HP OneView for VMware vCenter - Manual (Page 21)

3 Using Insight Control for vCenter
This chapter describes the processes for accessing and using the software.
Accessing Insight Control for vCenter
After completing the installation and configuration procedures, you can access Insight Control for
vCenter using the vSphere Client:
1.
Start the vSphere Client.
2. When prompted, enter the IP address/host name, user name, and password to sign in to the
vCenter Server.
3. Do one of the following:
•
To access the Server Module for vCenter, select a cluster or an HP ProLiant or BladeSystem
server/host in the inventory tree.
•
To access the Storage Module for vCenter, select a cluster, host, VM, or datastore in the
inventory tree.
4. If the HP Insight Software tab is not visible, click the right-arrow located to the right of the tabs
until you can see the HP Insight Software tab.
5. Click the HP Insight Software tab.
The health status information appears on the HP Insight Software tab after Insight Control for
vCenter completes the first polling cycle. This may take a few moments, depending on the
polling cycle.
The default polling cycle is 15 minutes for iLO and 5 minutes for HP CIM providers and HP
SNMP agents. For information about changing the polling cycle, see
“Configuring the Server
Module for vCenter” (page 7) .
NOTE: When you access the HP Insight Software tab in the vSphere Client, you might see security
warnings related to the website security certificate. To prevent these warnings from appearing in
the future, click View Certificate, and then follow the on-screen instructions to import the certificate.
See the VMware documentation for a complete description of the VMware GUI.
HP Management pane overview
The HP Management pane on the HP Insight Software tab includes an Overview page, Server
Management links for the Server Module for vCenter, and Storage Management links for the
Storage Module for vCenter. See
Figure 5 (page 21) .
Figure 5 HP Management pane
Click Overview to view information related to the Server Module for vCenter and the Storage
Module for vCenter. See
Figure 6 (page 22) .
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