HP DL360 HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers
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- HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 1
installing and configuring the Insight Agents 16 Updating Insight Management Agents 16 Understanding port use with Insight Management Agents and HP SIM 16 Configuring the data collection interval 16 Setting the server role ...17 Additional support for Insight Management on HP ProLiant servers - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 2
brief provides an overview of the HP Insight Management Agents for HP ProLiant servers running the Windows® server operating system. It is intended to provide an architectural overview of the entire set of client-side software components that are installed on ProLiant servers to provide integrated - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 3
Figure 1. HP Insight Management Agents architecture 3 - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 4
agent Information collected High-level server information (Host name, System role, OS installed) System Performance (OS statistics, CPU and memory utilization) File System information (Logical Drives, Drive utilization) HP software installed Clustering information Source Windows OS Windows - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 5
configuration Memory installed PCI devices and system slots Sensor information (fans, temperature, power supplies and redundancy) Critical events (hardware errors) Management processor information BladeSystem enclosure information Source SM BIOS SM BIOS SM BIOS and System Management driver SM BIOS - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 6
Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) Storage Providers. Additional information on HP support for SMI-S is available at http://www.compaq.com/storage/smis.html. NIC agent The NIC agent collects and stores information about the network controllers installed in the managed server. Some of - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 7
, less sensitive information is still sent to the HP SIM server over standard SNMP from the Microsoft SNMP Agent Service. To further enhance security, at installation, the Insight Management Agents architecture configures the Microsoft SNMP Agent Service to restrict SNMP writes to the local host - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 8
management information or to set SNMP configuration information. Because these operations are considered generate an alert. The Microsoft SNMP Agent Service. Based on the events selected by the HP Trap Thread, the SNMP Agent Service generates the actual SNMP Traps that are sent to the SIM server - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 9
Figure 2. Architecture of HP Insight Manager alerting 9 - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 10
as an alternative alerting mechanism when managing a small server installation (typically, fewer than ten servers) that does not require the full set of capabilities available through HP Systems Insight Manager. Figure 2 shows where the Event Notifier service fits within the of Insight Manager alert - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 11
Agent. It can be configured using the HP Management Agents configuration utility accessible from the Control Panel of any managed server with the Insight Management Agents architecture installed (Figure 4). Figure 4 . Running the HP Management Agents configuration utility Figure 5 shows the - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 12
Figure 5. Setting process monitoring in the Management Agents configuration utility 12 - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 13
web server and its various web applications, as well as the Secure Task Execution and Configure Agent Settings services. Figure server and an infrastructure for supporting a set of plug-in web applications developed by HP. These web applications retrieve the detailed information on the managed server - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 14
directly at Port 2381 of the server's IP address and requires OS password authentication. If the Insight Agents have been configured properly, either at installation or subsequently using the Configure and Repair Agents capability in HP SIM, the user is automatically logged into the SMH when - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 15
is sent over this secure link using HTTPS. A configurable trust relationship also provides certificate-based authentication between the managed servers and the SIM server. This authentication eliminates the need for a user to manually log-in to each managed server and forms the basis for the Insight - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 16
installing and configuring the Insight Agents Updating Insight Management Agents In addition to the latest device drivers and utilities for HP ProLiant servers, the ProLiant Support Packs contain updated Insight Management Agents. ProLiant Support Packs are developed and tested concurrently with HP - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 17
servers being managed using HP SIM. The Server Role is a user-defined string of up to 256 characters. It is typically used to identify a server's function in the network or even its physical location. Administrators can set the Server Role in several ways: using Configure and Repair Agents in HP - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 18
full integration with ProLiant 100-series G6 servers, including discovery and association with the Lights Out 100 management processors on the servers. HP SIM and the Insight Management Agents are not supported on any earlier generations of the ProLiant 100-series servers. More information on - HP DL360 | HP Insight Management Agents architecture for Windows servers - Page 19
Systems Insight Manager Information on HP System Management Homepage HP Insight Management Agents for HP ProLiant 100- series servers HP Insight Management WBEM Providers ProLiant Support Packs Web address www.hp.com/go/hpsim http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ agents/index.html
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Abstract
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Introduction to the Insight Management Agents architecture
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HP Insight Management agents
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Foundation agent
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Server agent
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Storage agent
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NIC agent
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SNMP Services
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Microsoft SNMP Agent Service
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Management Information Base
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Enhancing SNMP Security
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Performing SNMP Sets
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Monitoring the server and delivering SNMP Traps
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Additional Insight Agents functionality
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The HP Insight Event Notifier
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Process Monitoring
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The System Management Homepage framework
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System Management Homepage web server
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System Management Homepage
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HTTPS, single sign-on, and secure task execution
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Replicate Agent Settings service
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Considerations when installing and configuring the Insight Agents
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Updating Insight Management Agents
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Understanding port use with Insight Management Agents and HP SIM
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Configuring the data collection interval
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Setting the server role
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Additional support for Insight Management on HP ProLiant servers
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HP Insight Management WBEM Providers
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Support for ProLiant 100-series servers
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Conclusion
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For more information
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Call to action
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