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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Setting Protocols for a System or Groups of Systems
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Setting Protocols for a System or Groups of Systems
»Setting Protocols for a Single System
»Global Protocols
»Data Collection
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»Version Control Repository
»PMP Administrative Options
»Setting Up Managed Systems
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Configure single-system protocol settings to fine-tune settings for individual systems or a group of similar systems. This option is especially useful if some of your systems are accessed through a (LAN while others are accessed through a WAN. Configure systems accessed through the WAN with longer timeouts and increased retries.

  Note:

If you have chosen a collection when first using this tool, you can click the collection link at the top of the page. A pop-up window appears, showing all systems in the collection chosen. Click [OK] to close the window. This link is not displayed if you have chosen a single system.

To set protocol settings for a single system or a group of similar systems:

  1. Select OptionsProtocol SettingsSystem Protocol Settings.

  2. Select the target systems. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Creating a Task for more information.

  3. Click [Next].

  4. In the Ping (ICMP) settings section, select Update values for this protocol to enable updating the ICMP settings. If this is not selected, the settings are not updated. This is disabled by default.

  5. In the Ping (ICMP) settings section, select:

    • Use global defaults.

    • Use values specified below. Enter the Timeout (seconds) and the Retries.

  6. In the WBEM settings section, select Update values for this protocol to enable updating the WBEM settings. If this is not selected, the settings are not updated. This is disabled by default.

  7. In the WBEM settings section, select:

    • Use global defaults.

    • Use values specified below. Enter the Port #, User name (for Windows based systems, the user name should include the domain name, for example domainname/username), the Password, and Confirm Password.

    Enter as many sets of these values as needed.

    Note: The Port # can be blank for a set if appropriate.

  8. In the SNMP settings section, select Update values for this protocol to enable updating the SNMP settings. If this is not selected, the settings are not updated. This is disabled by default.

  9. In the SNMP settings section, select:

    • Use global defaults.

    • Use values specified below. Enter the Timeout (seconds), Retries, Read community string, and the Write community string.

  10. In the SSH settings section, select:

    • Not applicable.

    • Use values specified below. Enter the User name, Password, and Confirm password.

      Note:

    Information should be included in this section if your target Secure Shell (SSH) server does not support public key authentication.

  11. In the Identification settings section, Also run system identification is selected by default. If you do not want to run system identification, deselect this box.

  12. Click [Previous] to return to the previous screen without saving any changes, click [Schedule] to schedule the task, or click [Run Now] to run the task immediately. Refer to Managing with Tasks - Scheduling a Task for more information on scheduling tasks.

    Note: If the [Schedule] and [Run Now] buttons are disabled, look for bold red error messages and correct all of the problematic entries, to enable these buttons.

Related Procedures

» Protocols - Setting Global Protocols
» Protocols - Setting Protocols for a Single System

Related Topics

» Administering Systems and Events - Protocols
» Protocols - Global Protocols
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