HP System Management Homepage-Software - Manual (Page 9)

1 Introduction
HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies
single system management for HP servers running the HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating
systems. HP SMH aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other HP Web-enabled System
Management Software that includes:
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HP Insight Diagnostics
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Array Configuration Utility
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HP Software Version Control Agents
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HP Insight Diagnostics
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Array Configuration Utility
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HP Software Version Control Agents
HP SMH enables you to view in-depth hardware configuration and status data, performance metrics, system
thresholds, diagnostics, and software version control information using a single intuitive interface.
On an HP-UX system, HP SMH has a bundle tag of SysMgmtWeb and is installed by default on all HP-UX
versions, including HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11), HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), and HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) Operating
Environments.
Product features
HP SMH provides the following enhanced security and streamlined operations for HP servers running HP-UX,
Linux, and Windows operating systems.
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Browser access using operating system-based Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-secure authentication
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Common HTTP and HTTPS service for HP Insight Management Agents and utilities, for reduced complexity
and system resource requirements
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Simplified architecture for implementing HTTP security and HP management updates
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Access control through Network Interface Card (NIC) binding and advanced configuration features for
individual and groups of users
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Broad operating system and browser support
HP SIM
HP SMH is tightly integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). You can easily navigate to HP SMH
from the System Lists and System Pages in HP SIM.
NOTE: Accepting the HP SIM certificate is the default behavior.
There are also several HP SIM tools (under the Configure
→HP-UX Configuration category) that access
HP SMH-based plugins directly.
Integrated Management Tools
HP SMH provides the management server for Web-based system administration.
For HP-UX, key functional areas of the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) have been enhanced
to provide Web-based management capabilities and are now integrated into HP SMH. These include such
areas as Partition Management, Peripheral Devices, Disks & File Systems, Users and Groups, and Kernel
Configuration.
HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) Deprecation
The HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) was an HP-UX System Administration tool that provided
tools for performing system administration tasks. In the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) release of HP-UX, SAM is
deprecated. HP SMH, an enhanced version of SAM, is the recommended tool for managing HP-UX.
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