Initial identification, Identifying systems, Manage system types – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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Operating system name, type, and version
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Associations, such as
iLO in server
NOTE:
During identification, remote
have a generic name (format: Encl_SerialNumber) assigned
to them until one server from every enclosure is discovered and identified. Then, the enclosures contain the
name of the enclosure assigned to the enclosure.
For newly found
systems, before the system is added to the
, any
that are configured are applied. If a system does not match the discovery filter, it is not added to the
database, and no additional tasks or requests are made to that system. After the system passes the filter, it
is added to the database. At this time, the system is available to any polling tasks, lists, or other operations.
NOTE:
Discovery filters do not apply to manually discovered systems.
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) performs initial hardware and software status polling and initial data
collection on newly added systems. See
, and
for more information on each task. The information about the systems is stored in the database.
The time to complete the discovery and identification cycle varies with the network size and resources. All
necessary tasks are predefined in HP SIM. Predefined tasks cannot be removed from the system, but they
can be disabled if needed. You can also create a new identification task and schedule it to run when you
want to update identification information from systems.
By default, HP SIM runs
once per day and when new systems are discovered. Most
users do not need to schedule identification tasks to run more than once per day.
Initial identification
After a system has been newly discovered or rediscovered, HP SIM attempts to identify it. The discovery task
is not 100% complete until all the systems discovered or rediscovered have been identified.
NOTE:
If upgrading from Insight Manager 7 to HP SIM, you must run identification for all network devices,
racks, and enclosures to be displayed on the Status Overview page.
Identifying systems
To identify systems in between discoveries, select Options
→Identify Systems. The Identify Systems page
appears. From this page, select target systems to add. See
for more information on selecting
targets.
Related procedure
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Manage system types
The
(STM) is a utility to modify the default behavior of
. STM enables
you to customize the type and product name of third-party systems using rules based on responses to
and
(Windows only) lists from systems on your network.
IMPORTANT:
For most HP
, the
and product name cannot be modified. Identification
can be customized based on SNMP System Object Identifiers (OIDs) for all other fields. Manufacturers assign
unique system object identifiers to their SNMP instrumented products. STM enables you to customize
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