HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 204)

Functionality when enabled Description Management standard
System identification, Inventory and
events SNMP is widely used for management
but the widely implemented versions
1 and 2 have weak security. While
no set operations are used by HP SIM,
read access to system data might be
visible on the network. SNMP is
UDP-based. In many environments it
is not considered a suitable protocol
to pass through the firewall. Because
SNMPv1 has a simple, clear-text
community, it provides a low level of
security. However, SNMP can be
suitable for some environments in
which the network used for managing
systems is relatively controlled. SNMP
Remote tool execution SSH is used for remote command
execution. HP SIM uses SSH to run
commands on managed systems. SSH
Consistent server management across
vendors A DMTF initiative for common server
management which enables
vendor-independent management
applications. SMASH
System identification An SNIA standard for storage
management using WBEM. SMI-S
Identification, inventory, and events A DMTF program with widespread
industry support with a set of
standards including CIM, CIM-XML,
and WS-Management. The CIM-XML
protocol is most widely used with
WBEM today, and the term WBEM is
often used to mean this protocol.
Note: Configure firewalls to allow the
CMS to communicate with managed
systems through default port 5989. If
you have modified the default port
setting for your WBEM provider, you
must configure your firewall for the
port number your WBEM provider on
which it is actually configured.
WBEM
Identification, inventory, and events A DMTF standard for exchanging
management information using web
services. You can use
WS-Management to transport CIM as
an alternative to CIM-XML. WS-Management
Identification, inventory, and events WMI is Microsoft's implementation of
WBEM. WMI runs over
Distributed
Component Object Model (DCOM),
which in turn, uses RPC. For Windows
systems behind a firewall, HP
recommends installing the WMI
Mapper on a managed system in the
secure network. This mapper allows
standard CIM-XML requests through
the firewall, and they are mapped to
WMI requests on the managed system.
WMI
204 Protocols used by HP SIM