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Viewing server networking information, Using the network diagram – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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2.

Click More at the bottom of the Infrastructure portlet.

The logs appear.

Viewing server networking information

To view Networking information about a selected server:
1.

Select a server in the inventory tree, and then access HP Insight Management.

2.

Click More at the bottom of the Networking portlet.

NOTE:

This option is available in Virtual Connect environments only.

The Networking page displays configuration information such as a list of NICs and vSphere
switches, as well as Virtual Connect Network information.

Using the network diagram

The vSphere client has an option to display the end-to-end network from the VM to the external
switch on a blade server when Virtual Connect is installed (see

“Virtual Connect Network Diagram”

(page 36)

). To view a network diagram, click Diagram at the bottom of the Networking portlet.

NOTE:

This option is available with the .Net client only. Blades configured with Virtual Connect

display the network diagram, but do not show NFS.

While viewing the diagram:

If you move the cursor over a Virtual Connect Ethernet network, iSCSI network, or FC SAN,
the end-to-end network connection appears brighter. Potential bottlenecks are indicated when
an information icon symbol is shown.

You can modify bottleneck thresholds by selecting Home

→Administration→HP Insight

Management Administration, and then select Server Module Configuration from the drop-down
list.

If you move the cursor over the information bubbles, details about the network hardware and
status are displayed.

If you move the cursor over a Virtual Connect uplink port, details about the port and connection
status appear. For Ethernet uplink ports, a network traffic graph is included.

A solid line indicates a primary network connection, proportioned according to bandwidth;
the thicker the line, the greater the bandwidth.

A dashed line indicates standby connections.

The switches in the network diagram are color-coded according to the colors of the switch
bays at the back of the enclosure.

The switch ports in the network diagram are displayed with icons that show the shape of the
port on the physical Virtual Connect switch.

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