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Viewing host information – HP OneView for VMware vCenter User Manual

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NOTE:

The appropriate HP ESXi Offline Bundle is required to get provider data and generated

events. Without the appropriate bundle, the following information is not displayed.

HP Insight Provider Bundle

News Feed

Software/Firmware

The HP ESXi Offline Bundle can be downloaded from the following website:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware-esxi/driver_version.html

Server Module for vCenter portlets

Host Information

Networking

Infrastructure

Software/Firmware

News Feed

Storage Module for vCenter portlets

Software/Firmware

Storage

News Feed

For more information on the controls and operation of the Overview page, see

“ vSphere Client

pages” (page 30)

TIP:

Click the Settings icon

to view the Product Version, Communication Status, or set Host

Properties.

Storage information

If the Storage Module for vCenter is installed, the Overview page includes the following:

Links to the array management software for configured arrays (if available)

Array health status information

Array firmware version information

For more information, see

“Navigating HP Insight Management with the Storage Module” (page 56)

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Viewing host information

To view information about the host server:
1.

Select a host in the inventory tree and access HP Insight Management.

The Host information portlet on the Overview page provides an overview of the host server.

2.

For more information about the host server configuration, click More at the bottom of the Host
Information portlet or do one of the following:

From the vSphere Client, select Host from the drop-down list.

From the vSphere Web Client, click the Host tab on the Manage page.

Detailed information is displayed, including Host information, Server Status information, Server
Power, Memory information, CPU information, Firmware information, Smart Array information,
Software information, iLO log, and IML log.

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