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Table 13-1 HP Insight Control for Linux subcollections (continued)

How populated

Description

Subcollection name

Object type

Populated automatically when
you run the
Options

IC-LinuxConfigure

Management Services

task,

with any enclosures that HP SIM
knows about that also contain
blades being managed by Insight
Control for Linux

If the hardware configuration
contains HP blade servers and

enclosure

s, this collection

provides access to the
enclosures.

{collection_name}_Enclosures

Enclosures

Populated manually only.

All switches placed in this
subcollection are monitored by
Insight Control for Linux.

{collection_name}_Switches

Switches

Populated manually. For
information, see

Section 4.2.1

(page 46)

This subcollection contains all
the servers that have been
designated as

management hub

s.

If no management hubs are
created, this collection contains
only the CMS by default.

{collection_name}_Management_Hubs

Management
Hubs

13.2 Populating a collection

An Insight Control for Linux collection is populated with objects automatically or manually.

Automatic population of a collection occurs when you run the
Options

IC-LinuxConfigure Management Services menu item to start monitoring

services and enter yes in response to the Auto-populate {collection_name}_Servers with
all licensed servers?

option.

The following objects are added to the collection:

— All licensed servers are added to the {collection_name}_Servers subcollection.
— All enclosures associated with each licensed system are added to the

{collection_name}_Enclosures subcollection.

— All management processors associated with licensed servers are added to the

{collection_name}_Console_Ports subcollection.

Manual population of a collection occurs when you use the Customize... link in the left
pane of HP SIM to add or remove objects to the Insight Control for Linux
{collection_name}_Servers or {collection_name}_Switches subcollections.

Section 13.3 (page 148)

and

Section 13.4 (page 149)

describe how to add and remove managed

objects (servers and switches) in an Insight Control for Linux collection.

IMPORTANT:

Any time you use the Customize... option in HP SIM to edit the managed

objects in an Insight Control for Linux collection, you must run the
Options

IC-LinuxConfigure Management Services option to reconfigure the Insight

Control for Linux management services.

13.3 Adding servers and switches to an existing Insight Control for Linux
collection

To add one or more servers or switches to an existing Insight Control for Linux collection, follow
these steps:

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