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System Inventory Manager Overview ClusterPack System Inventory Manager Overview Index | Administrators Guide | Users Guide | Tool Overview | Related Documents | Dictionary 3.3.1 What is System Inventory Manager? 3.3.2 How to invoke Systems Inventory Manager 3.3.1 What is System Inventory Manager? The Systems Inventory Manager application is a tool that allows you to easily collect, store and manage inventory and configuration information for the Compute Nodes in the HP-UX Itanium 2 cluster. The Systems Inventory Manager GUI in conjunction with the underlying Desktop Management Interface (DMI) provides a easy web-based interface. Some of the key features of the tool are: z You design the grouping of devices in the way that best suits your environment. z The GUI's buttons, tabs and menus provide quick access to: { defining devices, and groups { adding, configuring, and deleting devices as well as groups, schedules and filters { collecting data on a scheduled basis or on demand { filtering of collected data to isolate specific data { comparing collected inventory data for devices and snapshots { reviewing the wealth of information that is contained in collected snapshots in an easy-to-use format { viewing group, device, schedule, snapshot and filter properties z The scheduling facility allows you to define when Systems Inventory Manager retrieves inventory information, dynamically and on predetermined schedules that suit your needs. Data can be collected for individual devices and for each defined group.

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System Inventory Manager Overview
ClusterPack
System Inventory Manager Overview
Index
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Administrators Guide
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Users Guide
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Tool Overview
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Related Documents
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Dictionary
3.3.1 What is System Inventory Manager?
3.3.2 How to invoke Systems Inventory Manager
3.3.1 What is System Inventory Manager?
The Systems Inventory Manager application is a tool that allows you to easily collect, store
and manage inventory and configuration information for the Compute Nodes in the HP-UX
Itanium 2 cluster. The Systems Inventory Manager GUI in conjunction with the underlying
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) provides a easy web-based interface.
Some of the key features of the tool are:
You design the grouping of devices in the way that best suits your
environment.
The GUI's buttons, tabs and menus provide quick access to:
defining devices, and groups
adding, configuring, and deleting devices as well as
groups, schedules and filters
collecting data on a scheduled basis or on demand
filtering of collected data to isolate specific data
comparing collected inventory data for devices and
snapshots
reviewing the wealth of information that is contained in
collected snapshots in an easy-to-use format
viewing group, device, schedule, snapshot and filter
properties
The scheduling facility allows you to define when Systems Inventory
Manager retrieves inventory information, dynamically and on pre-
determined schedules that suit your needs. Data can be collected for
individual devices and for each defined group.