central management server (CMS)

A system in the management domain that executes the HP Systems Insight Manager software. All central operations within HP Systems Insight Manager are initiated from this system.

Configure or Repair Agents

The Configure or Repair Agents feature is an HP Systems Insight Manager plug-in feature that enables you to repair credentials for SNMP settings and trust relationships that exist between HP Systems Insight Manager and target systems. You can also update Web Agent passwords on target systems that have 7.1 agents or earlier installed.

discovery

A feature within a management application that finds and identifies network objects. In HP management applications, discovery finds and identifies all the HP systems within a specified network range.

HP Systems Insight Manager

System management software that is capable of managing a wide variety of systems, including HP systems, clusters, desktops, workstations, and portables.

HP Systems Insight Manager combines the strengths of HP Insight Manager 7, HP Toptools, and HP Servicecontrol Manager to deliver a single tool for managing HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 systems running Windows, Linux, and HP-UX. The core HP Systems Insight Manager software delivers the essential capabilities required to manage all HP server platforms. HP Systems Insight Manager can also be extended to deliver unparalleled breadth of system management with plug-ins for HP storage, power, client, and printer products. Plug-ins for rapid deployment, performance management, and workload management enable systems administrators to pick the value added software required to deliver complete lifecycle management of their hardware assets.

Management HTTP Server

An integrated piece of software used by the HP suite of HP Web-enabled System Management Software to communicate over HTTP and HTTPS. It provides a uniform set of functionality and security to HP Web-enabled System Management Software. This version is available in the ProLiant or Support Pack 7.10 or earlier.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

One of the management protocols supported by HP Systems Insight Manager. Traditional management protocol used extensively by networking systems and most servers. MIB-2 is the standard information available consistently across all vendors.

standard output (stdout)

The default place to which a program writes its output. The default is the terminal display.

system

Nodes on the network that communicate through TCP/IP or IPX. To manage a system, some type of management protocol (for example, SNMP, DMI, or WBEM) must be present on the system. Examples of systems include servers, workstations, desktops, portables, routers, switches, hubs, and gateways.

System Management Homepage

A Web-based application that provides a consolidated interface for single system management. By aggregating the data from HP Web-based agents and management utilities, the System Management Homepage provides a common, easy-to-use interface for displaying hardware fault and status monitoring, performance data, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version control for an individual server. This version is available in the ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack 7.20 or later.

user

A network user with a valid login on the CMS that has been added to HP Systems Insight Manager.