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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Setting Protocols for a Single System
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Setting Protocols for a Single System
»Global Protocols
»Data Collection
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»Setting Up Managed Systems
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Configure single-system protocol settings to fine-tune settings for an individual system.

To set protocol settings for a single system:

  1. Select ToolsSystem InformationSystem Page.

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

  3. Click [Run Now]. The System Page appears.

  4. Select the Tools & Links tab.

  5. Under HP SIM Pages, click System Protocol Settings. The System Protocol Settings page appears.

  6. 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.

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

    • Use global defaults.

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

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. Click [OK] to save the settings, or click Return to System Page to return to the System Page for the system and not save changes.

      Note:

    If the [OK] button is disabled, look for any bold red error messages and correct all the problematic entries to enable that button.

Related Procedures

» Protocols - Setting Protocols for a System or Groups of Systems
» Protocols - Setting Global Protocols

Related Topics

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