Wbem providers overview, Available msa tools – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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WBEM providers overview

HP WBEM Management Providers enable you to remotely monitor system configuration and status. The
Management Providers report information about the system on which they are used. Information is provided
over the

Web-Based Enterprise Management

(WBEM) industry-standard protocol. A

Central Management

Server

(CMS) using HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) gathers, organizes, and displays the information

in reports enabling you to monitor system use and troubleshoot problems.

The management provider package contains a set of provider modules that plug in to the HP WBEM Services
package. The providers extend the basic functions of the HP WBEM Services package by providing additional
information about the hardware and operating system.

The provider package can supply the following categories of information in response to WBEM queries. For
more information see the HP WBEM Provider Data Sheets available separately.

Power supplies: Name, ID, description, status, and availability

Disk SMART sensors: System, state (online, failed/asserted, or unknown)

Disk drives: ID, capabilities, size, block size

Disk partitions, logical systems, and logical disks: ID, bootable, and type

Physical memory: Description, bank label, capacity, and memory type

Physical memory statistical information: Single-bit errors, double-bit errors, and predictive failure indicator

Network adapters: Address, speed, maximum speed, duplex indicator, and count of octets transmitted
and received

PCI systems: ID, vendor, grant time, and latency

Physical media: Name, hot swap capability, capacity, manufacturer, model, serial number, version,
and other information

SCSI controllers: ID, name, description, and protocol

HP WBEM Providers are available from the Linux link at

http://www.software.hp.com

. WBEM providers

for other HP equipment and operating systems are also available separately.

WBEM is a replacement for the SNMP network management protocol. WBEM providers perform a similar
role to SNMP agents of publishing information about a managed system. HP Integrity servers can also be
remotely managed using the HP SNMP Agents, which are available separately from

http://

www.software.hp.com

.

CAUTION:

The current release of HP WBEM Providers cannot coexist with the HP Insight Management

Agent This restriction will be removed in a future release. HP recommends Insight Management Agent be
installed on production machines managed using SNMP, and the HP WBEM Providers be installed for
evaluation of WBEM only.

See

http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/13219-0-0-225-121.html

for additional information

about WBEM Providers for Linux.

Available MSA tools

The following list of the

multiple-system aware

(MSA) tools are available in HP Systems Insight Manager (HP

SIM):

Deploy SSH Public Key

Ignite-UX Console

Ignite-UX Restricted Console

Create or Modify Recovery Archive

Create or Modify Tape Recovery Archive

Install or Recover System

Install Software

Remove Software

402 Tools that extend management

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