HP OneView for VMware vCenter - Manual (Page 29)

4. Click the HP Insight Management tab.
An overview of the VMware component that you selected appears. While Insight Control for
VMware vCenter collects information about this VMware component or corresponding HP
iLO, HP Onboard Administrator, or Virtual Connect modules; the panes in the overview page
display loading.... HP Insight Management refreshes the contents on a periodic basis and
updates information. To initiate a manual refresh of the Storage Module cache, click the cache
refresh icon located on the upper right section of the page.
HP Insight Management pages
The organization and presentation of information on the HP Insight Management pages differs
between the vSphere Client and the vSphere Web Client.
vSphere Client pages
Depending on the component selected in the inventory tree and your configuration, the information
displayed on the Overview page varies. However, the information displayed on the top and the
bottom of all HP Insight Management pages is consistent.
The top of the HP Insight Management pages display the following:
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The consolidated status of the managed HP component. The most severe status of a component
is displayed. Moving your cursor over the status icon shows the status overview. Click More
for details about the status of the components.
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The Host or Cluster name/IP address and a brief description of the selected server (if a host
or cluster is selected).
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A Tasks icon. Moving your cursor over the Tasks icon shows a list of tasks currently being
performed. You can click More to monitor long-running tasks.
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A Navigation drop-down list used to display different views and level of detail. Overview is
the default.
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An Actions drop-down list used to perform actions on the server/host, a VM, or a Datastore.
For example, you can select a host and then use the Actions list to Create Datastore or Create
VM provisioning operations. The type of provisioning operations listed in the pull-down list
will depend on the type of component selected in the inventory tree..
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A Settings icon to modify configuration settings.
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A help ? icon to display help files.
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A page reload icon to refresh the display.
The bottom of the HP Insight Management pages display links to launch the following HP
Management consoles, if applicable:
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Integrated Lights Out (iLO)
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Onboard Administrator (OA)
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Virtual Connect (VC). Link for launching Virtual Connect at host level.
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Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM). This link is displayed when VC is locked by
VCEM.
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HP System Insight Manager (HPSIM)
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Insight Power Manager (IPM)
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HP OneView (OV). This link is displayed if the selected host is managed by HP OneView or
the selected cluster contains hosts managed by HP OneView.
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HP storage system management utilities
The bottom of the HP Insight Management pages also shows the logged-in user name.
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