dmisp - DMI Service Provider daemon...? Is it required? Reasons.

[Declan Mc Kay]

Hi, I am currently trying to secure a HP-UX11.11 Server and have been closing off listening ports which we don't require. One of which im not sure is dmisp...? Can I just disable this; Is there a requirement for having it. I'm not sure of it's function or if it's required or related for Diagnostics etc.
It can be stopped/started via /sbin/init.d/Dmisp stop/start or can be diabled at Boot time by editing /etc/rc.config.d/Dmiconfig and setting Variable "START_DMI" from a value of 1 to 0
It Seems to be related to DCE 'declocal',,Again I'm not sure what this is or if it is OK to stop this also?
Pleasee see details below:
root@ edi002: /etc/rc.config.d #netstat -an | grep 49159
tcp 0 0 *.49159 *.* LISTEN
42c37940 stream 0 0 42b05f40 0 0 0 /opt/dcelocal/var/rpc/local/s-0/49159
root@ edi002: /etc/rc.config.d #netstat -an | grep 49225
udp 0 0 *.49225 *.*
42c37c40 dgram 0 0 42b08400 0 42623840 0 /opt/dcelocal/var/rpc/local/s-3/49225
root@ edi002: /etc/rc.config.d #/usr/local/bin/lsof-4.64/lsof -i tcp:49159
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
dmisp 1352 root 10u inet 0x42c377c0 0t0 TCP *:49159 (LISTEN)
root@ edi002: /etc/rc.config.d #/usr/local/bin/lsof-4.64/lsof -i udp:49225
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
dmisp 1352 root 12u inet 0x42c37ac0 0t0 UDP *:49225 (Idle)

[Bill Douglass]

dmisp provides the Desktop Management Interface service for your machine. If you are not using a DMI-based or WBEM-based system management tool (like LANDesk or TopTools), then you can disable it without effect.

If you are, then you can control who connects to your machine through DMI by configuring /var/dmi/dmiMachines with the hostname or ip address of the DMI/WBEM server.