HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 78)

8 Setting up managed systems
This chapter is an overview on setting up managed system s for Insight Control for Linux monitoring.
This chapter addresses the following tasks, which you must complete in this order:
1. “Populating the Insight Control for Linux repository” (page 78)
2. “Setting up management hubs” (page 151)
3. “Linux OS installation” (page 78)
4. “Setting up managed systems for monitoring” (page 78)
8.1 Populating the Insight Control for Linux repository
If you plan to use Insight Control for Linux to install operating systems on managed systems, you
must populate the Insight Control for Linux
repository with Linux OS installation files, Service Packs
for ProLiant ( SPP s), and ProLiant Support Packs ( PSP s). Skip this task if you are not using Insight
Control for Linux to install operating systems, SPPs, or PSPs on managed systems.
IMPORTANT: The repository has its own web server that allows anonymous access to the repository
directory structure. This is a requirement for automated installation procedures. HP recommends
that no confidential data be stored in the repository (including captured images) unless all systems
on the network can be trusted with access to the repository.
Use the instructions in Chapter 5 (page 43) to complete the following tasks:
1. Register one or more Linux operating systems with the Insight Control for Linux repository.
2. Copy vendor-supplied Linux OS installation files to the repository.
3. Register SPPs and PSPs with the repository.
4. Copy SPPs and PSPs into the repository.
5. Copy installation configuration files into the repository.
For more information, see Section 5.2 (page 46) .
8.2 Linux OS installation
If one or more servers that you intend to monitor and manage with Insight Control for Linux does
not have an installed supported OS, you must install one. If the servers you plan to configure as
managed systems are already installed with a supported Linux OS, skip this task.
To install a Linux OS from the Insight Control for Linux repository to one or more managed systems,
follow the instructions in
Chapter 9 (page 87) .
When the operating systems are installed on the managed systems, continue with Section 8.3
(page 78) .
8.3 Setting up managed systems for monitoring
When managed systems are running a supported Linux OS, you must configure those systems so
that Insight Control for Linux can monitor them.
Follow these steps to set up each managed system to be monitored by Insight Control for Linux:
1. “Opening network ports on managed systems” (page 79)
2. “Resolving host names on the CMS” (page 79)
3. “Installing additional SPP and PSP components” (page 80)
4. “Configuring agents and HP SIM SSH keys” (page 80)
5. “Configuring console access and logging” (page 83)
6. “Turning on password authentication ” (page 85)
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