New look for the graphical user interface (GUI) which has the look and feel of other HP products.

HP SIM no longer requires JRE to be installed on the client systems.

Discover storage systems through their installed SMI-S providers. Refer to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers for information about the supported devices and SMI-S providers.

Cluster Monitor monitors MSCS clusters only.

Reports are now available in XML format.

New report engine along with new default reports.

Refer to System Reporting - Reporting Views for more information.

View a consolidated list of all server and storage events from a single event viewer, and configure and take automated actions.

View storage array capacity details, including unallocated space, RAID overhead, usable bytes assigned to ports, and usable bytes not assigned to ports.

Flexible role-based security enables you to decide which administrators have access to server and storage details.

Enables you to launch server and storage element managers from a single system viewer.

Lists and folders are now called collections.

Ability to assign privileges to operating system user groups to give these users access to HP SIM without creating each individual user.

Refer to Users and User Groups - Creating New User Groups for more information.

Improved access to discovery options which includes a Discovery page with tabs for Automatic, Manual, and Hosts Files configuration.

Refer to HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Discovery and Identification for more information.

New command line interface (CLI) commands, including mxreport, mxcert, mxglobalprotocolsettings, mxglobalsettings, mxcollections, and mxgethostname.

Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for more information.

Ability to set system properties for multiple systems at the same time.

Refer to System Properties - Editing System Properties for Multiple Systems for more information.

Ability to suspend or resume monitoring of multiple systems at the same time.

Refer to System Properties - Suspending or Resuming System Monitoring for Multiple Systems for more information.

New tree view available for system and cluster collections.

Refer to System Table View Page - Navigating the Tree View for more information.

Ability to create, edit, and delete discovery tasks.

Refer to HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Discovery and Identification for more information.

Ability to create new command line tools including copying a file, removing a tool, and creating command line, Web launch, and X window tools on HP-UX and Linux systems.

Refer to Tools that Extend Management - Command Line Tools for more information.

Supports the use of an Oracle database (locally or remotely) for Windows, HP-UX, and Linux.

Refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for additional information.

Added support for managed system configuration to include Linux, HP-UX, and Windows operating systems.

Refer to Configure or Repair Agents Online Help at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for more information.

First Time Wizard that provides you with step-by-step, online guidance for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM, and helps you configure HP SIM settings on the central management server (CMS)

Refer to Getting Started - First Time Wizard for more information

The HP Services analysis tools, Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES), and Open Service Event Manager (OSEM), generate service notifications to HP SIM through a specific SNMP trap type if analysis has determined there are serviceable events. If Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE) is installed, the service notification provided by WEBES and OSEM also provide status about the remote support incident.