HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 18)

Tools can be run from the Systems Insight Manager menus and can be added to a Quick Launch
list that is available from many pages within Systems Insight Manager.
Collections
Collections are groups of systems and events that can be used for viewing information, or as a
way to specify the targets for a tool. They can be created through the Customize link in the System
and Event Collections panel either by selecting specific systems to be included, or by specifying
attributes to be matched. Once created, they are displayed in the System and Event Collections
panel for quick access. Shared collections can be seen by everyone logging into Systems Insight
Manager. Private collections can only be seen by the user who created them.
You can bind event collections and system collections together and use them either separately or
together. For example, after you define a collection of Security Events, you can easy look at those
events on any system collection, such as Security Events on All Servers or Security Events on My
FinancialServers.
Conversely, you can choose a system collection, and view any set of events on those systems. For
example, you can easily select My FinancialServers and look at All Events, Sign-in Events, Security
Events, or any other event collection as it applies to that collection of systems.
Users and Authorizations
Systems Insight Manager enables effective delegation of management responsibilities by giving
system administrators granular control over which users can perform specific management operations
on specific systems.
Signing in and using the graphical user interface
Systems Insight Manager provides a browser-based GUI . Supported browsers include:
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For Windows:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later ◦
◦ Firefox 3 (3.0.13) or later
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For HP-UX:
Firefox 2(2.0.0.19.020 or later
To download, go to http://www.hp.com/go/firefox .
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For Linux:
Firefox 3.0.10 or later
NOTE: Browser settings:
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For all Windows Internet Explorer browsers, you must have the SSL 3.0 or Transport Layer
Security (TLS) 1.0 browser security options enabled for Systems Insight Manager to work
properly.
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To use automatic sign-in with Firefox, you must configure Firefox with a list of sites with
automatic sign-in. For more information, see Initial setup section of the Systems Insight Manager
online help.
Security Alerts in Internet Explorer and Firefox
Because the Systems Insight Manager web server uses a self-signed SSL certificate (unless otherwise
configured), you will encounter a browser warning when browsing to the CMS. Firefox warns of
an Untrusted Connection. Internet Explorer warns of a Certificate Error. Both browsers let you
continue, but you can take measures to avoid repeatedly encountering those warnings. This applies
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