Other Requirements; Create A Service Account; Obtain Administrative Rights; Change The Firewall - HP BladeSystem bc2000 - Blade PC Administrator's Manual

Other requirements

Create a Service Account

The HP SAM Web server must run under a domain user account in which it can execute the HP SAM
services on the local server.
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Create the account prior to installation of the HP SAM server application.
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Change this account name and password as infrequently as possible to minimize interruptions to
HP SAM.
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Add the account to the local server administrator group on all HP SAM Web servers.
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Add the account to the administrator group on all resources (to enable logoff and restart
operations).
● The account must be trusted in a multi-domain environment.
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Use the HP SAM Configuration Utility found on the Start Menu on the HP SAM server to change
the service account password for HP SAM if the password of the service account has been updated.

Obtain Administrative Rights

To fully install HP SAM, you must have the following administrative rights:
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Administrative rights on all computing resources (such as blade PCs)
● SQL administrative level account and password—only needed during setup
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Administrative rights on the HP SAM Web server

Change the Firewall

If the network environment uses a hardware and/or software firewall, make appropriate changes to the
firewall for HP SAM to work. Refer to

Active Directory

While Active Directory is not part of HP SAM, HP SAM requires Active Directory to perform user account
management.
NOTE: Active Directory running on Windows Server 2000 Domain controllers is not supported.
Domain functionality levels supported
● Windows 2003
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Windows 2008
24 Chapter 2 Requirements
Firewall Rules on page 81 for more details.
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