HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 244)

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 HP SIM 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 Agent, 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 HP SIM 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
Management
Homepage An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management
Software to communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and
security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software.
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.
system search Logical grouping of systems into a collection based on information in the HP SIM database. After
a search is defined, you can display the results from the system view page or associate it with a
management task.
system status
panel The section of the GUI on the left of the screen that displays status information and system or
event alarms.
system type One of 12 supplied types. You can add your own based on one of these types. For example,
use Server type to create MyServer type. It is still a server and is reported on in the same way,
but it has your designation.
System Type
Manager A utility that enables you to modify the default behavior of the discovery and identification of
objects classified as Unknown or as another category of systems are discovered and identified
precisely as you require. HP SIM discovers and identifies the system and applies the new
information when an Unknown system matches a rule set that you specify as the primary rule set.
Furthermore, creating the new system type provides a System Link page for viewing the
information returned from the system agent or from the communication protocol of SNMP .
T
target system The system selected for a tool to run on.
task An executed instance of an HP SIM tool, on one or more systems, with a specific set of arguments.
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