HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 User Manual
HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 User Manual

HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 User Manual

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HP System Management Homepage 6.0
User Guide
HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Operating Systems
HP Part Number: 509679-003
Published: November 2009, Edition 3

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  • Page 1 HP System Management Homepage 6.0 User Guide HP-UX, Linux, and Windows Operating Systems HP Part Number: 509679-003 Published: November 2009, Edition 3...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Legal Notices Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.21 1 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 Introduction....................9 Product features............................9 HP SIM..............................9 Integrated Management Tools........................9 HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) Deprecation................9 Supported operating systems........................10 Supported browsers..........................11 Obtaining HP SMH software........................12 HP media............................12 HP websites............................12 2 Getting Started..................13 Signing in............................13 Starting HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) from Internet Explorer.........14 Starting HP SMH from Mozilla or Firefox.....................15 Starting HP SMH from HP SIM......................16 Starting from the HP-UX Command Line....................16...
  • Page 4 Storage............................32 SysMgmtPlus...........................32 6 The Settings Page..................33 SNMP Webagent Box...........................33 SMH Data Source Category......................33 SNMP Configuration Category......................33 UI Options Category........................33 System Management Homepage Box......................34 UI Properties Category........................34 User Preferences Category........................35 Security............................36 Anonymous/Local Access Category....................36 IP Binding Category........................38 IP Restricted Login Category......................39 Local Server Certificate Category....................40 Port 2301 Category........................41 Timeouts Category........................42...
  • Page 5 12 Command Line Interface Configuration............71 Command Line Interface Configuration....................71 Anonymous Access..........................71 Local Access...........................71 IP Restricted Logins...........................71 IP Binding............................72 Trust Modes............................72 Restart service..........................73 Reject Program Admin Login......................73 Win32DisableAcceptEX........................73 Enable/disable SSL v2........................73 Log Rotations...........................73 Rotate Log Size..........................73 Maximum Number of Threads Allowed....................73 Maximum Number of Sessions......................74 Session Timeout..........................74 Log Level............................74...
  • Page 7 List of Tables 2- 1 Firewall exceptions..........................17 4- 1 Status icons............................28 Icon View............................29 6- 1 Timeout settings..........................43 9- 1 Locale names of supported languages....................64 Suffixes of supported languages......................65 12- 1 CLI arguments..........................71 12-2 Log level............................74 13- 1 Firewall protection exceptions......................84 Publishing history..........................89 A- 1 HP SMH file locations........................91...
  • Page 9: Introduction

    1 Introduction HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers running the HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. HP SMH aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other HP Web-enabled System Management Software that includes: HP Insight Diagnostics Array Configuration Utility...
  • Page 10: Supported Operating Systems

    HP SMH provides Graphical User Interface (GUI), Terminal User Interface (TUI) and Command Line Interface (CLI) for managing HP-UX. You can access these interfaces using the smh command (/usr/sbin/smh). You can also use the sam (1M) command, which behaves the same as the smh (1M) command, but the deprecation message is displayed in the beginning.
  • Page 11: Supported Browsers

    ESX 3.0.2 ESX 3.5 ESX 4.0 Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) HP Integrity servers Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems, 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based systems, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Update 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 Update 6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 Service Pack 4 HP-UX...
  • Page 12: Obtaining Hp Smh Software

    Internet Explorer 8.0 (HP SMH 6.0 or later) Mozilla 1.7.13 Firefox 2.0.0.x Firefox 3.0 Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.x NOTE: Installation of HP SMH does not require a browser. The HP Web-enabled System Management Software is hardware-dependent. For the installation to complete successfully, your system must support at least 256 colors.
  • Page 13: Getting Started

    2 Getting Started HP System Management Homepage To get started with (HP SMH), use the following information when configuring HP SMH and setting up users and security properly. To configure HP SMH: On HP-UX operating environments, HP SMH is installed with default settings. You can change the configuration by modifying the environment variables and tag values set in the following files: /opt/hpsmh/lbin/envvars /opt/hpsmh/conf.common/smhpd.xml...
  • Page 14: Starting Hp System Management Homepage (Hp Smh) From Internet Explorer

    User Name. The user must be Sign In. Validates user name Question mark. Show/hide tooltip part of a user group accepted sign-in to HP SMH. box. by HP SMH. Clear. Erases user name and Password. The user name and password input fields. password must match a valid user.
  • Page 15: Starting Hp Smh From Mozilla Or Firefox

    appear. If the alert appears, you might have browsed to the wrong system. For more information about installing the certificate authority Root Certificate, see the online help in your browser. NOTE: To implement or install your own generated certificates into each managed system, you can certificate authority install a Root Certificate into each browser to be used for management.
  • Page 16: Starting Hp Smh From Hp Sim

    Administrator on Windows and root on HP-UX or Linux have administrator access on HP SMH. Enter the password that is recognized by the operating system. Click Sign In. The System Management Homepage appears. Starting HP SMH from HP SIM To start HP SMH by signing in to HP SIM with a Web browser: Navigate to https://hostname:50000/.
  • Page 17: Configuring Firewall Settings

    By default, the HP SMH management server for HP-UX starts only on demand. It does not run continually. A daemon listens on port 2301 to start an instance of the management server. Configuring Firewall Settings Windows Some operating systems including Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 SBS implement a firewall that prevents browsers from accessing the ports required for the Version Control Repository Manager access.
  • Page 18: Suse Linux Enterprise Server

    -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT The following displays the new value in the iptables firewall rules for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 that...
  • Page 19: Configuring Timeout Settings For Hp-Ux

    Click Next. A dialog box appears asking you to confirm your intention to save settings and active firewall. Click Continue. The firewall is configured and your settings are saved. Configuring Timeout Settings for HP-UX Two HP SMH timeout settings can be configured: SMH service timeout Sets the amount of time, in minutes, before the HP SMH server stops.
  • Page 20: Automatically Importing Certificates

    Automatically Importing Certificates The Automatically Import Management Server Certificate feature enables you to automatically import the HP certificate when accessing the HP SMH from an HP SIM system. NOTE: Your login must have administrative access to HP SMH to automatically import the HP SIM certificate. User Name.
  • Page 21 In the HP SMH banner, click Sign Out. The HP System Management Homepage Sign in page appears. Close every instance of the Web browser used to sign in to HP SMH. Signing Out...
  • Page 23: Scenarios

    3 Scenarios IP Binding You can use IP Binding for example when a system has multiple IP addresses and you want to limit the access to HP SMH to particular networks or subnets: For infrastructure (IPv4 and IPv6) Multiple subnets Security Bandwidth For more information, see...
  • Page 25: Navigating The Software

    4 Navigating the Software HP System Management Homepage HP Web-enabled System Management (HP SMH) displays all Software that provides information. In addition, HP SMH displays various categories (in boxes) that have icons defining the status of the items. The HP SMH main page is divided into two major areas: the header and the standard container. Header Frame The header frame is constantly visible regardless of the page you are viewing and contains the following four subareas:...
  • Page 26: Information Areas

    Data Frame. The standard container contains the sections or pages as: Boxes Icons Pages as configurations Support Help Webapps The data frame shows the status for all HP Web-enabled System Management Software and utilities on the system. Information Areas Depending on your operating system (HP-UX, Linux, or Windows), the following information areas appear in the header or data frames: HP SMH Pages Signing In...
  • Page 27 If Local Access is enabled, the Current User displays hpsmh_local_anonymous or hpsmh_local_administrator, depending on what level of access has been enabled, and local access appears below user type. If user type is local_access_administrator, no signin or signout link appears. Boxes. Boxes display webapps results in a list of items with their result status.
  • Page 28: Icon View

    Dynamic Lists in Pages. A dynamically created list of elements appears for each item you want to add or remove to a page and are available for the following pages: IP Binding IP Restricted Login Trust Mode Kerberos Authentication User Groups Legend: This is a link that displays a floating box listing all possible statuses of installed webapps.
  • Page 29: Icon View

    Table 4-2 Icon View Icon Description Overall Status Summary The Overall Status Summary displays links to all subsystems that have a critical, major, minor, or warning status, which the integrated HP Web-enabled System Management Software provides. If there are no agents installed or no critical, major, minor or warning items, the Overall Status Summary displays no items.
  • Page 30: Hp Smh

    Icon Description User Groups Allows an authorized user to configure which group of users has access to HP SMH and their respective access level. Kerberos Users Allows an authorized user to configure which users have Kerberos authenticated access to HP SMH and their respective access level. UI Properties Controls options for the appearance of HP SMH.
  • Page 31: The Home Page

    5 The Home Page The Home page provides the system, subsystem, and status views of the server. The Home page displays groupings of systems and their status. The information on the Home page is provided by the integrated agents or management utilities. For HP-UX operating systems, the Home page includes information provided by integrated Web-Based Enterprise Management...
  • Page 32: Operating System

    Operating System The Operating System category contains links that show basic operating system configuration, usage, state, and other information. Network The Network category contains links that display basic network system configuration, usage, state, and other information. Software The System Software category contains links that display information about the Software Distributor bundles and products, including patch products.
  • Page 33: The Settings Page

    6 The Settings Page HP System Management The Settings page contains links to the settings and configuration pages of the Homepage (HP SMH) and other integrated management tools found on the Tools page. SNMP Webagent Box Provides links that enable you to configure HP Web-enabled System Management Software agents. SMH Data Source Category Sets options for HP SMH Data Source.
  • Page 34: System Management Homepage Box

    Select Settings from the menu. In the SNMP Webagent box, click the UI Options link. Remove the check in the check box beside Show Help Icons to no longer display inline help icons. Select the check box beside Show Help Icons to display the inline help icons. Click Save and Apply Changes.
  • Page 35: User Preferences Category

    To set UI Properties, complete the following steps: Select Settings from the menu. In the System Management Homepage box, click the UI Properties link. From the Presentation Mode list, Select List or Icon. From the Box ordering list, select By status or By name. From the Box item ordering dropdown list, select either By status or By name.
  • Page 36: Security

    NOTE: HP SMH service timeouts is only applicable to HP-UX systems. Click Apply. NOTE: Each user is able to set their preferences for a session. Individual user preferences take precendence over settings in UI properties. Security The Security link provides options for you to manage the security of HP SMH: “Anonymous/Local Access Category”...
  • Page 37 Allow Anonymous users Anonymous Access Apply access to unsecured pages. Enables a user to access the Save page Turn on automatic logon in HP HP SMH without logging in. If data. System Management Anonymous is selected, any Homepage user, local or remote, has access to unsecured pages without being challenged for a username and password.
  • Page 38: Ip Binding Category

    IP Binding Category IP Binding specifies the IP addresses that HP SMH accepts requests from and controls the nets and subnets that requests are processed. Administrators can configure HP SMH to only bind to addresses specified in the IP Binding window. Five subnet IP addresses and netmasks can be defined.
  • Page 39: Ip Restricted Login Category

    Click Remove. Click Apply to apply the configurations. Each IP address and netmask must consist of four octets with values between 0 and 255 (the same for each netmask). Netmasks must start with the number 1 in the highest bit and continue with all number 1s until they switch to all number 0s (for example, 255.255.0.0, 192.0.0.0, 255.192.0.0).
  • Page 40: Local Server Certificate Category

    Click Add to add the configurations. Click Apply to apply the configurations. To remove IP addresses from the list: Select Settings from the menu. In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link. Click the IP Restricted Login link. Select the check box beside the IP addresses you want to remove.
  • Page 41: Port 2301 Category

    Replace the default values in the Organization or Organizational Unit fields in the Create PKCS #10 Data box with your values, up to 64 characters. If not specified, they are filled in with Hewlett-Packard Company for the Organization and Hewlett-Packard Network Management Software (SMH) for the Organizational Unit.
  • Page 42: Timeouts Category

    Enable Port 2301 Apply Sets Port 2301 as enabled or Record the option into the XML disabed. configuration file. To enable or disable Port 2301, complete the following steps: Select Settings from the menu In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link. Click the Port 2301 link.
  • Page 43: Session Timeout

    Session timeout Allow users to keep session Apply alive The session timeout value Records the chosen values into the represents the amount of time Keep session alive must be XML configuration file. in minutes that a user can enabled in the Timeouts page remain inactive in an SMH by the administrator and then session.
  • Page 44: Trust Mode Category

    Select Settings from the menu In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link. Click the Timeouts link. In the UI timeout (seconds) textbox, enter a value between 10 and 3600 seconds. Click Apply. Trust Mode Category The Trust Mode link provides options to enable you to select the security required by your system. Some situations require a higher level of security than others.
  • Page 45 System Management Homepage Box...
  • Page 46 Trust by Certificate Server Certificate Name Remove Sets HP SMH to accept When a server certificate Removes the selected server names configuration changes only name is entered, it checks if from the list. from HP SIM servers with the server name: Apply certificates trusted...
  • Page 47: Configuring Trust Mode

    Configuring Trust Mode For HP-UX, the imported HP SMH certificates are stored in the /opt/hpsmh/certs directory. For Linux, the imported HP SMH certificates are stored in the /opt/hp/hpsmh/certs directory. For Windows, the imported HP SIM certificates are stored in the systemdrive: \hp\hpsmh\certs directory.
  • Page 48: Trusted Management Servers Category

    Trusted Management Servers Category Certificates establish the trust relationship between HP SIM or Insight Manager 7 and HP SMH. The Trusted Management Servers link enables you to manage your certificates in the Trusted Certificates List. Note the following: The Settings Page...
  • Page 49 System Management Homepage Box...
  • Page 50 Trust by Certificate Server Certificate Name Remove Sets HP SMH to accept When a server certificate Removes the selected server names configuration changes only name is entered, it checks if from the list. from HP SIM servers with the server name: Apply certificates trusted...
  • Page 51: Kerberos Authentication Category

    To import a certificate to the trusted certificates list: Select Settings from the menu. In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link. Click the Trusted Management Servers link. In the Add Certificate area, click the Import Certificate Data radio button. Copy and paste the Base64-encoded certificate into the textbox.
  • Page 52: Hp Smh Kerberos Authentication

    Timestamps are used in Kerberos to avoid replication attacks. The clock skew among machines cannot exceed a specific limit. The TGS decrypts the authenticator and sends two new messages back to the client: The client-to-server ticket received from the TGS Another authenticator, made up of the client’s ID and the current timestamp, encrypted with the client/server session key The service decrypts the client-to-server ticket with its own secret key and sends the client a message...
  • Page 53: Kerberos Operator

    In the Group Name textbox, enter a name in the group@REALM format or REALM\group Only alphanumeric and underline values are permitted. The use of special characters such as ~ ' ! # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = / " : ' < > ? , | ; are not permitted. Click the Administrator radio button beside Type.
  • Page 54: User Groups Category

    Click Add. The values entered are added as a new line in the list table. You may continue to add groups with user access by following steps 5 through 7. Click Apply. To remove a Kerberos User: Select Settings from the menu. In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link.
  • Page 55: Administrator Group

    Group Name User Register All user groups must exist in Users with User access can Select respective register the HP System Management view most information Remove Homepage host system. provided through HP SMH. Removes the selected register from Some web applications restrict Only alphanumeric and the list.
  • Page 56: Operator Group

    Only alphanumeric and underline values are permitted. The use of special characters such as ~ ' ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = / " : ' < > ? , | ; are not permitted. Click the Administrator radio button beside Type.
  • Page 57: Alternative Names Certificates

    Select the check box beside the Group Names in the dynamic list you want to add to SMH. Click Apply. To remove a User Group: Select Settings from the menu. In the System Management Homepage box, click the Security link. Click the User Groups link.
  • Page 58: Remove Custom Menu (Hp-Ux Only)

    Only HP SMH users with Administrator authorization can create menus and can run custom menus that are set to run as the "root" user. For HP SMH users with Operator or User authorization, the custom menus they are allowed to run are run as the user id of the user logged in. These custom menus are stored and managed in the /opt/hpsmh/data/htdocs/xlaunch/custom-menus.js file, which can be manually copied from one system to other systems.
  • Page 59: The Tasks Page

    7 The Tasks Page HP Web-enabled System The Tasks page displays links to routine tasks provided by participating Management Software If no tasks are provided by HP Web-enabled System Management Software, the Tasks page is not visible.
  • Page 61: The Tools Page (Hp-Ux Only)

    8 The Tools Page (HP-UX Only) HP Web-enabled The Tools page displays links to system management tools provided by participating System Management Software . For HP-UX, the Tools page provides an entry point into management tools that are analogous to the System Administration Manager (SAM) main page, also known as the SAM Functional Area Launcher (or FAL).
  • Page 63: The Logs Page

    9 The Logs Page At a minimum, the Logs page provides the following log categories: System Management Homepage Log Httpd Error Log (Windows and Linux) System Management Homepage Error Log (HP-UX) HP Web-enabled System Management Software Logs contained in the installed can appear on this page.
  • Page 64: Supported Languages

    The Httpd Error Log is available on HP-UX directly but is visible in Windows and Linux by adding the httpd-error-log tag in the smhpd.xml file. You must have administrative access to HP SMH to access the Httpd Error Log. For HP SMH 3.x and later, it is possible to display the httpd error log in the HP SMH user interface using the smhconfig tool as follows: To enable displaying the error log: smhconfig -p or --httpd-error-log True...
  • Page 65: Suffixes Of Supported Languages

    Language Linux locale name Windows locale name Simplified Chinese zh_CN.UTF-8 chinese-simplified Traditional Chinese zh_TW.UTF-8 chinese-traditional The following table contains the suffixes of the log_messages.php pages according to each supported language: Table 9-2 Suffixes of supported languages Language Suffix English Japanese German Spanish French...
  • Page 67: 10 The Installed Webapps Page

    10 The Installed Webapps Page The Installed Webapps page contains a list of installed Webapps in the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). It contains links to the following HP Web-enabled System Management Software: Integrated Agents Lists Webapps names. Participants are agents that contribute information contained in HP SMH.
  • Page 69: 1 The Support Page

    1 1 The Support Page The Support page provides information about HP Essentials Software and instructions on how to obtain guidance from HP Support and official forums. This page also provides the following links for help outside the HP System Management Homepage server domain. Insight Essentials Software Information Integrity Essentials Software Information Support Links...
  • Page 70: Search Form

    Search terms Webapp to search Search Enables you to enter search Validates search field and chosen criteria. webapp. The Help page provides links for the following: System Management Homepage Help Contains information about the HP SMH infrastructure and its configuration and log pages. The remaining entries link to help systems associated with the webapps installed on the system (those that provide a help system).
  • Page 71: 12 Command Line Interface Configuration

    12 Command Line Interface Configuration Command Line Interface Configuration The Command Line Interface (CLI) provides users with administrative rights access to set these values through the command line. You can use the CLI to modify configuration options, including the required security checks that allow the configuration options to be changed.
  • Page 72: Ip Binding

    smhconfig -i|--ip-restricted-include [=] IPLIST The following is an example of how IPLIST is formatted: 122.23.44.1-122.23.44.255;172.84.100.35;172.168.10.5;168.172.10.1-168.172.10.128 IP Address Exclusion Perform the IP address restricted command as follows: smhconfig -e|--ip-restricted-exclude [=] IPLIST The following is an example of how IPLIST is formatted: 122.23.44.1-122.23.44.255;172.84.100.35;172.168.10.5;168.172.10.1-168.172.10.128 NOTE: IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges are supported.
  • Page 73: Restart Service

    Restart service Restart the HP SMH on completion of applying the new configuration settings. smhconfig -r|--restart Reject Program Admin Login Reject or accept and HP Web-enabled System Management Software or VCA login request. smhconfig -j|--reject-prog-admin-login [=] true|false Win32DisableAcceptEX AcceptEX() is a Microsoft WinSock v2 API that provides performance improvements over the use of the BSD style accept() API in specific circumstances.
  • Page 74: Maximum Number Of Sessions

    Maximum Number of Sessions By default, HP SMH supports 128 user sessions. This number can be lowered to 32 or raised to 500 using the session-maximum setting. smhconfig -S|--session-maximum [=] maximum-number-of-sessions Session Timeout The default session timer is set to 15 minutes. The session timeout can be set as low as 1 minute or as high as 60 minutes.
  • Page 75: Custom Ui

    Custom UI Enabling custom UI enables you to customize the signin and header images as well as adding a small text in the signin page. See the HP SMH README.txt in the hpsmh/data/htdocs/custom_ui directory in the HP SMH install path. smhconfig -c|--custom-ui [=] True | False Httpd Error Log The httpd error log option enables you to determine if it is possible to view the httpd error_log log file...
  • Page 76: User Groups

    NOTE: --user-kerberos is only available on Windows operating systems. User Groups User Groups are a set of policies to access and modify HP SMH functionalities. Only valid existing operating system groups can be added to the group list. To add groups into HP SMH user types, complete the following: Administrators Users with Administrator access can view and set all information provided throughout the HP SMH.
  • Page 77: Command Line Log Reader

    Command Line Log Reader The command line log reading tool provides the users with a command line tool for reading the SMH log messages without using the UI. The command is: smhlogreader [options] where, the [options] are: -h|--help, displays the help message. -f|--file FILE, FILE represents a path to a file.
  • Page 78 The following command allows the user to use a properly-formatted log file as an input and also backs up the log files. smhlogreader f|--file FILE Command Line Interface Configuration...
  • Page 79: 13 Troubleshooting

    13 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Access Problems Browser Problems Installation Problems IP Address Problems Sign In Problems Security Problems Other Problems NOTE: If noted, a topic might only apply to the HP-UX, Linux, or Windows operating system. 1 Access Problems SMH Documentation Unclear on Treatment of securetty. The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) does not use /etc/securetty.
  • Page 80: Installation Problems

    Mozilla browsers share sessions when launched separately. Separate sessions are shared in Mozilla when launched from the desktop. However they are not shared in Internet Explorer. 2.4 I get security messages or partially displayed pages when browsing into HP SMH from Internet Explorer running on Windows 2003.
  • Page 81 To use IPv6 addresses, you need the following browsers: Windows OS Internet Explorer 7 Linux OS Mozilla Firefox Note: Internet Explorer 6 cannot handle IPv6 addresses. For more information, see http:// blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/02/20/ipv6-uris-in-ie7.aspx and the Microsoft support page at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325414. When browsing secure pages, Internet Explorer 7 might ask you to add the page to its Trusted Site Zone.
  • Page 82 The command prompt window messages do not affect the performance or functionality of the server or of SMH and can be ignored. Any ProLiant or Integrity server configured with Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 (any edition) and HP SMH Version 2.1.3 (or later) when SMH is allowed to interact with the desktop can be affected.
  • Page 83 5.8 When I use Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows and browse through the management server to a system that was discovered by IP address, I cannot sign in to HP SMH. If anonymous access is enabled, I get through anonymously but the user name is incorrect. When I use Internet Explorer 6.0 in Windows and browse through the management server to a device that was discovered by IP address, the detailed certificate information does not appear in the text box of the Automatic Import Certificate screen.
  • Page 84 configure the firewall with exceptions to allow browsers to access the ports used by HP SIM and Version Control Repository Manager. HP recommends the following actions: Select Start Settings Control Panel. Double-click Windows Firewall to configure the firewall settings. Select Exceptions. Click Add Port.
  • Page 85: Other Problems

    Select Request a certificate. Select Advanced certificate request. Select Submit a certificate request by using a base. Press the Ctrl+ V keys to paste the PKCS #10 data into the field. From your Windows 2003 certificate authority system complete the following: Click Start All Programs Administrative Tools Certification Authority.
  • Page 86: Support

    To successfully downgrade HP SMH from 3.x to 2.x, stop the HP SMH service and then execute the downgrade by completing the following steps: $/etc/init.d/hpsmhd stop $rpm --oldpackage --U hpsmh-old version.rpm 7.2 Why can't I install HP SMH on my system? The HP SMH install action requires a Java version that requires at least 256 colors to load.
  • Page 87 Keeping good records of your configuration can significantly speed up the troubleshooting process. Keep current and consult the following list when you obtain assistance from your HP service provider: Management system make, model, and serial number information Operating system information, operating environment information (HP-UX), including version number, a list of service packs applied, patches, the Compaq SSD version, and Insight Agents’...
  • Page 89: Support And Other Resources

    Support and other resources Intended Audience HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. This user guide is for system administrators who use HP SMH. Publishing History Table 10 Publishing history Manufacturing part...
  • Page 90: Related Documents

    Related Documents HP SMH documentation For more information about HP SMH, see the following sources: HP System Management Homepage Release Notes The release notes provide documentation for what's new with the release, features and change notifications, system requirements, and known issues. The release notes are available on the HP Technical Documentation website at http://docs.hp.com.
  • Page 91: A Hp Smh File Locations

    A HP SMH file locations File locations Table A-1 HP SMH file locations Description Windows Linux HP-UX HP SMH Root The root of the SystemDrive\hp\hpsmh /opt/hp/hpsmh /opt/hpsmh HP SMH installation. HP SMH Executable The HP /opt/hp/hpsmh/sbin/hpsmhd /opt/hpsmh/lbin S y s t e m D r i v e \ h p \ h p s m h \ b i n \ h p s m h d . e x e SMH binary.
  • Page 93: B Hp Smh Ciphers

    B HP SMH Ciphers Ciphers used in HP SMH This appendix provides a list of all the Ciphers used in the HP SMH product. Table B-1 Ciphers used in HP SMH Cipher Syntax Description Directive used in HP SMH Description SSLProtocol SSLProtocol [+|-]protocol Configure usable SSL...
  • Page 95: Glossary

    Glossary Accounts for Users The HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb) tool is used to manage user accounts and & Groups tool group accounts on the local system. This tool can also be used to manage user accounts on a (ugweb) NIS system.
  • Page 96 performance management, and workload management enable systems administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management of their hardware assets. To obtain more information about HP SIM, go to http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim. HP Version Control An Insight Management Agent that is installed on a system to enable the customer to see the HP Agent (VCA) software installed on that server.
  • Page 97 Kernel The HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb) tool is used to manage kernel tunables, modules and Configuration tool alarms. The Kernel Configuration tool can be launched from the HP-UX System Administration (kcweb) Manager (SAM) tool or from HP SMH Massachusetts Institute of Technology. multihomed Multiple names set to a certificate.
  • Page 98 server, so the client can be assured it is communicating with the system that the system claims to be. It is application protocol independent. Secure Task Secure execution of a task from a managed system. This feature of HP SMH ensures that the user Execution (STE) requesting the task has the appropriate rights to perform the task and encrypts the request to protect data from snooping.
  • Page 99 products is the HP-UX implementation of the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) WBEM standard.
  • Page 101: Index

    Index Kerberos user groups, 33 certificates trust mode, 33 trusted management server certificates, 33 navigating ciphers HP SMH, 25 HP SMH, 93 CLI configuration HP SMH, 71 operating systems, supported, 10 credits overview HP SMH, 69 getting started, 13 documentation, 90 pages HP SMH, 30 error...
  • Page 102 UI Options HP SMH, 33 UI Properties HP SMH, 33 User Preferences HP SMH, 33 web browsers, supported, 1 1 webapps Integrated Agents, 67 Other Agents, 67 websites, 12 102 Index...

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