Custom name for switch truncated in topology, Managing groups, About groups – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Custom Name for Switch Truncated in Topology

If a custom name for a switch is long, its name may appear truncated in the topology. The full name

appears once the cursor is positioned over the switch with the custom name.

Managing Groups

This section describes the following:

About Groups

” on page 293

Grouping "Discovered" Hosts

” on page 293

Ungrouping "Discovered" Hosts

” on page 294

Grouping "Discovered" Storage Systems

” on page 295

Ungrouping "Discovered" Storage Systems

” on page 296

About Groups

System Manager lets you group together hosts and storage systems that have been labeled

"Discovered" so the management server sees them as one element in the topology. The

management server labels an element as "Discovered" when it has discovered the element, but it

cannot obtain additional information about it. Grouped elements preserve space in the topology

since only one element is displayed to represent the group. It also provides a way to keep track of

all your "Discovered" hosts and storage systems.

Grouping "Discovered" Hosts

If you have several "Discovered" hosts, you might want to group them together so the management

server sees them as one element in the topology. The management server labels a host as

"Discovered" it when it has found the host but it cannot obtain additional information about it.

Grouped elements preserve space in the topology since only one "Discovered" host is displayed to

represent the group. Grouping also provides a way to keep track of your "Discovered" hosts.
Keep in mind the following:

A user's role must include an access level of Element Control or Full Control for hosts. See the

topic,

Editing Roles

” on page 160 for more information about the access level of a role.

Unknown

Denotes elements that have unknown severity level. It displays icons for

the following severity levels:

Critical

Major

Minor

Information

Table 39

Descriptions of the Severity Levels Presented

in the Severity Menu (continued)

Severity Level

Description

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