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The latest version of HP Systems Insight Manager adds support for the following:

  • Automatically discover network storage systems from controllers down to the LUN

  • View a consolidated list of all server and storage events from a single event viewer, and configure and take automated actions

  • Create detailed server and storage configuration reports from a central database

  • Flexible role based security enables you to decide which administrators have access to server and storage details

  • Enables you to launch server and storage element managers from a single system viewer

  • Lists and folders are now called collections

  • Table view pages now include a page numbering feature showing what page you are viewing out of the total number of pages available

  • New System Page Identity tab available for servers, clusters, complexes, partitions, storage arrays, storage hosts, storage switches, and tape libraries which include specific information for each

  • System groups are now created from the Authorizations tab on the Users and Authorizations page

  • Ability to create user groups that match operating system user groups to give these users access to HP Systems Insight Manager without creating each individual user

  • Eight system sub-types are now available instead of just one when setting system properties

  • Improved access to Discovery options which includes a Discovery page with tabs for Automatic, Manual, and Hosts Files configuration

  • New command line interface (CLI) commands, including mxreport, mxcert, mxglobalprotocolsettings, mxglobalsettings, mxcollection, and mxgethostname

  • New Secure Shell (SSH) bypass feature to bypass users for SSH

  • Ability to set system properties for multiple systems at the same time

  • New SSH fields included on the System Protocol Settings page, including setting the SSH username and password

  • New tree view available for system and cluster collections

  • Ability to create, edit, and delete Discovery tasks

  • Ability to enable or disable a Discovery task

  • Ability to create new custom tools including copying a file, removing a tool, and creating command line, Web launch, and X window tools

  • New event type criterion for running an advanced search

  • Ability to update desired protocols from the System Protocol Settings page from the System Page Tools/Links tab

  • New Warning status for systems and events

  • License Manager now includes a time sensitive demo key

  • Supports the use of an Oracle database (locally or remotely) for Windows, HP-UX, and Linux.

  • New skipped status for tasks

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