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The Visualization View provides a graphical representation
of all systems and controlling technologies in your data center. This
section describes the purpose of the default Visualization View and
its key components, including compartment icons and additional callout
information. Purpose of the Visualization View | |
The Visualization View, displayed from the Visualization
tab, provides seamless access to the VSE management software. It allows
you to visualize all controlling technologies in the VSE and provides
an easy way to navigate to the management application for each technology.
From the Perspective drop-down menu, you can change the view to display
information in any of the following contexts: Physical and virtual server
Each view in the Perspective drop-down menu determines
the systems displayed in the collection chosen from the HP SIM left-hand
pane. For a description of each perspective available in the Visualization
View, see “Switching Views and Perspectives”. Components of the Visualization View | |
The Visualization View is the primary way to visualize
systems and controlling technologies in your environment. Figure 2-1 identifies
the major components of the Visualization View from the default Physical
and Virtual perspective. | 1 | The HP SIM menu bar provides access
to tools, logs, software options, and online help. If you lack authorization
to use a tool, you might not be able to access certain menus. | | 2 | The HP SIM maximize view link
maximizes the screen to eliminate the left-hand side HP SIM view.
This link becomes “Restore” for returning to the original
(two pane) view. The help button is denoted by a question mark
icon  and is equivalent to Help For This Page from the HP
SIM menu bar. | | 3 | The name of the displayed system
or HP SIM collection. In Figure 2-1, the All VSE Resources collection is displayed.
This is the default collection that can be changed in user preferences.
See “Starting Virtualization Manager” for information on setting the display collection when you log
into Virtualization Manager. | | 4 | The Virtualization Manager tabs
and VSE Management menu bar. For information, see “Virtualization Manager Tabs” and “Virtualization Manager Menus”. | | 5 | The Virtualization Manager tool
bar lets you change the perspective you are viewing, display workloads,
quickly expand or collapse all compartments, search for specific systems,
refresh the view with the latest utilization data, and view system
alerts. For more information, see “Virtualization Manager Toolbar”. | | 6 | The compartment check box selects
a system for performing actions from the HP SIM and Virtualization
Manager drop-down menus. For example, after selecting a compartment
for a system, you can select Tools View Capacity Advisor Data to go to the Capacity Advisor
Profile Viewer to view or modify historical profile data for that
system. The system name is displayed for the compartment.
In the example, the name indicates a Virtual Connect domain, with
a subcompartment showing an enclosure. Each compartment and subcompartment
are color coded to indicate its type, such as an enclosure. For information
about what these colors represent, see “Compartment Details”. | | 7 | HP SIM system status indicators
are the same as the ones that appear on the HP SIM System Status panel,
in the left-hand navigation area. Hover over a status indicator for
descriptive text. | | 8 | Technology icons provide quick
navigation to management tools. Hover over the icon to see quick information
about the management tool that will be launched by clicking the icon.
From left to right, the icons in Figure 2-1 allow you to: Access the HP SIM System page Launch the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager host
or VMM host system page
 appears. You can hide the additional icons by
clicking the close tray icon  . In the following figure, clicking the expand
tray icon shows two additional icons:For information on all icons in the Visualization
View, see “Compartment Details”. | | 9 | The expand/collapse icons ![[+]](./img/expand.png) and ![[-]](./img/collapse.png) , and focus icon  are displayed in the top right
corner of a compartment. For information, see “Compartment Details”. | | 10 | Hover over the node information
icon ![[i]](./img/infobutton.png) to view the attributes of that
node. Hover over the meter callout icon  to view the recent utilization metrics for CPU,
memory, disk, and LAN that is obtained from the Virual Machine Management
(VMM) for ESX and Microsoft virtual machines hosts and guests, or
from the Utilization Provider for all other types, depending on what
you are viewing. For more information, see the For more information
about meter callouts, see “Meter Callout Information”. |
Compartments provide a visual representation of
the systems and workloads you are authorized to see on a CMS. Depending
on the status of the system, meters can show utilization data for
CPU, memory, network, disk and, in some cases, power settings (see “Reviewing Real-Time Utilization Data”).
Icons show the technologies associated with each system and provide
quick links to management pages for those technologies (see “Technology Icons”). Figure 2-2 shows four top-level compartments in a collection
of nodes displayed on the Visualization tab: The first compartment is a standalone HP-UX server
with full details (technology icons and meters) collapsed. The second compartment is a Linux server showing full
details. The third compartment shows a “node hierarchy”
with the top-level compartment (in this case, a Complex) containing
nPartition subcompartments. The second nPartion curly01 is expanded
to show six Integrity VMs. When you first access Virtualization Manager,
subcompartments appear collapsed, as in this example. Technology icons
and meters do not display. You can change the way top-level compartments
and subcompartments display by modifying user preferences (for more
information, see “Modifying User Preferences”). The fourth compartment shows an HP Integrity Virtual
Machine Host, with subcompartments collapsed.
| 1 | The selection check box selects
a compartment for which you can apply an action from the gray VSE
Management menu bar (see “Virtualization Manager Menus”). If a compartment contains subcompartments,
as the Integrity VM Host compartment does in the previous example,
you must also select the check box for any subcompartment that you
want to manage. Deselect a selected compartment by checking its selection
check box. | | | |  | NOTE: When you check the selection check box for a given
system, it preselects that system for HP SIM menubar actions. For
example, when you select OptionsIdentify Systems... from the
HP SIM menubar, the system you selected is displayed in the list of
systems SIM identifies. | | | | |
| | 2 | HP SIM system status indicator
icons. The meaning of the status icon appears when you hover over
the icon. Information on all possible status icons can be displayed
by selecting Legend... at the top of the System Status section of the left navigation area. | | 3 | The compartment name identifies
the type of node being displayed (for example, a standalone system,
an Integrity VM Host, or a Virtual Connect domain group). If there
are subcompartments, the default view lists them within the top level
compartment. Figure 2-2 shows that a node named citrine is a standalone server. In the Logical Server perspective in the Visualization
View, you can drag and drop a logical
server onto another server by clicking and holding the compartment
name, then dragging and dropping it into another compartment. A logical
server is identified by the logical server icon  in the compartment.
For more information on logical server features, see Chapter 3. | | 4 | The Expand Compartment button and Collapse
Compartment button lets you expand or collapse detailed information
(technology icons, meters) in a compartment or subsompartment, and
display subcompartments if they exist. In a collapsed compartment,
you can hover over the Expand Compartment button
for informational text: If there are subcompartments, the hover text indicates
the number of subcompartments that exist and that full details will
be displayed. If there are no subcompartments, the hover text indicates
that expanding the compartment shows full details.
| | | | | NOTE: When you collapse a selected subcompartment's
parent in the compartment hierarchy and then expand it, it deselects
that subcompartment. To perform actions on that subcompartment, you
must again select the subcompartment check box. | | | | |
| | 5 | At any level of the compartment
hierarchy, click the Focus icon  to focus the view on only one compartment. This
removes all other compartments outside the node hierarchy from the
display. | | 6 | Hover over the information callout
icon to view expanded information about
systems and workloads, depending on which aspect you are viewing.
(To display workloads, check the box next to Show Workloads on the Virtualization Manager toolbar.) The information callout
also defines the icons that appear under the compartment name with
links to those technologies. For information on these icons, see “Technology Icons”.The meter callout icon shows expanded information about
the utilization meters that appear to the left of the icon. The utilization
meters display the recent utilization metrics for CPU, memory, disk,
and LAN. These metrics are obtained from the Utilization Provider,
Virtual Machine Management, or other sources depending on the physical
or virtual system you are viewing. Power meters are provided for any
physical server, including standalone servers, nPartitions, or server
blades. Clicking the meters takes you to the appropriate Capacity
Advisor historical data page. In addition, meter callouts can contain
links to gWLM realtime or historical data as applicable. For more
information on utilization metrics, see “Reviewing Real-Time Utilization Data”. | | 7 | This technology icons allow you
to quickly launch management applications, go to configuration pages,
or view profile information. In Figure 2-2, the following icons appear:  Launches the HP SIM system page. |  Launches HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager
host or VMM host system page, depending on whether system is an Integrity
Virtual Machine Host or a VMware Host. |  Launches the Partition Manager for a complex
or nPartition. |  Launches the HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) host
page for an nPartition and virtual partition, or the iCAP complex
page for a complex. |
Click on any technology icon to go to the applicable
page. See “Technology Icons” for information about all available
technology icons. | | 8 | This subcompartment shows an nPartition
with six virtual machines in collapsed subcompartments. Subcompartments
are expanded by default; you can change this default by modifying
the user preferences (see “Modifying User Preferences”). | | 9 | Meters depict utilization metrics
for CPU, memory, disk, and LAN obtained from the Virual Machine Management
(VMM) for ESX and Microsoft virtual machines hosts and guests, or
from the Utilization Provider for all other types, depending on what
you are viewing. Power meters are provided for any physical server,
including standalone serves, nPartitions, or server blades. Click
on a meter to go to the Capacity Advisor Profile Viewer to see a graphical
display and a tabular summary of resource utilization. |
Compartment Color DefinitionsEach compartment has a color bar along the top
and left side that identifies the type of system such as nPartition,
virtual partition, VM Host, and so on. Table 2-1 shows the colors
displayed in the Visualization View. Table 2-1 Color Mapping for Compartments in Visualization View | Foreground Color: | Indicates: |
|---|
 | BladeSystem, nPartiton, standalone
server, Serviceguard node, VM Host, VMWare ESX Host, MS Hyper-V Host |  | Workload, Application |  | Virtual Machine, virtual
partition, MS Hyper-V virtual machine |  | BladeSystem enclosure, Complex |  | Virtual Connect domain group |  | Serviceguard cluster, VC
domain, VMWare cluster |  | VMWare Resource Pool |
Table 2-2 shows the icons that appear for systems in the Visualization View.
Depending on the system you are viewing, these provide links to relevant
management tools and properties pages. Table 2-2 Technology Icons | Technology | Icon | Shown for | Action | Tooltips |
|---|
| Application Discovery |  | Any system running AD | Launches AD for this node | | View applications on this system |
| | GiCAP |  | GiCAP group manager | Launches GiCAP Group Manager
page for system running group manager software | | Manage GiCAP group controlled from the current system |
| | gWLM Shared Resource Domain (SRD) |  | SRD, SRD member | Launches gWLM for the node, SRD | | Manage an SRD with gWLM | | Manage a system with gWLM |
| | HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager |  | Blade Enclosure, Blade, Rack | Launches HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager for a Blade system. | | Manage a Blade system with HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager | | Manage a Blade enclosure with HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager | | Manage a Rack system with HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager |
| | HP Insight Orchestration |  | Logical and physical servers managed by HP Insight Orchestration | Launches HP Insight Orchestration utility to integrate logical
server planning, design, and provisioning into a unified system. | | Create and manage groups of physical and logical servers,
create multi-system templates for server provisioning. |
| | HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) |  | Racks that contain enclosures, enclosures, Blades, some Integrity
systems | Launches IPM for the system | | View or Modify Power Management for the system |
| | HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) software | | iCAP
complex, iCAP nPar, iCAP vPar | Launches iCAP host page
for nPar or vPar and iCAP complex page for complex | | Manage iCAP for the complex | | Manage iCAP for the N partition | | Manage iCAP for the virtual partition |
| | HP Onboard Administrator (OA) |  | Blade enclosure | Accesses the OA login screen the first
time. After enabling access using the HP SIM Single Sign On (SSO),
skips the login and directly accesses the OA manager. | | | HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) 2 |  | Any HP ProLiant server blade or standalone server with an iLO | Accesses the iLO login screen the first time. After enabling
access using the HP SIM Single Sign On (SSO), skips the login and
directly accesses the iLO manager. | | Configure, update, and operate server blades and standalone
systems remotely. |
| | HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 – Remote Console |  | Any server that has an iLO with
firmware version 1.30 or greater | Accesses the remote
console. HP SIM Single Sign On (SSO) must first be enabled before
you can initially access the remote console. | | Remotely configure, update, and operate server blades and
standalone systems. |
| | HP SIM System page | | Everything
with a system page, except workloads | Launches the HP
SIM System page | | View SIM System properties for the system |
| | Hyper V Cluster |  | HyperV clusters | Launches the Cluster Monitor for a HyperV Cluster | | | Insight Recovery |  | Logical servers managed by Insight Recovery | Launches
Insight Recovery to configure primary and recovery sites and storage
recovery groups. | | Create, modify, delete recovery information for logical servers. |
| | Logical Servers |  | All
logical servers | Launches the View Logical Server Details
page | | Create and manage logical servers. |
| | Partition Manager | | Complex,
nPar | Launches Partition Manager for a complex or nPar | | Manage a complex with Partition Manager | | Manage an nPartition with Partition Manager |
| | Process Resource manager (PRM) |  | PRM pset | Launches PRM for a workload. | | Manage the processor set with PRM |
| | Serviceguard (SG) Manager |  | SG Cluster, SG Node, SG Package | Launches the Serviceguard
Manager to manage SG cluster, node, and package | | Manage the SG Cluster | | Manage the SG Cluster Node | | Manage the SG Package |
| | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) |  | VC Domain Group, VC Domain, Blade
Enclosure in VC Domain, Blade in VC Domain | Launches
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager for a VC Domain group, VC Domain,
or Blade. | | Manage a Virtual Connect Domain Group with VCEM | | Manage a Virtual Connect Domain VCEM | | Manage a Blade Server with VCEM |
| | Virtual Machine |  | VM | Launches HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager or
VMM guest system page, depending on whether the system is an Integrity
Virtual Machine or a VMware Virtual Machine. | | Manage the Virtual Machine. |
| | Virtual Machine host | | VM Host | Launches HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Manager host or VMM host system page, depending on whether system
is an Integrity Virtual Machine Host or a VMware Host | | Manage the Virtual Machine Host |
| | Virtual Machine Manager –VM Guest Remote Console | | VM Guests that have either Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Microsoft
Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise
and Standard edition). | Presents a dialog box for downloading
the remote.rdp file. This file opens with the
Remote Desktop Connection application, from which you access the remote
console for that VM guest. | | Remotely configure, update, and operate Virtual Machine Manager
VM guests. |
| | Virtual Partition (vPar) |  | Any vPar | Launches vPar property page | | View Virtual Partition Property Page |
| | Workload |  | Monitored Workload | Launches modify workload task | | View or modify the workload definition |
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