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The System Management Home framework - array configuration utility

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The System Management Homepage framework The System Management Homepage framework plays several roles in the Insight Management Agents architecture. It retrieves and displays the detailed management information for a managed server through the System Management Homepage. The framework also provides a set of services that are integral to delivering many of the special features that are part of the overall Systems Insight Management solution. These include a web server and its various web applications, as well as the Secure Task Execution and Configure Agent Settings services. Figure 6 shows a detailed view of the SMH framework, which is part of the overall Insight Management Agents architecture shown in Figure 1. Figure 6. The System Management Homepage framework System Management Homepage web server At the heart of the SMH framework is an Apache-based web 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 from the MIB, put it into a meaningful format, and create the HTML pages that comprise the System Management Homepage. The system administrator can then use a web browser to view these pages that are delivered from the SMH web server of each managed system. The SMH web server also provides the execution platform for additional web-based applications that are part of the overall Insight Management system. These include the web-based implementations of HP Diagnostics and the HP Array Configuration Utility, as well as applications such as the HP Version Control Agent. Although it is Apache-based, the SMH web server is a locked-down, non-extensible version of the Apache server that is not accessible for general purpose use by other applications running on the server. 13

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The System Management Homepage framework
The System Management Homepage framework plays several roles in the Insight Management Agents
architecture. It retrieves and displays the detailed management information for a managed server
through the System Management Homepage. The framework also provides a set of services that are
integral to delivering many of the special features that are part of the overall Systems Insight
Management solution. These include a web server and its various web applications, as well as the
Secure Task Execution and Configure Agent Settings services. Figure 6 shows a detailed view of the
SMH framework, which is part of the overall Insight Management Agents architecture shown in Figure
1.
Figure 6. The System Management Homepage framework
System Management Homepage web server
At the heart of the SMH framework is an Apache-based web 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 from the MIB, put it into a meaningful format, and create
the HTML pages that comprise the System Management Homepage. The system administrator can
then use a web browser to view these pages that are delivered from the SMH web server of each
managed system.
The SMH web server also provides the execution platform for additional web-based applications that
are part of the overall Insight Management system. These include the web-based implementations of
HP Diagnostics and the HP Array Configuration Utility, as well as applications such as the HP Version
Control Agent. Although it is Apache-based, the SMH web server is a locked-down, non-extensible
version of the Apache server that is not accessible for general purpose use by other applications
running on the server.