HP OneView for VMware vCenter - Manual (Page 28)

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 show:
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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 DNS 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 drop-down list
will depend on the type of component selected in the inventory tree.
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A page reload icon that you can click to refresh the display.
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A Settings icon that you use to modify configuration settings.
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A help ? icon used to display help files.
The bottom of the HP Insight Management pages shows:
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Links to launch HP Management consoles, if applicable.
Links that appear to be transparent indicate that the tool is inaccessible or that no data is
available.
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Logged-in user name
The main section in the Overview page displays multiple boxes called portlets that provide summary
information about the selected VMware component. The portlets will vary based on your
configuration and the selected component. Portlets display information such as:
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Server/Host Information
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Networking
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Infrastructure
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Software/Firmware
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