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Monitoring HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry

Introduction

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry, you can use one of the following connectors:

• MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf (SNMP-based connector)
• MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf (SSH-based connector).

Procedure

Using SNMP

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SNMP:

1. Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.

2. Create a new policy:

   • Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.
   • Add a monitoring configuration.

   • Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.

     

   • In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:

     

     • Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor
     • Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.
     • Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.

     • Enable SNMP and provide the required configuration information. For SNMP v1 and v2c, provide a valid SNMP community string; for SNMP v3 provide the credentials:

       

     • Specify the connector to be used:

       

       • Select Use Specified Connectors.
       • In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeSystem.hdf.
3. Click OK.

4. Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight:

   

Using SSH

To monitor HP Blade Systems with Hardware Sentry using SSH:

1. Log in to TrueSight Presentation Server.

2. Create a new policy:

   • Specify the general properties and agent selection criteria.
   • Add a monitoring configuration.

   • Select the Hardware Monitoring Solution.

     

   • In the Hardware Configuration section, click Add:

     

     • Indicate the name of the device you wish to monitor
     • Enter the IP address of the device. If no IP address is provided, the device name previously specified will be used.
     • Select Management Card/Chip, Blade Chassis, ESXi as Device Type.

     • Enable SSH and provide the required configuration information:

       

     • Specify the connector to be used:

       

       • Select Use Specified Connectors.
       • In the Connector File Names field, enter MS_HW_HPBladeTelnet.hdf.
3. Click OK.

4. Click Save. After a few minutes, your device will be displayed in TrueSight:

   

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