HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 137)

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
SOAP is used by partner applications to communicate with Systems Insight Manager. It is primarily XML
over HTTPS.
Protocol functionality
The following table displays descriptions of management protocols displayed under Management Protocols
on the System Page which displays protocols that have responded when attempting to identify the system.
NOTE: The CMS initiates the requests for all protocols except events.
Functionality when enabled Description Management standard
System identification, inventory, events A common definition of management
information for systems, networks,
applications, and services. CIM
System identification A protocol using XML over HTTP to
exchange CIM information; part of the
WBEM suite of standards. CIM-XML
System identification, management tool
launch, agent configuration HTTP is another primary protocol used to
acquire data about managed systems HTTP and HTTPS
during identification. HTTP is not a secure
protocol and can be easily viewed on the
network. The secure version of HTTP is
called HTTPS and is described later.
Provides system reachability (ping) check
during system discovery and before other
operations ICMP is a required protocol tightly
integrated with IP. ICMP messages are
delivered in IP packets and are used for ICMP
out-of-band messages related to network
operation.
Systems Insight Manager can use ICMP
messages to ping a managed system.
However, some routers block ICMP
messages so Systems Insight Manager
provides an alternative ping using TCP.
System identification, inventory and events Part of the SNMP specification, the MIB is
a model of the information to be managed MIB
through SNMP. It is equivalent to the CIM
defined by WBEM.
System identification, Inventory and events SNMP is widely used for management but
the widely implemented versions 1 and 2 SNMP
have weak security. While no “set”
operations are used by Systems Insight
Manager, read access to system data might
be visible on the network. SNMP is
UDP-based. In many environments it is not
considered a suitable protocol to pass
through the firewall. Because SNMPv1 has
a simple, clear-text “community,” it
provides a low level of security. However,
SNMP can be suitable for some
environments in which the network used
for managing systems is relatively
controlled.
Remote tool execution SSH is used for remote command
execution. Systems Insight Manager uses SSH
SSH to run commands on managed
systems.
Consistent server management across
vendors A DMTF initiative for common server
management which enables SMASH
vendor-independent management
applications.
System identification An SNIA standard for storage management
using WBEM. SMI-S
Identification, inventory, and events A DMTF program with widespread industry
support with a set of standards including WBEM
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