HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 252)

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Linux vendors
The following are links to Linux vendor websites. Linux vendors are not limited to the vendors
shown in this list. The address of each website or link to a particular topic is subject to change
without notice by the website provider.
◦ http://www.redhat.com
Home page for Red Hat, distributors of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
◦ http://www.novell.com/linux
Home page for Novell, distributors of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).
◦ http://www.linux.org/docs/index.html
The website for the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) contains guides that describe aspects
of working with Linux, from creating your own Linux system from scratch to bash script
writing. This site also includes links to Linux HowTo documents, frequently asked questions
(FAQs), and manpages.
◦ http://www.linuxheadquarters.com
A website that provides Linux documents and tutorials. Documents contain instructions
for installing and using applications for Linux, configuring hardware, and a variety of
other topics.
◦ http://www.gnu.org
Home page for the GNU Project. This site provides online software and information for
many programs and utilities that are commonly used on GNU/Linux systems. Online
information include guides for using the bash shell, emacs, make, cc, gdb, and more.
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Third-party open source software products
The following are useful links to third-party open source software products that were integrated
into Insight Control for Linux. The location of each website or link to a particular topic is subject
to change without notice by the site provider.
◦ http://www.nagios.org
Home page for Nagios, a system and network monitoring application that provides
monitoring capabilities for Insight Control for Linux. Nagios watches specified hosts and
services and issues alerts when problems occur and when problems are resolved.
◦ http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool
Home page of RRDtool, a round-robin database tool and graphing system. Insight Control
for Linux uses RRDtool with Nagios to provide a graphical view of system status.
◦ http://supermon.sourceforge.net
Home page for Supermon, a high-speed cluster monitoring system that emphasizes low
perturbation, high sampling rates, and an extensible data protocol and programming
interface. Supermon works in conjunction with Nagios to provide system monitoring data.
◦ https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh.html
Home page for the parallel distributed shell (pdsh), which executes commands across
managed systems in parallel.
◦ http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng
Home page for syslog-ng, a tool that is used for consolidated logging.
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