HP Systems Insight Manager

HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) is the foundation for HP's unified infrastructure management strategy. It provides hardware level management for HP ProLiant, Integrity, and HP 9000 servers; HP BladeSystems; and HP StorageWorks MSA, EVA, and XP storage arrays. HP SIM also provides management of non-HP gear through industry standards.

HP Systems Insight Manager alone is an effective unified infrastructure management tool. When used in conjunction with Essentials plug-ins, it becomes a comprehensive, easy-to-use platform that enables organizations to holistically control their Windows, HP-UX, and Linux environments.

Summary of Change

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?

This release provides a full installation of “HP SIM 5.0 with Update 2 - HP-UX” as well as a full in-place upgrade from HP SIM 4. x or 5.x.
Support for HP BladeSystem C-Class blade and enclosure, and onboard administrator support.
HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.1, an HP SIM plugin that enables you to manage blade systems, has been updated to add the “All c-Class Racks” collection and their components, including c-Class server blades, interconnect switches, and c-Class enclosures, Onboard Administrator, power supplies, and fans on the “All c-Class Racks” page.
Minimum system memory configuration to run HP SIM on HP-UX 11i v3 is now 3GB.
Fixed defect issues.

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?

See “What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?”

Impact

There are no impacts other than those listed previously.

Compatibility

For information about supported operating systems, go to the HP Systems Insight Manager “Information Library” at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

All HP Systems Insight Manager documentation is available on the Web and bundled with the software.

HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for MS Windows
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux
HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX
These documents provide information about installing and getting started using HP Systems Insight Manager. These guides include an introduction to basic concepts, definitions, and functionality associated with HP Systems Insight Manager. These documents are available at http://docs.hp.com/ or http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/.
HP Systems Insight Manager Help System
This help system provides a complete set of documentation for using, maintaining, and troubleshooting HP Systems Insight Manager. A PDF of the help system is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/.
Additional information—including general product information, white papers, and support information—is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/.

Obsolescence

HP Systems Insight Manager replaces Servicecontrol Manager 3.0.