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HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software User Manual

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Overview

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You may not see all of these features, depending on the following:

The type of license you have. Depending on your license, all features may not be available. See

the “List of Features” to determine if you have access to all features. The List of Features is

accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center).

The role assigned to your user account. For example, users assigned to the Help Desk role by

default have access to Application Viewer and Event Manager, but not to System Manager,

Provisioning Manager, Policy Manager, and Reporter. See ”

About Security for the Management

Server

” on page 137 for more information.

Event Manager

Event Manager keeps you informed of

what is happening with your managed

elements. Its filter and report format

allows you to easily view, clear, and sort

the events you are interested in.

Event Management

” on

page 329

Provisioning Manager

Provisioning Manager simplifies your

SAN-zoning and storage management

tasks. The format minimizes errors by

giving you easy-to-follow instructions

and step-by-step screens.

Provisioning Manager

” on

page 517

Chargeback

Manager

Chargeback Manager helps you

manage departmental ownership, track

costs, and assemble business reports,

making inquires, such as audits and

inventory reviews, easier.

Chargeback Manager

” on

page 637

Business Tools

Business Tools helps you manage the

business aspect of your network. You

can use Advisors to retrieve important

network information, and Automators to

automate tasks.

Business Tools

” on page 675

Reporter

Reporter provides reports using data

collected by the management server.

Some of these reports give you

enterprise views of your hosts, switches,

storage systems, or applications, while

others give you an at-a-glance analysis

based on assets, ownerships,

chargeback, or performance

information.

Running Reports

” on page 417

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Feature

Description

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