Protocols, Reporting, Additional new features – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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Protocols

When setting protocol settings, the Write community string is only required for firmware updates on a
GbE switch.

WBEM communications now support certificate-based authorization as well as user and password-based
authentication where support is available. The Configure or Repair Agents have also been extended
to configure WBEM certificates on target systems.

Reporting

HP SIM can now generate reports containing event information, as well as nPars and tape libraries.

Improvements to inventory reports for non stop systems and power supplies.

Presentation improvements for snapshot reports.

Additional new features

New quick search available.

Easier to use interface for creating custom tools.

You can enlarge the System Status panel to display a separate, large window that can be resized
and viewed from across a room without sitting at the HP SIM terminal.

The HP SIM Configure and Repair Agents tool enables you to configure Windows managed systems
from a HP-UX or Linux CMS

An improved license management user interface.

Error messages have been rewritten to include a root cause and a corrective action.

New default task to delete events older than 90 days.

Can manage c-Class blade systems.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed information displays Critical, Major, and Minor systems and the
events associated with the system, including totals.

Product registration enables you to receive notification of software updates, support alerts, and
newsletters.

Partner applications

HP SIM includes a new Service Essentials Remote Support Pack plug-in. This plug-in leverages elements
of HP’s Service Essentials Remote Support Pack technology and provides integrated HP SIM and Remote
Support Pack capability.

When the Remote Support Pack and HP SIM are installed together on a Windows CMS, you can
monitor and view contract and warranty data in the HP SIM user interface. An HP support contract is
not required for monitoring warranty data.

HP SIM includes HP Insight Power Manager which provides new insight into ProLiant server energy
consumption to include centralized graphical reporting and analysis of power and cooling costs for
groups of servers, policy-based power management based on the time of day, and instantaneous and
historical views of thermal output and power consumed.

HP SIM supports the launch of HBAnyware from the system page of storage hosts with Emulex HBAs.

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