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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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WBEM Providers Overview

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Cluster Monitor
»Command Line Tools
»Creating New Command Line Tools
»Custom Commands
»Configuring DMI Access
»Configuring SNMP Access
»Device Ping
»Disk Thresholds
»License Manager
»Management Processor Tools
»Managing MIBs
»Installing OpenSSH
»PMP Tools
»Removing and Restoring Tools
»Replicate Agent Settings
»RPM Package Manager
»Server Migration Pack
»System Management Homepage
»System Page
»Version Control
»Virtual Machine Management Pack
»WBEM Based Tools
»Property Pages
»System Fault Management Overview
WBEM Providers Overview
»Available MSA Tools
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help

HP WBEM Management Providers allow 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 which plug into 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.

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.

Go to http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=WBEMLINUX for additional information about WBEM Providers for Linux.