HP ProLiant DL320e Gen8 Server - Manual (Page 31)

1. Select which monitoring and management protocols to install.
Options include:
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AMS
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HP WBEM Providers
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SNMP
Description Management protocol
HP recommends installing AMS, so that this service can automatically send pre-failure
messages to HP Support. There are no configuration settings for AMS.
AMS is a service that collects OS configuration information about events and provides
this information to the iLO Active Health System log. Collected information may include
server inventory information about installed applications, information about processes
(including processes running, system name, IP address, and OS installed), and NIC
information that iLO cannot access.
When AMS is installed on Windows systems, the Agentless Management Service Control
Panel is installed, which you can use to enable, or, disable AMS, and to uninstall AMS.
AMS runs in the OS context, but it is not an agent in the traditional sense. The information
that AMS provides to iLO is a very small subset of the data that the traditional SNMP
agents provide; therefore, AMS is a very lightweight component. AMS consumes less
memory and CPU cycles compared to the in-band SNMP agents.
For more information about iLO and AMS, see the HP iLO 4 User Guide on the HP
website (
http://www.hp.com/go/ilo ).
If you plan to use the HP System Management Homepage (which is installed by default
and usually utilizes SNMP agents), do one of the following:
AMS
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Configure SNMP pass-thru in iLO after setting up the server and installing the OS.
Have iLO send the traps to the network interface that is configured in the OS.
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Install WBEM providers instead of SNMP agents.
To avoid duplicate event or trap reporting, HP recommends that the AMS and HP SNMP
Agents are not run concurrently. No HP SNMP Agents are installed by default.
NOTE: HP does not recommend installing AMS together with the Insight Management
Agents and Providers, for any OS.
If you must run AMS together with the Insight Management Agents on a Linux system,
first start the hp-ams daemon process, and then decrease the number of traditional
agents running on the system (for example, cmasm2d). For more information about AMS
on Linux systems, see the manpage for hpHelper, the AMS daemon process.
When installed, HP WBEM automatically configures the firewall to handle WBEM traffic.
Use the WBEM Configuration screen to control the firewall port opening for remote
WMI access to this system. Firewall configuration is necessary for direct remote
connection to WMI. Choosing Yes enables Intelligent Provisioning to configure the
firewall automatically.
To enable the System Management Homepage, you must install WBEM providers.
For security purposes, you must either use an Administrator account or a lower-privileged
user account that has been given remote access to WMI to access the WMI management
data. If you prefer to use a lower-privileged Windows user account, you can set it up
after Intelligent Provisioning has completed the OS and SPP installation. For detailed
instructions on using an optional lower-privileged user account, see the HP Insight
Management WBEM Providers User Guide on the HP website (
http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/wbem/documentation.html ).
HP WBEM providers
Use the SNMP protocol to install SNMP services. Choosing Yes displays the Monitor
and Control community strings, and Traps Server IP Address fields for the device. SNMP
2. Click the Continue right arrow to proceed to the next screen ( “Step 3: OS Information” (page
27) ).
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