User preference settings and defaults – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual

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Table 9-1 User preference settings and defaults

What it does

Default

Setting

User preference

Presents a confirmation dialog box to confirm a drag/drop
operation.

CAUTION:

To avoid accidentally dragging and dropping

an item to the wrong system, do not change this default.

Yes

Yes/No

Prompt for confirmation
after drag and drop?

Controls the initial setting of the Show Workload checkbox
on the Virtualization Manager toolbar.

NOTE:

Changing the preference takes affect immediately.

When you change this preference, the "Show workloads"
checkbox on the Virtualization Manager toolbar changes
accordingly and the view changes to show or not show
workloads.

Don't show
workloads

Show
workloads/Don't
show
workloads

Show workloads in
Visualization tab by
default?

The default setting allows full details to display in top level
compartments of the Visualization View when you access
Virtualization Manager. Changing the default to collapse
automatically collapses top-level settings, in the same way

that clicking the Collapse All button

from the

Virtualization Manager toolbar does. Collapsing is controlled
by setting the Maximum number of compartments to display
before auto-collapsing
user preference.

NOTE:

This setting affects the default value that is used

when you first enter Virtualization Manager. To see this user
preference take effect, log out and log back in.

Don't
collapse

Collapse/Don't
collapse

Collapse all
compartments by
default?

On the Visualization tab, this setting controls whether the
technology icons and meters will display for
subcompartments in a compartment hierarchy. It does not
affect top-level compartments that do not have
subcompartments.

NOTE:

This setting affects the default value that is used

when you first enter Virtualization Manager. To see this user
preference take effect, log out and log back in.

Yes –
Meters and
technology
icons are
shown

Yes – Meters
and
technology
icons are
shown/No –
Only the
compartment
name is shown

Show compartment
details by default?

Enables or disables transition effects for the Visualization
tab. Transition effects control how smoothly the page is
rendered when you move from one state to another (for
example, after toggling to show workloads or clicking to
expand a compartment).

Yes

Yes/No

Allow animations?

Controls whether you see all the technology icons for a given
compartment or a subset of all the icons. With the default
(No), an expand tray icon

appears in the compartment,

indicating there are more icons hidden.

No

Yes/No

Expand compartments
to multiple lines (if
needed) to fit all
technology icons?

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