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Entitlement information, Identification, Product description – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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Note: See

“Editing system properties for a single system”

or

“ Editing system properties for multiple

systems”

for information about entering contract and warranty information for single or multiple systems.

Aggregate Event Status

The Aggregate Event Status is a summary of all of a system's uncleared

events. This status is updated whenever an event is added, updated, or removed. To view the System
Page Events

tab for a system, click the Aggregate Event Status icon.

Identification

This section is expanded whenever you access the System Page the first time.

NOTE:

This section can be expanded by clicking

or collapsed by clicking

.

IMPORTANT:

DMI identification is only supported on Windows and HP-UX-based

Central Management

Server

(CMS) installs. In addition, only like operating systems can be identified. For example, Windows-based

CMSs can identify Windows-based DMI, and HP-UX-based CMSs can only identify HP-UX-based DMI systems.

The following items available in this section:

Address

The IP address that has been discovered for the system.

Preferred System Name

The name shown for the system. When available, it defaults to the host

name from DNS. You can override this through the Edit System Properties link under the Tools &
Links

tab.

Network Name

The fully qualified DNS name, if available. Reverse DNS lookups by IP address

must be enabled and match a forward lookup.

Serial Number

The serial number of the system.

Product Description

NOTE:

This section can be expanded by clicking

or collapsed by clicking

.

This section includes the following:

System Type

The basic system type returned from identification

Product Model

The product model (name) as defined by the manufacturer

Hardware Description

The description of the hardware obtained from the Edit System Properties

page

Management Protocols

The management protocols that have responded when attempting to identify

the system

Note: If more protocols are expected, verify the credentials configured on the System Protocol Settings
page.

Entitlement Information

Start Date

The starting date of the contract or warranty.

End Date

The end date of the contract or warranty.

Type

The contract type, if a service contract exists.

Status

The current contract or warranty status.

Last Collection

The date that contract and warranty data was last collected.

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