HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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Note: If this option is selected, the Read Only community string is added to the target systems.
If the target system is SuSE Linux or Microsoft Windows 2003, the managed nodes do not
always enable SNMP communication between themselves and a remote host. This setting is
modified to enable the instance of the HP SIM system to communicate using SNMP with these
target systems.
Note: You can enter a community string up to 255 characters.
Note: Repairing the SNMP settings adds a Read Write community string to the target system
only if one does not currently exist. This community string is unique for each system, is composed
of over 30 characters to include letters and numbers, and is only visible to the user with
administrator privileges for that system. This Read Write community string is required by the
Web Agent to perform certain threshold setting capabilities. This community string is only
used locally on the target system and is not used by HP Systems Insight Manager over the
network. Linux and HP-UX systems do not need a Read Write community string, hence the
Read Write
community is added on Windows systems only.
2.
Select Set traps to refer to this instance of HP Systems Insight Manager in the target
systems' SNMP Trap Destination List. This enables the target systems to send
to this instance of HP SIM.
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Trust relationship: Set to "Trust by Certificate". Select this option to require systems to use the Trust
by Certificate
trust relationship with the System Management Homepage.
For System Management Homepage on the target systems, this option sets the trust mode to Trust
by Certificate
and copies the HP Systems Insight Manager system certificate to the target system's
trusted certificate directory. This enables HP Systems Insight Manager users to connect to the System
Management Homepage using the certificate for authentication.
Note: If you experience problems later setting the trust status on a Linux managed system, see
under Certificate Problems for assistance.
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Set administrator password for Insight Management Agents version 7.1 or earlier. Select this option
to repair the administrator password on all Insight Management Agents installed on the target
systems as applicable for Windows and Linux systems.
Note: This option does not apply to HP-UX. If you are configuring or repairing HP-UX systems, clear
this option.
Note: Clear this option if you have Insight Management Agents 7.2 or later installed.
Note: If the remote system is running HP-UX, this option is not executed on the remote system since
it is not applicable on HP-UX systems. If only HP-UX target systems are being configured at this
time, you can clear this option.
If this option is selected, you must complete the following steps:
1.
In the Password field, enter the new administrator password.
2.
In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the new administrator password exactly as you
entered it previously.
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Configure secure shell (SSH) access.
If this option is selected, you must select one of the following options:
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Host based authentication for SSH
Note: For this option to work, the user name and password provided on the previous page
must be an administrative level account. For Linux or HP-UX targets, it must be the "root"
account and password.
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Each user has to be authenticated on the managed system
Note: If the selected systems include Linux or HP-UX systems, and options for Configure SNMP
settings, Trust relationships and administrator password was selected, then SSH authentication
should be selected now unless already configured earlier.
Note: SSH can be configured only if the OpenSSH service is running on the managed systems.
OpenSSH can be installed on Windows systems, by running the Install Open SSH tool under
Deploy
→Deploy Drivers→Firmware and Agents→Install Open SSH.
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