Insight Manager 7. It is based
on standard Windows, and provides customizable displays and powerful search capabilities (by
system or event). The ability to centralize access to other HP and third-party management tools
increases your efficiency. For example, you can link MS Terminal services directly to HP SIM to
perform server administration tasks. You can also launch printer management and client management
tools in context.

Although this paper focuses on Windows environments, HP SIM combines the strengths of Insight
Manager 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single tool for managing HP
ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running Microsoft® Windows®, Linux, and HP-UX. The core
HP SIM software delivers the essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms.

Managing HP ProLiant 100 series servers

The HP ProLiant 100 series servers do not support HP Insight Management Agents. Therefore, HP SIM
collects data from ProLiant 100 series servers through Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI),
which provides basic system inventory reporting. Not all data available in standard WMI is shown or
reported in HP SIM.

You should be able to view the following information:

• ROM-based SMBIOS tables populated by the ROM during Power On Self Test (POST)

• Operating system-based information including MAC addresses, IP addresses, domain,

operating system version and serial number, last boot time, current running processes, and
disk information

• Standard operating system driver information including network, and logical and physical
drive storage (from the operating system point of view)

• HP SIM also provides status polling of ProLiant 100 series servers

Managing storage
HP SIM has been significantly upgraded to manage storage devices it supports through the SMI-S
(Storage Management Initiative Specification) standards-based interface. SMI-S complemented with
SNMP enables HP SIM to detect and configure storage systems including Fibre Channel-based
storage arrays and tape libraries, hosts with HBAs, and Fibre Channel switches. Storage devices and
Fibre Channel infrastructure devices are discovered, events are monitored, and data is gathered for
proactive management and asset reporting.

Specific storage data collection includes vendor, model, device status, array capacity, disk RAID type,
port information, LUN information, firmware level, network addresses, part numbers, and component
serial ID’s.

HP SIM in conjunction with the HP Insight Management Agents discovers and monitors Modular Smart
Array (MSA) series storage attached to ProLiant servers. HP SIM tracks physical and logical
configurations and receives prefailure alerts in a manner consistent with internal storage resources.
HP SIM also discovers and launches Command View EVA and Command View XP storage arrays and
launches the array management software running on hosts managed by HP SIM.

In addition, the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) 4.x (where x is the minor
PMP version, for example, 4.1 or 4.2) integrates seamlessly with HP SIM to provide hardware
bottleneck analysis for MSA storage. PMP provides the required tools to receive proactive notification
of developing bottleneck conditions, and debugs existing performance issues on MSA500/MSA1000
shared storage devices. PMP 4.x is automatically installed with HP SIM 5.0 and later.

For value-added storage management functionality such as automated storage provisioning,

application management, and chargeback, the HP Storage Essentials suite offers a full set of modules
which can be deployed individually or as a set. Each of the modules is tightly integrated with HP
SIM, ensuring single sign-on, UI integration, common discovery and reporting. For more information
on HP Storage Essentials visit www.hp.com/go/storageessentials.
Managing HP printers
You can integrate HP Web Jetadmin with HP SIM to extend its management capability to include
printers. The integration of HP Web Jetadmin and HP SIM provides:

• Integrated server and printer discovery with printer drill down. HP SIM enables you to easily
discover a wide variety of printers, drill down on a specific printer, and launch the HP Web
Jetadmin device status page to troubleshoot or manage a printer.

• Easy access to the HP Web Jetadmin console from HP SIM. You can launch the full HP Web
Jetadmin application from the HP SIM menu, enabling quick and seamless access between
the tools.

For links to more information, including a technical white paper and an overview to HP Web
Jetadmin, go to http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc-
JAVA/offweb/vac/us/en/en/network_software/wja_sysinsight_manager.html.

Managing clients
The HP Client Manager Connector for HP SIM enables you to consolidate deployment and
management of HP clients and servers within a single HP SIM console. This software extends the core
functionality of HP SIM with HP client hardware management and provides access to additional Altiris
client lifecycle management functionality.

• You can use the HP Client Manager Connector to:

• Discover and monitor the health of HP clients

• Manage system software updates for HP clients

• Deploy new client systems through an integrated deployment wizard

• Remotely troubleshoot HP client problems using in-depth diagnostic reports

Note: You cannot install the Altiris Notification Server and the HP Client Manager Software on a
system running the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack due to conflicting IIS settings. The Altiris
Notification Server and the Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack can be installed on systems
other than the HP SIM system.

For more information, go to HP Client Management Solutions.

Managing systems running HP-UX or Linux

This paper focuses on the management of Windows systems but HP SIM can also manage HP-UX and
Linux systems.

For more information about HP-UX management capabilities and Integrity systems, refer to
www.hp.com/go/integrityessentials . For information about HP-UX CMS and managed system software
for Virtual Server Environment (VSE) technologies refer to http://hp.com/go/vse.

For more information on the Linux agents for managed systems, go to

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/value-add-software.html.
Additional HP SIM capabilities
HP SIM provides a rich set of functionality to help you be more effective in the management of your IT
environment. After you have completed the basic setup described later in this document, consider
adding the capabilities described below. For more information, refer to the HP SIM User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim or on the HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Management CD
(Management CD).

Version Control
Version Control can save time and support costs by ensuring the consistency of your server system
software. HP SIM catalogs HP system software such as BIOS, system drivers, Insight Management
Agents, HP utilities, and firmware on managed systems, and compares them to those in a standard
baseline set that you define. The system software and the baseline definitions are stored in a Version
Control Repository on the CMS. You can configure the HP Version Control Repository Manager (HP
VCRM) to automatically update or you can schedule regular updates and regular automatic
comparisons of the system software on a managed system with that in a selected baseline set. You
are alerted of discrepancies so that you can use HP SIM to schedule an update of a system or groups
of systems. For more information, refer to the HP SIM User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim or on
the Management CD. For more information regarding Version Control, refer to the manuals at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html.

Note: This paper describes how to install and populate the Version Control Repository to assist in the
initial deployment of the ProLiant Support Pack for Windows to multiple managed systems. To learn
how to set up version control in its entirety, refer to the User Guide mentioned previously.

Reporting
HP SIM collects comprehensive system data, enabling you to quickly produce detailed inventory
reports on an ad-hoc or regular basis. Reports can be saved in HTML, XML or exported to CSV format
for easy incorporation into popular reporting packages, making those monthly reports to management
a snap! And, HP SIM makes it easy to identify systems that might need CPU or memory upgrades
before migrating to the latest operating system. For more information, refer to the HP SIM User Guide
at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim or on the Management CD.

Tool Definition Files

Tool definition files enable you to launch tools on a managed system from the HP SIM menu. Tool
definition files are useful if you have developed your own scripts or in-house applications to assist in
administrative tasks. Tool definition files are simple XML documents that describe the type of tool to be
run, such as command line or web launch, and the title and location of the new menu item. A tool
definition file can also specify any restrictions such as device filters or operating system filters. For
more information, see the HP SIM User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim or on the
Management CD

HP SIM plug-ins
HP SIM plug-in applications improve lifecycle management of HP hardware resources and extend the
breadth of device coverage of HP products in your IT environment. Choose from a growing list of HP
management tools that plug into HP SIM enabling you to:

• Access HP infrastructure management tools from a single console

• More efficiently deploy and manage HP systems

 • Consolidate event management and notification services for HP servers, storage, printers,
clients, power and other devices in a single management tool.

• Have more control and flexibility through modular, extensible, and standards-based
management that can be adapted to meet the needs of your environment. For more
information about plug-ins, go to:

o www.hp.com/go/hpsim
o www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials
o http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/e-suite/index.html

Installation overview and requirements in a Windows

environment
HP SIM is available for download from the HP (hp.com) website and ships at no extra charge with all
ProLiant 300, 500, and 700 series servers, and StorageWorks products. The GUI is intuitive and
easy to learn so you do not need extensive training to start using it.

Figure 2 shows a representation of the HP SIM installation process. First, you must ensure that SNMP,
MDAC2.7 SP1 and TCP/IP is installed on the system that hosts HP SIM and on all managed devices.
After you install the HP SIM software on the host system, this system becomes the CMS. Next, install
and configure management protocols and desired Management Agents on managed systems. The
only management protocol required on managed systems for HP SIM to function properly is SNMP.
Management protocols such as WMI and SSH are not required but can augment the capabilities of
HP SIM.

Figure 2
The hardware, software, and networking requirements for HP SIM in a Windows environment are
shown in Table 1. These requirements are separated by system type for the CMS, managed systems,
and network clients. See HP SIM basics for more information.
Table 1
Central Management Server (CMS) in a Windows environment
Operating System
• Microsoft Windows
2000 Server with
Service Pack 4 for
x86
• Microsoft Windows
2000 Advanced
Server with Service
Pack 4 for x86
• Microsoft Windows
XP Professional with
Service Pack 2 for
x86
• Microsoft Windows
Server 2003
Standard Edition with
Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows
Server 2003
Enterprise Edition with
Service Pack 1
Note: International-French,
German, Italian, Spanish,
and Japanese with the
latest Service Pack are
also supported.
Note: If you are running
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional with Service
Pack 2, you must disable
the Windows firewall or
configure it to allow HP
SIM to communicate with
managed systems on the
network.
Hardware Software Networking
Any HP ProLiant x86 MSDE 2000 with • TCP/IP installed
system with the following Service Pack 3a
• SNMP services installed and
configuration: (bundled with HP SIM) active
or one of the following:
• Minimum: 1.5 GHz
• Domain Name Services
processor with 768 • Microsoft SQL (DNS) server available in
MB RAM Server 2000, environment.
Standard Edition
• 500MB free disk
with Service Pack 3
space
recommended or Service Pack 4
(for Standard
• Recommended: Server operating
2.4-GHz processor system)
with 1 GB RAM
• Microsoft SQL
Note: HP Netserver Server 2000,
platforms can be used Enterprise Edition
as long as the Instant with Service Pack 3
Toptools software is not or Service Pack 4
installed and all other (for "Advanced
requirements are met. Server" operating
system)
• Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
Enterprise with
Service Pack 1 (for
x86, x64, IA64
architectures
• Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
Standard with
Servivce Pack 1 for
x86 architecture
• Oracle 9i Release
2
• ProLiant Support
Pack for Windows
6.30 or later
• Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 with
Service Pack 1
Table 2
Windows Managed systems

Operating System1 Hardware Software Networking

Any HP x86 This software is not • TCP/IP

system required, but if you want installed
• Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server improved management • SNMP
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 capabilities, HP
services
recommends that you
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server installed and
install these components. active
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server • OpenSSH 3.7.1
• Static or
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional • ProLiant Support dynamic host
• Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4.0 Pack 6.30 or later name
resolution
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 • WBEM/WMI
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise • SNMP
Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Windows network clients

Operating System Web browser Software

Windows Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Note: For a full list of all supported operating systems, refer to the HP SIM User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.

1 HP SIM can also manage Linux or NetWare systems. For more information, refer to the HP SIM User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim

or on the HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Management CD (Management CD).

Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time

You can install HP SIM from the Management CD or download a self-extracting file available from
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim. The following procedure is for installing HP SIM from the HP ProLiant
Essentials Foundation Pack Management CD that ships with HP ProLiant servers.

Installing HP SIM
By default, the Typical installation includes HP SIM, the SSH Server, the WMI Mapper, HP
Performance Management Pack, System Management Homepage (HP SMH), Virtual Machine
Management Pack , HP Server Migration Pack and HP VCRM (see Table 3). If you do not want to
install a particular component at this time, use the Custom installation. You can re-run setup.exe at any
time and use the Custom installation to load the component.

Table 3
Installation Component Typical Installation Custom Installation

System Management Homepage 9 9

OpenSSH for Windows 3.7.1p1-1 9 Optional

WMI Mapper 9 Optional

HP Systems Insight Manager 9 9

HP ProLiant Essentials Performance 9 Optional

Management Pack

HP Version Control Repository 9 Optional

Manager
HP ProLiant Essentials Virtualization 9 Optional
Management Software

HP SIM Installation Information 9 Optional

Note: Before you proceed with the custom install, if you are going to install ProLiant Essentials
Performance Management Pack, HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack, or the HP
SMH, refer to the following documents for specific username requirements for the product
administrator, service account and DB administrator.

For more information refer to the:

• HP Performance Management Pack documentation at http://www.hp.com/products/pmp

• HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack User Guide at

http://www.hp.com/servers/proliantessentials/vmm

• System Management Homepage Installation Guide at

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html

General steps to install components:

1. Insert the HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack Management CD in the CD-ROM drive. The
installer autorun screen appears listing the contents in the Products tab.

2. Click Install on the HP SIM page. Then select Install located next to the HP SIM (Windows)
listing to launch the Installer.

3. The HP SIM Installer screen appears. Click Install. This portion of the installation checks for
previous versions of HP SIM running on the system and initiates an upgrade process if one is
found.

4. If no previous versions of HP SIM are found, the core HP SIM installer starts. Click Next to
begin the HP SIM installation.

5. If no database is detected on the local system, the installer provides an option to install
MSDE. If you plan to install the database locally, select the Install MSDE option, enter
password for the administrator, and click Next. If you plan to connect to a remote database,
enter the database host name, domain name of the database host, database name, and
password for accessing the database. Click Next.

6. After the MSDE installation has completed, Select installation Type is displayed.

7. Under Select Installation Type, select Custom if you want to deselect a component or
change individual component settings for the drive, installation directory, or program group.
If you perform a Typical installation, the packages selected by the installer by default will be
installed. Refer to the HP SIM Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft® Windows
on the Management CD for assistance.

8. When you are prompted for your account credentials, enter your login password. Click Next.

9. The Install Summary screen appears. Click Install.

The components are installed sequentially, and the status of each component installation
appears. Installation times vary depending on the speed of the host server processor. After all
components have been installed, they have an installed status. Click Next. The
 Registration page appears. Enter the product key for HP SIM in the given fields and click
Register Now. Click Register Later if you want to register later.

10. The Installation Complete page appears. The page includes a link attached with the
page to view more information regarding Version Control. You must reboot the server after
installation. Select Yes, reboot this system now and click Finish to reboot the server, or
select No, I will reboot later and click Finish to reboot later..

11. In the HP Systems Insight Manager Setup screen, click Finish.

12. Restart the HP Systems Insight Manager host system.

Signing in to HP SIM
1. After the system restarts, test the installation by signing in to HP SIM using one of the
following methods:

• If you are browsing locally, double-click the HP SIM icon on the Windows desktop.

• If you are browsing remotely, type HTTPS://CMSMachineName:50000 in the Address

bar (where CMSMachineName is the name of your CMS).

Note: After you restart the CMS, it might take a few minutes for the HP SIM HTTP server to
initialize.

2. Enter the user credentials that you provided during the installation; the HP SIM GUI (Figure 3)
appears. The System and Event Collections panel on the left side of the user interface is pre-
populated with a number of default system and event collections. For a complete description
of these collections, refer to the HP SIM User Guide in the HP SIM Information Library at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.

3 During the installation of MSDE, you might be asked to restart the system. If so, restart the system and restart the HP SIM installation process. You

are not asked to install MSDE when you re-start the installation process.
Figure 3

Using the First Time Wizard

The First Time Wizard starts the first time a full configuration rights user signs into HP SIM. The
administrative account used to install HP SIM is the initial full configuration rights account. If the
wizard is canceled before completion, it restarts each time a user with full configuration rights signs
in. You can cancel and disable the wizard from starting automatically by selecting the Do not
automatically show this wizard again checkbox. The wizard can be started manually by selecting
Options Æ First Time Wizard.

The First Time Wizard provides step-by-step instructions for performing the initial configuration of HP
SIM. Additional configuration options are available in the HP SIM GUI.

The First Time Wizard helps you configure the following settings on the CMS. After configuring a
setting, click Next to continue the First Time Wizard setup procedure.

Note: The selections you make in the First Time Wizard are not applied until you click Finish on the
summary page.

1. Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) protocol. Enter the default WBEM user names
and passwords. This information is used to discover systems that use the WBEM management
protocol.

2. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Enter the read community strings to use for
all newly discovered systems. Community strings set up the authentication that allows
communication between HP SIM and a managed system. This information is used to discover
systems that use the SNMP management protocol.

3. Automatic discovery. Use the wizard to enable discovery, set up the discovery schedule, and
enter the IP address ranges that include the systems you want to discover. Discovery is the
process HP SIM uses to find and identify the systems on your network and populate the
 database with information. A system must be discovered to collect data and track system
health status.

4. User settings. Add the operating system user accounts that will be used to sign in to HP SIM.
These accounts associate a user account with privilege levels in HP SIM.

5. E-mail settings. Enter the e-mail settings the CMS will use to send e-mail notifications. You can
set up Automatic Event Handling tasks that cause HP SIM to send e-mails when the CMS
receives a specific event.

6. Automatic Event Handling. Define a task that will cause the CMS to send e-mail notifications
based on the selected event criteria or event collection.

Note: The First Time Wizard configures only the basic settings of HP SIM. Refer to the HP SIM
Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows and the HP SIM User Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim for more information.

Configuring WBEM settings

HP SIM uses the WBEM protocol to communicate with managed systems. You can enter WBEM
settings in the First Time Wizard or in the HP SIM GUI. To disable WBEM communication or enter
settings in the GUI, select Options Æ Protocol Settings Æ Global Protocol Settings.

If you do not have WBEM systems in your network, you do not need to enter information here. If you
have WBEM systems, and you do not enter the usernames and passwords for these systems, HP SIM
will not discover them.

Refer to the HP SIM User Guide for information on fine tuning protocol settings for a single system or a
group of similar systems.

1. In the User Name, Password, and Confirm Password boxes, enter the credentials and enter
as many default user names and passwords as needed by clicking Add. These defaults apply
to all newly discovered systems.

If your network includes storage systems, enter the user name and password of each SMI
CIMOM in this section. For example, if you have an HP HBA (Emulex OEM) for Windows,
you would enter username cimadmin and password pwd580. Refer to your storage system’s
SMI-S provider documentation for information about the SMI CIMOM username and
password.

The system identification process attempts each user name and password pair until a
successful response is obtained. Future WBEM requests to a system use the user name and
password that succeeded. For Windows-based systems, the user name must include the
domain name, for example, domainname\username.

Note: Enter the name and password pairs such that root and administrator passwords are
listed first and user and guest passwords are listed second. This order minimizes the search
time.

2. Click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step.

Configuring SNMP settings

HP SIM uses SNMP to communicate with managed systems. Community strings set up the
authentication that allows communication between HP SIM and a managed system. You can enter
read community strings in the First Time Wizard, or in the HP SIM GUI. To disable SNMP
communication, enter community strings, or control other SNMP settings not available in the wizard,
select Options Æ Protocol Settings Æ Global Protocol Settings.
If you do not have SNMP systems in your network, you do not need to enter information here. If you
have SNMP systems, and you do not enter read community strings that match these systems, HP SIM
will not discover them.

Refer to the HP SIM User Guide for information on fine tuning protocol settings for a single system or
a group of similar systems.

1. In the Read community string boxes, enter the read community string and enter as many
community strings as needed by clicking Add. Community strings are case-sensitive and
apply to all newly discovered systems.

The identification process attempts communication to a system, using each read community in
succession until a successful response is obtained. Future SNMP requests use the community
string that provided a successful response.

2. Click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step.

Configuring System Automatic Discovery

HP SIM uses automatic discovery to find and identify systems on the network. The System Automatic
Discovery task is the default discovery task, and is disabled by default. You can enable and configure
the System Automatic Discovery task in the First Time Wizard, or by selecting Options Æ
Discovery.

If the System Automatic Discovery task is enabled, it will run immediately at the conclusion of this
wizard to initially populate the HP SIM database.

You can create additional automatic discovery tasks by selecting Options Æ Discovery and
entering the details, and you can run manual discovery to discover single systems. Refer to the HP SIM
User Guide for more information.

1. To enable the System Automatic Discovery task, select the Automatically execute discovery
every check box. If you do not enable the System Automatic Discovery task at this time,
discovery will not take place until you select Options Æ Discovery, and enable a discovery
task or select a task and click Run Now.

2. If you want System Automatic Discovery to run on a regular schedule, enter the periodic run
interval and time of day to run the task.

3. In the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files box, enter the IP
addresses to include for pinging. For example, if your local subnet IP ranges from 1 to 254,
the default Ping inclusion ranges, enter 172.25.76.1-172.25.76.254. Refer to the HP SIM
User Guide for more information on entering IP ranges.

Note: To discover SMI-S storage systems, you must add the IP address of each SMI CIMOM to
the System Automatic Discovery task. Alternatively, you can create a separate discovery task for
your SMI CIMOMs. Refer to the HP SIM User Guide for more information.

4. Click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step.

Adding users to the CMS

In HP SIM, user administration involves adding, editing, and removing users. You can configure users
in the First Time Wizard, or by selecting Options Æ Security Æ Users and Authorizations. Additional
configuration options such as user groups and reports are available in the GUI.

For information and procedures not shown in the First Time Wizard, refer to the HP SIM User Guide.
Creating users
1. Click New. The New User section appears.

2. In the Login name [on central management server (CMS)] box, enter the operating
system login account name to be used to sign in to HP SIMT. This information is required.

Note: The user cannot sign in to HP SIM if the account is not a valid login. The account is not
validated until the user tries to sign in to HP SIM.

3. In the Domain (Windows domain for login name) box, enter the Windows domain
name for the login name if the CMS is running a Windows operating system. If left blank, the
system name of the CMS is used as the domain.

4. Enter the user's full name, phone number, and e-mail address in the appropriate boxes.

5. In the Copy all authorizations of this user or [template] box, select a template or
user that has the authorizations you want to assign to the login account you are creating. The
following predefined templates are available:

• Administrator. This template automatically gives the user full configuration rights on the
CMS and includes the All Tools toolbox for the CMS and for All Managed Systems.

• Operator. This template gives the user limited configuration rights on the CMS and
includes authorizations for the Monitor Tools toolbox on the CMS and the All Tools
toolbox on All Managed Systems.

• User. This template gives the user no configuration rights on the CMS and includes
authorizations for the Monitor Tools toolbox for the CMS and All Managed Systems.

If you do not want to select an existing user or template, select None.

6. In the Central management server configuration rights section, select the level of authority to
assign to the new user from the following options. This is a required setting. If you selected an
existing user or template in the previous step, this information is already entered for you.

• full, allowed to modify all central management server settings. Allows the user total
control of the database. Users can run discovery of systems and data collection; define
users and authorizations; set Cluster Monitor configuration; configure licensing and
protocol settings; and create, modify, delete, and run reports, snapshot comparisons,
tools, custom commands, events, automation tasks, and so on.

• limited, allowed to create/modify/delete all reports and their own tools. Allows the user to
create new reports, edit any reports, and delete any reports (including the predefined
reports).

• none, no configuration of central management server allowed. Allows the user to view
and run predefined reports on the CMS and all managed systems. However, the user has
no configuration rights on the CMS or on the managed systems.

7. Click OK to save and close the New User section, or click Apply to save this user and enter
more users.

8. When you are finished entering users, click Next to go to the next First Time Wizard step.

Editing users
1. Select a user and click Edit. The Edit User section appears.
 2. Make changes to the user information, and click OK.

Deleting users
1. Select a user and click Delete. HP SIM prompts you to confirm the deletion.

2. Click OK.

Configuring e-mail settings

You can configure HP SIM to send e-mail notifications via the Automatic Event Handler. Before the
CMS can send notifications, you must configure the e-mail settings it will use.

1. Access the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host and CMS e-mail settings through the
First Time Wizard, or select Options Æ Events Æ Automatic Event Handling Æ E-
mail Settings. The E-mail Settings page appears.

2. Enter the SMTP host name. The SMTP host is the outgoing e-mail server that the CMS will use
to send e-mail notifications.

3. Enter the e-mail address that the management server will use when sending e-mail
notifications in the Sender's email address box.

4. To authenticate your SMTP server, select Server Requires Authentication.

5. Enter the account user name and password in the corresponding boxes.

6. If you are using the First Time Wizard, click Next to go to the next step.

Note: If you did not enter a valid SMTP host, HP SIM notifies you that it will not be able to send e-
mail notifications. Click OK if you do not want to enter e-mail settings now, or click Cancel and enter
a valid SMTP host.

If you are using the HP SIM GUI, click OK to save changes.

Note: If the Server Requires Authentication option is selected, and you enter incorrect account
information, e-mail event notifications will not reach their intended recipients.

Configuring automatic event handling

Automatic event handling enables HP SIM to perform an action when a specific event occurs. The First
Time Wizard lets you define one task, based on an existing event collection that will send an e-mail
notification when an event matching the event collection attributes occurs. For example, you could
configure HP SIM to send an e-mail to the system administrator whenever a failed login event occurs.
Perform the following procedure to define a task in the First Time Wizard. The name of this Automatic
Event task is the System Event Handler task.

Additional options for defining event handling tasks are available when you select Options Æ Events
Æ Automatic Event Handling. You can configure HP SIM to send a page, run a custom command,
assign an event, forward an event as an SNMP trap, write the event to the system log, or clear an
event. For more information, refer to the HP SIM User Guide.

Complete the following procedure to define the System Event Handler task. If you do not want to
define a task, click Next to skip this step.

1. In the Criteria: Attribute-driven event collection box, select the event collection from the
following options:

• Important Uncleared Events

 • All Server Migration Events

• All Failed Login Events

• All Events

• Important Events

• Informational Events

• All Virtual Machine Management Events

• All HP Service Events

Click View to see a description of the selected criteria.

2. Ensure that the Send e-mail box is selected. Enter the following information:

1. In the To field, enter the list of e-mail addresses that should receive the notification,
separating each entry with a comma.

2. In the CC field, enter any e-mail address that should receive a copy of the e-mail,
separating each entry with a comma.

3. In the Subject field, enter a note describing the subject of the e-mail.

4. In the Message Format field, select from the following formats based on the encoding
preference of the recipient:

o Standard. A default message format that sends a text e-mail message to the
recipients

o Pager/SMS. An e-mail message formatted with the same information and format
as a pager message is sent to the recipients

o HTML. An e-mail message in HTML format is sent to the recipients

5. In the Encoding field, select from the following formats:

o Western European (ISO-8859-1)

o Unicode (UTF-8)

o Japanese (ISO-2022-JP)

o Japanese (Shift_JIS)

o Japanese (EUC-JP)

6. Click Next to save your settings and view a summary of the selections you made in the
First Time Wizard.

Finishing the First Time Wizard

When you are finished entering information in the First Time Wizard, review your selections on the
Summary Page and click Finish to save them. Click Close t6 close the First Time Wizard
window.
If you enabled Automatic Discovery, discovery runs when you exit the First Time Wizard. If you did
not enable Automatic Discovery, discovery will not take place until you select Options Æ
Discovery, and enable a discovery task or select a task and click Run Now.

Populating the HP VCRM

The HP VCRM is a repository that stores the software and firmware components used to support
ProLiant servers on Windows and Linux platforms. By default, the HP VCRM is installed on the HP SIM
central management server; however, you can specify a custom directory or server location.

You can use the HP VCRM as a central point to define software baselines and to automate the
installation and change management of HP software and firmware updates to production systems.

The automatic update feature of the HP VCRM is the preferred solution for updating repositories
automatically. The automatic update feature of the HP VCRM keeps servers connected to HP for
proactive delivery of the latest HP ProLiant and Integrity Support Packs and components directly to a
specified repository. You can configure the automatic population of the repository during the HP
VCRM installation or after installation. In the event you cannot use the automatic update feature, you
can populate the repository from the HP SmartStart CD.

Setting up Windows managed systems

Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. Follow the steps below to set up your Windows managed systems. Install the ProLiant Support
Pack (PSP) and set up SNMP traps on all managed systems. You can set up your managed systems
one at a time or in groups. This guide uses the group approach.

Note: HP SIM requires that an SMI-S provider is installed and configured for many of the storage
devices it supports. For more information, go to the HP SIM SMI-S Provider webpage at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers.

Install ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) on managed systems

The Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install process enables you to install a ProLiant Support Pack to a
Windows system because you do not have any HP Insight Management Agents, especially HP
Version Control Agent (HP VCA), installed. This process also configures the systems to use the trust
certificate from the HP SIM and the setting to use the desired HP Version Control Repository Manager.

Note: The Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install feature is only supported on Windows central
management servers.

The target system must be a Windows system. The Install Software and Firmware feature in HP SIM
requires that the HP VCRM be installed on servers containing a repository. Installing the HP VCRM is
not part of this procedure. For more information regarding installing the Version Control Repository
Manager, refer to the HP Version Control Installation Guide at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentation.html.

Note: You must have Windows administrator privileges on target systems to install a ProLiant Support
Pack.

Note: The Install Software and Firmware and the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install tasks are only
available to systems running a properly configured HP VCA. Running the Initial ProLiant Support Pack
task enables you to install the HP VCA quickly and easily.

Note: For more information regarding ProLiant Support Packs, refer to the HP ProLiant Support Pack
and Deployment Utilities User Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/manage/psp.html.
To install a ProLiant Support Pack:

1. Select Deploy Æ Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents Æ Initial ProLiant Support Pack
Install. The Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install page appears. (Figure 4).

Figure 4

2. Select the target systems on which to install PSP. Systems that are not running management
agents do not show up as servers, so you might find it easier to select the All Systems list or
select individual systems from the All Systems list. After you have selected your target systems,
you might want to click Save As Collection to create a new system list containing your target
devices. You might find this list useful when configuring agent and SNMP settings in the next
section.

3. Verify Target Systems. HP SIM checks your selections. If you have selected target systems that
are not supported by the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install task, you are asked to edit your
selection. Click Next.

4. Enter Windows login credentials.

a. In the User name field, enter the Windows administrator user name for the target
system.

b. In the Password field, enter the administrator password for the Windows user
name entered above.

c. In the Password (Verify) field, reenter the Windows administrator password

exactly as it was entered in the Password field.

d. In the Domain field, enter the Windows domain.

Note: This field can be left blank if the system is not part of a domain.

5. Click Next. The Select a Windows Support Pack page appears.

6. Under Select a Support Pack to Install, select a support pack to install. Click the icon
to drill down and view the contents of the Version Control Repository that you selected.

Note: To expand the System Software Baseline to display all contents, click the icon
located in the upper left corner of the Select a Support Pack to Install section. Click the icon
to collapse the listings as shown in Figure 5.

7. Select Install and initialize SSH (Secure Shell) if you want to install and configure OpenSSH on
the target systems. This option is disabled by default.
 8. (Optional) Select Force downgrade or re-install the same version if you are installing
a ProLiant Support Pack that is older than or the same as the version currently installed. This
option is disabled by default.

9. By default, Reboot systems if necessary after successful install is selected. You can
deselect this option if you do not want to reboot after the installation. However, the system must
be rebooted for the new ProLiant Support Pack to be available.

4This procedure only works for Windows systems. If you want to deploy the Linux PSP to groups of ProLiant servers, HP recommends scripting the
deployment using the Linux Deployment Utility (LDU). For more information on the Linux Deployment Utility download documentation from the HP
website at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.

Figure 5

10. Click Next. The Configure Support Pack page appears.

• If you select a ProLiant Support Pack 7.20 or later, the following options display.

o Click Configure System Management Homepage to set up the Support Pack to

establish a trust relationship with HP SMH when it is installed on target systems.
The Welcome to the Configuration Wizard for the HP System Management
Homepage Component page appears.

Note: If the Support Pack has already been configured, you can skip this step.

Note: Refer to Networking and Security - Trusted Certificates in the HP

SIM User Guide for more information on setting up a trust relationship. After the
trust relationship is established, click Last Update to update the status to trusted.

To configure the HP SMH:

a. From the Welcome to the Configuration Wizard for the HP

System Management Homepage Component page, click Next.
The Operating Systems Groups page appears.

b. In the Group Name field, enter the name of an operating system group
that you want to assign. For example, vcadmin.

c. In the Operating Level field, select the appropriate level for the new group
from the dropdown list.

Note: The default Administrators Groups always has administrative

access.

d. Click Add to assign the group. The new group appears under the
operating system group which it was assigned.

Note: You can add up to five entries per operating system group.

e. Click Next. You can click Save to save your changes up to this point, or
click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard.
f. Local and Anonymous access enables you to select the appropriate
settings to include:

• Anonymous Access. Anonymous Access is disabled by default.

Enabling Anonymous Access enables a user to access the HP SMH
without logging in. Select this option to allow anonymous access.

CAUTION: HP does not recommend the use of anonymous access.

• Local Access. Local Access is disabled by default. Enabling it means

you can locally gain access to the HP SMH without being challenged
for authentication. This means that any user with access to the local
console is granted full access if Administrator is selected. If
Anonymous is selected, any local user has access limited to unsecured
pages without being challenged for a username and password. Select
this option to allow local access.

CAUTION: HP does not recommend the use of local access unless

your management server software enables it.

g. Click Next. You can click Save to save your changes up to this point, or
click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard.

h. The Trust Mode options enable you to select the security required by your
system. There are some situations that require a higher level of security
than others. Therefore, you are given the following security options:

• Trust by Certificate. Sets the System Management Homepage to

accept configuration changes only from HP SIM servers with trusted
certificates. This mode requires the submitted server to provide
authentication by means of certificates. This mode is the strongest
method of security since it requires certificate data and verifies the
digital signature before allowing access. If you do not want to enable
any remote configuration changes, leave Trust by Certificate selected,
and leave the list of trusted systems empty by avoiding importing any
certificates.

Note: HP strongly recommends using this option as it is more secure.

To trust by certificate:

a. Select Trust by Certificate and click Next.

b. In the Certificate Name field, click Browse to select the

certificate file. After the certificate file is selected, the certificate
data is displayed on the screen.

c. Click Add. The certificate appears under Certificate Files. You

can click Save to save your changes up to this point, or click
Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard.

d. Click Next. The IP Binding page appears.

• Trust by Name. Sets the HP SMH to accept certain configuration

changes only from servers with the HP SIM names designated in the
Trust By Name field. The Trust By Name option is easy to configure.
 For example, you might use the Trust by Name option if you have a
secure network with two separate groups of administrators in two
separate divisions. It prevents one group from installing software to
the wrong system. This option verifies only the HP SIM server name
submitted.

Note: HP strongly recommends using the Trust by Certificate option

as the other options are less secure.

The server name option must meet the following criteria:

• Each server name must be less than 64 characters

• The overall length of the server name list is less than 1,024
characters

• Special characters should not be included as part of the server

name: ~ ' ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = \ " : ' < > ? , |

• Semicolons are used to separate server names

To trust by name:

a. Select Trust by Name and click Next.

b. In the Trusted Server Name field, enter the server name to be

trusted.

c. Click Add. The trusted system name appears under the Trusted
Servers list. You can click Save to save your changes up to this
point, or click Cancel to discard the changes and close the
wizard.

d. Click Next. The IP Binding page appears.

• Trust All. Sets the HP SMH to accept certain configuration changes from any
system.

Note: HP strongly recommends using the Trust by Certificate option as the

other options are less secure.

To trust all servers:

a. Select Trust All. You can click Save to save your changes up to this
point, or click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard.

b. Click Next. The IP Binding page appears.

IP Binding specifies from which IP addresses the HP SMH accepts requests

from and provides control over which nets and subnets requests are
processed.

Administrators can configure the HP SMH to only bind to addresses specified

in the IP Binding page. A maximum of five subnet IP addresses and
netmasks can be defined.
 An IP address on the server is bound if it matches one of the entered IP
Binding addresses after the mask is applied.

Note: The HP SMH always binds to 127.0.0.1. If IP Binding is enabled and

no subnet/mask pairs are configured, then the HP SMH is only available to
127.0.0.1. If IP Binding is not enabled, you bind to all addresses.

To configure IP Binding:

a. Select IP Binding. The IP Binding page appears.

b. Enter the IP address.

c. Enter the Netmask.

d. Click Add. The IP binding configuration is saved and appears under the
IP Binding List.

e. Click Next. The IP Restricted Login page appears.

The IP Restricted Login enables the HP SMH to restrict log in access based on
the IP address of a system.

You can set address restriction at installation time or it can be set by

administrators from the IP Restricted Login page

a. If an IP address is excluded, it is excluded even if it is also listed in the

included box.

b. If there are IP addresses in the inclusion list, then only those IP addresses
are allowed log-in access with the exception of localhost.

c. If no IP addresses are in the inclusion list, then log in access is allowed

to any IP addresses not in the exclusion list.

To include or exclude IP addresses:

a. In the From field, enter the IP addresses to include or exclude. You can
enter an IP address range to be included or excluded by entering a
beginning IP address in the From field and an ending IP address in the
To field.

b. From the Type field, select Include or Exclude.

c. Click Add to add the IP address or IP address range to the Inclusion List
or Exclusion List below.

d. Click Save. The HP System Management Homepage Login page for

the HP SMH system appears. For more information about HP SMH, refer
to the System Management Homepage Online Help at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/documentat
ion.html

11. Click Configure Version Control Agent to set up the HP VCA in the selected Support
Pack.
Note: If the HP VCA has already been configured, you can skip this step.
 To configure the HP VCA:

a. In the Computer Name field, enter the name of the system where the HP VCRM is
installed.

b. In the Login Account field, enter the login name used to connect to the HP VCRM on the
system specified.

c. In the Login Password field, enter the password associated with the login name specified.

d. Click Save to save your settings. Click Cancel to discard your settings and close the
Version Control Agent Setup page.

e. Click Next.

12. Back in HP SIM, click Next to start the ProLiant Support Pack download. The Download Support
Pack page appears.

13. After the support pack is downloaded, click Schedule to create a scheduled task for the Initial
ProLiant Support Pack Install to run or click Run Now to run the task immediately.

Updating the repository from the HP SmartStart CD

To populate the repository with ProLiant Support Packs from the HP SmartStart CD 6.0 or later:

1. Insert the HP SmartStart CD in the CD-ROM drive. The SmartStart welcome screen appears.

2. Click Populate a version control repository with the ProLiant Support Packs available on this
HP SmartStart CD. A screen appears asking you to enter a machine name.

3. In the Machine Name field, enter the name of the machine that has the repository installed.

4. Click Populate. Click Clear to clear the Machine Name field or Back to return to the previous
screen. The System Management Homepage Login appears.

5. In the User field, select the login account for the HP SMH.

6. In the Password field, enter the password associated with the login that you entered.

7. Click OK. The Upload Support Pack(s) page appears.

Configuring managed system SNMP and security settings

To successfully monitor and control managed systems, it is important to properly configure SNMP and
agent security settings. The Configure or Repair Agents task makes it easy to configure these settings
across groups of Windows systems.

Click ConfigureÆConfigure or Repair Agents. Then configure SNMP and security settings as follows:
1. Select the collection or individual systems you wish to configure. If you created a custom
collection in step 1 of the previous section, select the same collection.

2. Enter Windows login credentials. You must input a user name and password that allows
HP SIM to login to the target systems. Click Next.

3. Input the required SNMP and security configuration information as indicated in Figure 6. Click
Run Now. After the task is completed, the Task Results page identifies which configuration
operations have succeeded and which have failed.
Figure 6

Setting up custom collections (optional)

The System and Event Collections panel of the HP SIM GUI provides a powerful way to manage
your systems. Working with system collections increases your efficiency because you can perform a
task on each system in a system collection with a single task.

To create a custom collection:

1. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections
page appears.
2. The Customize Collections page enables you to delete, copy, move, or edit existing
collections or create new collections.
3. Click New.
4. Collection criteria are defined by logical operators and system properties, such as IP address
range, total system memory, operating system type, system type, and so on. You can add as
many criteria as needed to define your collection.
5. After you define the collection, click Save As to save your collection in the appropriate
location.
6. Test your new collection by selecting it from the System and Event Collections panel.

Summary
After you complete the HP SIM installation, the core capabilities of the software enables you to
automatically discover systems, monitor system health, deploy system software and firmware updates,
and set up paging or e-mail notifications for proactive notification of potential problems.
As your needs grow, you can easily integrate value added plug-ins into the base CMS to deliver
management across the server and storage lifecycle. These plug-ins include applications for rapid
deployment, vulnerability and patch management, virtual machine management partition
management, performance management, and others. You can also customize your management
platform with off-the-shelf or internally developed scripts and applications.

Finally, you can further extend the capabilities of HP SIM with plug-ins for HP clients, storage, power,
and printer products, enabling management of your entire HP infrastructure.
Glossary
central management A system in the management domain that executes the HP SIM software. All central operations
server (CMS) within HP SIM are initiated from this system.

HP VCRM (Version An HP agent that enables a customer to manage HP provided software stored in a user-defined
Control Repository repository.
Manager)

HTTPS (Hyper Text The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTPS is HTTP over SSL, a protocol that
Transfer Protocol) supports sending data securely over the Web. HTTPS is used to access WBEM data and ProLiant
agent information. Digital certificates are used instead of user names and passwords to establish
trust between the agent and the central management server (CMS). The certificate of the CMS
should be loaded into each agent to be managed by that CMS.

SNMP (Simple SNMP is one of the management protocols supported by HP SIM. Traditional management
Network protocol used extensively by networking systems and most servers. MIB-2 is the standard
Management information available consistently across all vendors.
Protocol)

SSH (Secure Shell) SSH is a program that enables you to log into another system over a network and execute
commands on that system. It also enables you to move files from one system to another, and it
provides authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. SSH uses a
public/private key pair to provide a secure mechanism to authenticate and encrypt
communication. The private key is kept secure on the CMS, while the public key is installed on
each managed system.

SSL (Secure Sockets Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol for enabling secure communications over an HTTP session. It
Layer) uses public/private key algorithms to authenticate and encrypt data communication across the
network.

SMI-S provider An industry-standard WBEM provider that implements a well defined interface for storage
management. The manufacturers of host bus adapters (HBAs), switches, tape libraries, and storage
arrays can either integrate SMI-S providers with their systems, or provide them as separate
software packages.

system collection System collections provide a way to search the HP SIM database for systems that share common
attributes, such as operating system type or hardware type. System collections can also be
arbitrary collections of systems. Systems can belong to one or more system collections.

WBEM (Web-Based WBEM is an Industry initiative to provide management of systems, networks, users, and
Enterprise applications across multiple vendor environments. WBEM simplifies system management,
Management) providing better access to both software and hardware data that is readable by WBEM compliant
applications.

WMI (Windows An API in the Windows operating system that enables systems in a network, typically enterprise
Management networks, to be managed and controlled.
Instrumentation)
Additional resources
For additional information, refer to the resources detailed below.

Resource description Web address

HP SIM web site http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/

To download the latest version http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/download.html

of HP SIM

Migrating from Insight http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html

Manager™ 7 to HP SIM

Moving HP SIM to a New http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html

System

HP SIM QuickSpecs http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/quickspecs.html

HP SIM white papers and http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html

technical documentation

HP Storage Essentials www.hp.com/go/storageessentials/

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