Chapter 1 Introduction

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The Virtualization Manager provides a framework for visualizing the Virtual Server Environment (VSE). All of the systems and workloads that you are authorized to view are displayed in a graphical view. The hierarchical relationships between systems and their current utilization metrics appear on a single screen. From the graphical view, you can click technology icons for quick navigation to information and management pages. Virtualization manager also provides drop-down menus, management tabs, and a convenient toolbar.

This chapter provides the following information:

Features of the Virtualization Manager, including Virtualization Manager tabs, menus, and toolbar (see “Features of Virtualization Manager”)
How to start the Virtualization Manager from HP SIM and switch to views for server blades, virtual machines, logical servers, and other technologies (see “Starting Virtualization Manager”)
Key concepts and terminology for understanding VSE and features of the Virtualization Manager (see “Concepts and Terminology”)

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