Configuring Hp Insight Management Agent Packages - HP BL860c Installation Manual

During the process of installing the HP Insight Management Agent packages, default values are
used to create an initial configuration. These default configuration values are stored in /etc/
snmp/snmpd.conf.
Once the installation completes, the SNMP daemon and the HP Insight Management Agent
packages start and messages similar to the following are displayed on your server:
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The following file(s) contained the prior snmpd configuration:
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
They have been saved and will be restored when hpima is removed.
New configuration is stored in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
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(Re)starting the SNMP daemon, configured to support the HP Insight
Management Agents
Start SNMP AgentX Intermediary
Start Foundation Peer Daemon
Start Foundation Host Agent
Start Foundation Threshold Agent
Start Server Peer Daemon
Start Server Health Agent
Start Server Standard Equipment Agent
Start Storage Peer Daemon
Start Storage Event Agent
Start Storage Intelligent Disk Array Agent
Start Storage SCSI Agent
Start Storage Fibre Channel Agent
Start NIC Peer Daemon
Start NIC Agent
Start Event E0 Trap Generator
HP Insight Management Agents are enabled.
The hpima RPM has installed successfully.
Errors are logged in /var/log/hp/hpima/. Although the agents run, no traps are sent. For a
definition of a trap destination, see

Configuring HP Insight Management Agent Packages

Once the installation is complete, you must configure the HP Insight Management Agents. For
configuration instructions, see
The configuration values are stored in /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf. If you are familiar with manual
configuration of SNMP agents, you can edit this file and restart the SNMP daemon.
To verify HP Insight Management agent status, enter /etc/init.d/hpima status, and then
press Enter.
The following is an example of the output that is returned from this command:
hpimaX (pid 29032) is running...
hpimahostd (pid 29547) is running...
hpimathreshd (pid 29557) is running...
hpimahealthd (pid 29570) is running...
hpimastdeqd (pid 29580) is running...
hpimaeventd (pid 29590) is running...
hpimaidad (pid 29608) is running...
hpimasasd (pid 29619) is running...
hpimascsid (pid 29631) is running...
hpimafcad (pid 29643) is running...
hpimanicd (pid 29661) is running...
hpimaE0traps (pid 29675) is running...
12 Installing and Configuring HP Insight Management Agents
hpimaX': [ OK ]
hpimafdtnpeerd': [ OK ]
hpimahostd': [ OK ]
hpimathreshd': [ OK ]
hpimasvrpeerd': [ OK ]
hpimahealthd': [ OK ]
hpimastorpeerd': [ OK ]
hpimaeventd': [ OK ]
hpimascsid': [ OK ]
hpimanicpeerd': [ OK ]
hpimanicd': [ OK ]
hpimaE0traps': [ OK ]
"Concepts and Terms to Understand" (page
Chapter 3 (page
hpimastdeqd': [ OK ]
hpimaidad': [ OK ]
hpimafcad': [ OK ]
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