HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual

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NOTE:

Do not rely on the Update Versions string provided in the About box for Internet Explorer. It does

not always correctly indicate the service pack. For example, even if it says SP1 it might not be accurate if
the version is 5.50.4134.0600. Instead, ensure you have at least version 5.50.4522.1800.

For more information on the problem with Internet Explorer, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q269682.
For more information on how to determine which browser version you have installed, see Microsoft Knowledge
Base article Q164539.

Navigating to a system that does not support SSL

If you navigate to a HP SIM System Page for a system that does not support SSL, system links to the system
specify the usage of HTTP, a non-secure protocol, rather than HTTPS. This condition would cause the browser
to display both secure items from HP SIM and non-secure items from the system, thus prompting the warning.

There might be newer versions of the HP Insight Management Agent for your system that support SSL. If there
are not or you want to view the system now, click Yes to display the non-secure items, or you will not be
able to view the system. All data between the browser and the managed system continues to be encrypted
using SSL, and data between the browser and the system is not encrypted using SSL. The sign-in applet for
older HP Insight Management Agent takes special care to separately encode your sign-in credentials so that
you can securely sign in, but all other data is not encrypted.

NOTE:

Selecting Yes to the warning message removes the lock icon from the browser because portions

of the window are not secure. Additionally, the browser might not provide this warning the next time you
navigate to a non-secure system until the browser is restarted.

NOTE:

Single Login is not supported or attempted on systems that do not support SSL.

An error page displayed in browser

The browser might be attempting to display an error page, in which case it displays this warning message.
For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q184960.

When browsing to Insight Management Agent on the HP SIM Server itself, multiple security alerts appear
while browsing the agent.

Solution: This condition occurs under the following conditions:

Browsing to Insight Management Agent on the same system as the HP SIM Server. For example, the
HP SIM Server is named DAMON, and while browsing to HP SIM, you navigate to the System Page
for DAMON and select one of the web-based management links such as System Management
Homepage

.

Both certificates for the Insight Management Agent and HP SIM are not imported into the browser.

Even though HP SIM and the Insight Management Agent are both running on the same system, they are not
the same SSL web server and do not have the same certificate.

To stop the security alert windows from displaying, import both certificate for HP SIM and the Web-based
Management Agent into the browser. See

“Importing a server certificate”

for more information. The information

provided there can also be applied to importing the Web-based Management Agent certificate as well.

If the security alert is caused by a name mismatch between the name on the certificate and the name on the
address, importing the certificates does not resolve the problem. Instead, browse to HP SIM or the Management
Agent using the name in the certificate, or browse to one using the certificate name and the other not using
the certificate name. For example, browse to HP SIM using the IP address and to the Management Agent
using the system name, or browse to HP SIM using the system name and to the Management Agent using
the IP address. Using two different names helps separate the two domains in the browser, preventing confusion
with different certificates for the same domain. See remaining security problems for more information.

Starting with HP SIM attempts to synchronize its certificate and private key with the local HTTP server for the
Insight Management Agent to alleviate this problem. If synchronization has occurred, the system should be
restarted to ensure both HP SIM and the HTTP server restart with the synchronized certificate. See

“Synchronizing certificates”

for more details.

I am receiving a Page cannot be displayed or <system> not found. Please check the
name and try again.

error when accessing a managed system.

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