Certificates, About login, Single login – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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Certificates
HP SIM allows secure and authorized management from the
(CMS). Users'
authorizations for managed systems and the CMS can be configured, helping ensure only authorized users
perform state-changing operations. Communication between the CMS, managed systems, and the browser
is secured using SSL and certificates, helping to authenticate systems and protect user credentials and
management data.
A new SSL certificate is created during CMS initialization that is used as a client credential in WBEM requests
instead of the CMS certificate. Select Use certificate instead in the WBEM settings section of the System
Protocol Settings
page to authenticate using the WBEM certificate. See
“Setting protocols for a system or
for more information. To configure the WBEM certificate, use the Configure or Repair
Agents. See
for more information.
NOTE:
The WBEM client certificate authentication feature is only supported on HP-UX systems which have
WBEM Services 2.5 installed for HP SIM.
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Changing the HP SIM default SSL port
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Setting protocols for a system or groups of systems
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About login
Single Login
allows a link within an HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) page to establish an authenticated
browser session to a
that supports Single Login without requiring
to re-enter their user
names and passwords. However, if you are trying to establish an authenticated browser session with another
instance of HP Systems Insight Manager running on another system, you must re-enter your user name and
password. Single Login links exist wherever there is a link to another system.
NOTE:
HP SIM is the initial point of authentication, and browsing to another managed system must be
from within HP SIM.
If you browse to a managed system using any method other than the links within HP SIM, Single Login is
not supported, and you are required to enter the appropriate user name and password for each managed
system. Managed systems must be set up to trust an HP SIM system before accepting a Single Login command.
Trust is set up at the system by importing the HP SIM system certificate into the Trusted Management Servers
List of the system. See
“Setting up trust relationships”
for more information.
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