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1 Overview..................................................................................................

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Introduction..............................................................................................................................

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Product operation.....................................................................................................................

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2 Installing HP BladeSystem Management Pack 1.x............................................

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Installation overview..................................................................................................................

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Installing the HP BladeSystem Management Pack 1.x.....................................................................

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Installation results....................................................................................................................

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Uninstalling the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Operations Manager.................................

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Repairing the installation of the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Operations Manager...........

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Modifying the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Operations Manager installation...................

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3 Using the Enclosure Monitor Manager........................................................

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Launching the Enclosure Monitor Manager.................................................................................

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Connecting to the Enclosure Monitor Service..............................................................................

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Refreshing monitor data...........................................................................................................

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Adding enclosures..................................................................................................................

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Removing managed enclosures.................................................................................................

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Modifying enclosure configuration............................................................................................

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Modifying enclosure login.......................................................................................................

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Launching the HP Onboard Administrator website.......................................................................

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Launching the HP BladeSystem Management Pack help...............................................................

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4 Using the HP BladeSystem Management Pack with Operations Manager ........

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Launching HP Onboard Administrator.......................................................................................

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Launching HP Integrated Lights-Out...........................................................................................

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Using Run As Profiles..............................................................................................................

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Customizing connection setting for the HTTP proxy environment....................................................

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Configuring a proxy server..................................................................................................

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Configuring a bypass list....................................................................................................

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Setting up a non-administrator account to use the monitor manager..............................................

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Analyzing HP alerts................................................................................................................

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5 More about the HP BladeSystem Management Pack......................................

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HP BladeSystem Enclosure views...............................................................................................

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Active Alerts view...............................................................................................................

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Device Bay State view........................................................................................................

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Group Diagram view..........................................................................................................

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Enclosure State view...........................................................................................................

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Health Explorer.............................................................................................................

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Health Collection State view................................................................................................

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Monitor Service State view..................................................................................................

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Task Status view.................................................................................................................

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Predefined tasks.....................................................................................................................

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Security for HP tasks...........................................................................................................

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Classes.................................................................................................................................

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Discovery rules.......................................................................................................................

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State monitors........................................................................................................................

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Propagation monitors..............................................................................................................

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6 Enclosure monitor performance and scalability guidelines..............................

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Hardware and software configuration guidelines........................................................................

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Capacity planning guidelines and best practices........................................................................

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Practical configurations with resource guidelines.........................................................................

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