Signing in, Signing in to the gui – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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4.
Enter the requested information. Items marked with an asterisk are required. You must read and accept
the warranty and license terms before you can continue.
5.
Click next. The receipt page appears.
6.
Click the HP SIM License Key link in the download software column. An Adobe Reader file opens
and shows the HP SIM license key information.
NOTE:
You will also receive this file in an e-mail to the address you entered during the registration
process.
You must have Adobe Reader installed in order to view the license key file.
7.
Click the icon for the Acrobat Select tool:
8.
Select and copy the License Key.
9.
In the Registration window, position the cursor in any of the five fields forming the input box, and
press the Ctrl + V keys to paste the license key. You can also right-click to paste.
The license key displays with five characters in each of the five fields.
10. Click Submit. HP SIM notifies you that the license key was added successfully. Close the Registration
window.
Signing in
Access the
using a web browser or the
(CLI) using a
(SSH) client.
When you first sign in to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) the First Time Wizard window appears.
The First Time Wizard provides information and procedures for getting started with HP SIM. Click Close to
exit the window. If you do not want this window to appear each time you sign in to HP SIM, select Do not
automatically show this wizard again
, and then click Close. See the
for more
information.
Signing in to the GUI
Access the HP SIM GUI from any network client using a web browser. For information about which browsers
are supported, see the HP SIM installation guides located at
, and select the appropriate guide for your operating system.
NOTE:
After accessing HP SIM, if you open additional windows in the same browser process and navigate
to the same HP SIM URL you navigated to previously, you do not need to sign back in to HP SIM. Any time
you start a new instance of the browser process and navigate to HP SIM, you must sign in.
If you sign in to HP SIM and then navigate to a different site entirely, the HP SIM session begins to time out.
If you use the same browser process to return to HP SIM in under 20 minutes, you are not required to sign
back in. Otherwise, you must sign in again.
To sign in to the GUI:
1.
Open a supported web browser on any network client, and enter the address for the sign in page by
navigating to http://hostname:280/, where hostname is the host name of the CMS.
Note: If you are signing in directly on a Windows CMS, you can use the HP SIM desktop icon to access
the sign in page, or you can select Start
→Programs→HP Systems Insight Manager→HP Systems
Insight Manager
.
2.
Enter your user name, password, domain, and time zone if requested.
Note: If the browser can determine its time zone with certainty, then the Time zone selection field is
not displayed.
3.
Click Sign In.
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