HP Insight Control Software for Linux - Manual (Page 83)

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 83)
2. “Setting up management hubs” (page 161)
3. “Linux OS installation” (page 83)
4. “Setting up managed systems for monitoring” (page 83)
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 and
ProLiant Support Packs ( PSP s). Skip this task if you are not using Insight Control for Linux to
install operating systems 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 47) 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 PSPs with the repository.
4. Copy PSPs into the repository.
5. Copy installation configuration files into the repository.
For more information, see Section 5.2 (page 50) .
8.2 Linux OS installation
You must install a Linux OS if one or more servers that you intend to monitor and manage with
Insight Control for Linux does not have a supported OS installed. 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 91) .
When the operating systems are installed on the managed systems, continue with Section 8.3
(page 83) .
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 84)
2. “Resolving host names on the CMS” (page 84)
3. “Installing additional components of the PSP” (page 85)
4. “Configuring agents and HP SIM SSH keys” (page 85)
5. “Configuring console access and logging” (page 88)
6. “Turning on password authentication ” (page 90)
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