System health status, System, Health status – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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software update

A task to remotely update software and firmware.

spoofing

The act of a website posing as another site to gather confidential or sensitive information, alter
data transactions, or present false or misleading data.

SSH client

Connects to SSH servers to perform remote task execution and file copy.

SSH server

Listens for and services requests coming in on the proper TCP/IP port, usually port 22.

status type

The classification of status messages (for example, Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, Warning,
and Unknown).

Storage
Management
Initiative
Specification
(SMI-S)

A standard management interface developed by the Storage Networking Industry Association
(SNIA). SMI-S provides a common interface and facilitates the management of storage devices
from multiple vendors. SMI-S uses industry-standard

common information model

and

Web-Based

Enterprise Management

technology.

storage systems

SAN-attached Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel
host bus adapters).

subnet

On TCP/IP networks, subnets are all systems whose IP addresses have the same prefix. For
example, all systems with IP addresses that start with 10.10.10. would be part of the same subnet.

system

Systems on the network that communicate through TCP/IP. To manage a system, some type of
management protocol (for example, SNMP, or WBEM) must be present on the system. Examples
of systems include servers, workstations, desktops, portables, routers, switches, hubs, and
gateways.

system group

A group of systems based on a system collection; a static snapshot of the source collection at the
time the system group was created. Used for authorizations.

system health
status

This is aggregate status all of the status sources (which can be SNMP, WBEM, and HTTP) that
are supported on a target system, with the most critical status being displayed. The following are
the different system health statuses that can be displayed:

Critical

Systems Insight Manager can no longer communicate with the system. The system

was previously discovered but cannot be pinged. The system might be down, powered off,
or no longer accessible on the network because of network problems.

Major

A major problem exists with this system. It should be addressed immediately. For

systems running an Insight Management Agents, some component has failed. The system
might no longer be properly functioning, and data loss can occur.

Minor

A minor problem exists with this system. For systems running Insight Management

Agent, some component has failed but the system is still functioning.

Warning

The system has a potential problem or is in a state that might become a problem.

Normal

The system is functioning correctly.

Disabled

The system is disabled from monitoring but is not necessarily turned off.

Unknown

Systems Insight Manager cannot obtain management information about the

system.

Informational

The system might be in a transitional or non-error state.

system
identification

Identifying information about systems. This information is stored in the database. The following
information is identified:

Type of management protocol on the system (SNMP, WBEM, HTTP, and SSH)

Type of HP system (server, client, switch, router, and so on)

Network name of system

system properties

Properties can be set for a single system or for multiple systems at the same time and include
options such as system name, system type, system sub-type, operating system version, asset
number, contact information, and whether or not the system properties can be changed or updated
by the discovery process.

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