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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Adding a System Manually

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Configuring Automatic Discovery
»Configuring Discovery General Settings
»Managing Discovery Templates
Adding a System Manually
»Managing Hosts Files
»Identification
»Manage System Types
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Command Line Interface
» Related Procedure
» Related Topics

Use manual discovery to add a system to the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) database between scheduled discoveries.

To add a system using manual discovery:

  1. Select OptionsDiscovery and select the Manual tab. The System Information section appears.

  2. Select the System name radio button and enter the system name.

    or

    Select the IP address radio button and enter the IP address.

  3. Click [Add System] to add the system to the database, or click [More Settings] to enter additional information.

    New Discovery Task
    New Discovery Task
    • Specify additional system properties to use only if Identification fails on this system. Includes:

    • WBEM Settings. Includes:

      • User name

      • Password

    • SNMP Settings. Includes:

      • Timeout (in seconds)

      • Retries

      • Read-only community string

      • Write community string

  4. If you clicked [More Settings], click [Add System] to add the system immediately or click [Fewer Settings] to return to the previous brief display. If you clicked [Fewer Settings], click [Add System] to add the system to the database.

Hosts files can be used to manually add multiple systems to the HP SIM database. Refer to Discovery and Identification - Managing Hosts Files for more information.

Command Line Interface

Use the mxnode command to perform this task from the command line interface (CLI). For assistance with this command, refer to the HP-UX or Linux manpage by entering man mxnode at the command line. Refer to Getting Started - Using Command Line Interface Commands for more information on the command and a link to the manpage.

Related Procedure

» Managing Hosts Files - Creating a New Hosts File

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Discovery and Identification
» Managing Hosts Files - IP Ranges