Chapter 4 Configuring HP SIM using the First Time Wizard

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At this point, step 1 below is complete. Perform step 2 to configure HP SIM for your environment by using First Time Wizard or proceed to Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu”.

Install and configure the CMS. The procedure to complete this step is in Chapter 3 “Installing HP SIM on the Central Management Server (CMS) for the first time”.
Configure HP SIM for your environment. The procedure to complete the First Time Wizard is in this chapter or Chapter 5 “Configuring HP SIM using the Options menu”.
Install and configure the required management software on the systems that will be managed by the CMS. For more information on this step, see Chapter 6 “Setting up and configuring managed systems” for details.
Configure the remaining protocols for the managed systems. See Chapter 6 “Setting up and configuring managed systems” for details.

The initial setup of HP SIM uses the First Time Wizard to provide step-by-step instructions for performing the initial configuration of HP SIM Central Management Server as well as steps for setting up managed systems, configuring discovery, configuring event handling, adding users, and defining authorizations. To perform the initial setup, you must complete the installation of your Central Management Server (CMS) as described in an earlier chapter.




	NOTE: All the information in this section is also available in the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 User Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.

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