HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 136)

IP address filtering. Be sure the Systems Insight Manager IP address is in the allow list for any given SNMP
agents.
The operating system of the managed system can provide additional security capabilities for SNMP such as
IP address restrictions for valid requests.
HTTP
Systems Insight Manager also takes advantage of the industry standard HTTP protocol (used to transfer
information over the World Wide Web) for transportation of management information. Many systems support
some kind of configuration "home page" that is supported over HTTP or the secure HTTPS protocol. Systems
Insight Manager attempts to find HTTPS servers running on systems if the Global Protocol Settings page
has this enabled.
WBEM
WBEM is one of the newest management protocols. This protocol leverages the industry-standard CIM as
defined by the DMTF. Systems Insight Manager can communicate to systems directly using the WBEM protocol
or to the Windows WMI systems using the WMI Mapper Proxy. Systems Insight Manager uses WBEM to
communicate with storage system
SMI-S WBEM providers and HP-UX providers. HP has been leading this
effort through its association with the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). WBEM is an initiative
supported by HP, Microsoft, Intel, BMC, Cisco, and 120 other platform, operating system, and application
software suppliers.
When WBEM is enabled, the management console can obtain information from any system that supports
WBEM. For WBEM to work, you must provide the correct user name and password for the given system.
WBEM enables a larger set of server and storage manageability data to be collected and displayed on the
System Page
and in reports. The presence of WBEM enables the Properties pages and enables WBEM
indications (events) to be displayed in event collections. Without HTTPS enabled, Systems Insight Manager
does not discover any WBEM-based features on a system. Support for non-HP systems has been expanded
starting with Systems Insight Manager 6.0.
NOTE: Systems Insight Manager supports WBEM over HTTPS to ensure user supplied WBEM name and
password pairs are protected.
NOTE: OpenWBEM is not supported.
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
Java RMI is used within the CMS only for inter-process communication.
Remote Wake-Up
Remote Wake-Up refers to the ability to remotely turn on a system that is in a soft-off power state. Systems
that support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) should be awakened transparently by
any network activity to the system. Alternatively, a system might support the Magic Packet technology. When
a system is turned off, the Magic Packet–capable network interface card (NIC) is still powered on and
monitoring traffic. The system will be powered on, if it receives the Magic Packet targeting it.
Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
ICMP is used during automatic system discovery and prior to other requests to a system to ensure the system
is responding. An ICMP echo request, also known as a ping, is sent to the system’s IP address. Receipt of
a proper reply indicates the system is up and responding.
NOTE: Systems Insight Manager can be configured to use TCP as a ping, instead of ICMP, from the Global
Protocol Settings page.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
LDAP 3 is used during execution of a Directory Group tool to communicate with the configured directory
server to collect information about systems configured in the directory.
136 Protocols used by Systems Insight Manager