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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 servers
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 this case, All VSE Resources) that is set
from the Systems and Events panel in the left-hand navigation area.
System and event collections enable you to view all known systems
and events in a specific management environment. | | 4 | The Virtualization Manager tabs
and 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, 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 system is a standalone server running HP-UX. The compartment below
shows a complex containing two nPartitions; one of which is running
HP Integrity Virtual Machines.Each compartment box has a color bar along the left side and
top that indicates its type, such as nPartition. 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 | 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 Launch the Partition Manager for a complex or nPar Expand the display to see more icons
 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 | When you hover over the meter callout icon,  you can view the recent utilization metrics for
CPU, memory, disk, and LAN that is obtained from the Utilization Provider,
Virtual Machine Management, or other sources depending on the physical
or virtual system you are viewing. In addition, power meters are provided
for any physical server, including standalone servers, nPartitions,
or server blades. For more information about callouts, see “Meter Callout Information”.The expand/collapse icons ![[+]](./img/tree_open.gif) ![[-]](./img/tree_close.gif) and node information
icon ![[i]](./img/infoc.gif) are displayed in the top right corner of a collection. | | 10 | You can hover over the operating system name
to see details for HP-UX, Linux, or Windows systems. |
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 “Compartment Icons”). Figure 2-2 shows the details of three example compartments: the first compartment
shows HP-UX running HP Integrity Virtual Machines, the second compartment
shows a standalone HP-UX server, and the third compartment shows a
Virtual Connect domain. | 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 check the 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 each 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 system (for example, a standalone system, an Integrity
VM Host, or a Virtual Connect domain group). Subcompartments, if any,
display by default. | | 4 | If a compartment box has subcompartments,
you can hide the subcompartments by clicking the collapse button,
or show the subcompartments by clicking the expand button. | | | | | NOTE: When you collapse a selected subcompartment and the expand it,
it deselects that subcompartment. To perform actions on that subcompartment,
you must again check the compartment check box. | | | | |
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 compartment icons, see “Compartment Icons”. | | 5 | 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”. | | 6 | This icon launches the HP Integrity
Virtual Machines Manager or VMM guest system page, depending on whether
the system is an Integrity Virtual Machine (as shown) or a VMware/Microsoft
Virtual Machine. When you click an icon, Virtualization Manager takes
you the applicable configuration page. | | 7 | This compartment shows a standalone
HP-UX server. The absence of the
button indicates there are no subcompartments. | | 8 | This subcompartment shows a Virtual
Connect Domain. The question mark indicates that the status is unknown
to HP SIM. | | 9 | Icons allow for quick navigation
to management tools. For information on all icons that might appear
in a compartment, see “Compartment Icons”. |
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: |
|---|
| blue-green | BladeSystem, nPartiton,
standalone server, Serviceguard node, VM Host | | light blue | Workload, Application | | green | Virtual Machine, virtual partition | | light purple | BladeSystem enclosure,
Complex | | pink | Virtual Connect domain group | | orange | Serviceguard cluster, VC domain |
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 Visualization View Icons | Technology | Icon | Shown for | Action | Tooltips |
|---|
| HP SIM System page |  | All | Launches the HP SIM System page | | View SIM System properties for the system |
| | Virtual Machine host |  | VM Host | Launches HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Manager host or VMM host system page, depending on whether system
is an Integrity Vitrual Machine host or a VMware/Microsoft Virtual
Machine host | | Manage the Virtual Machine Host |
| | Virtual Machine |  | VM | Launches the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager
or VMM guest system page, depending on whether the system is an
Integrity Virtual Machine or a VMware/Microsoft Virtual Machine | | Manage the Virtual Machine |
| | Serviceguard (SG) Manager |  | SG Cluster, SG Node | Launches the Serviceguard Manager
to manage SG cluster, and node | | Manage the SG Cluster | | Manage the SG Cluster Node |
| | Application Discovery |  | Any system running AD | Launches AD for this node | | View applications on this system |
| | Partition Manager |  | Complex,
nPar | Launches Partition Manager for a complex or nPar | | Manage a complex with Partition Manager | | Manage an nPartition with Partition Manager |
| | gWLM Shared Resource Domain (SRD) |  | SRD, SRD member | Launches gWLM for the node or
SRD | | Manage an SRD with gWLM | | Manage a system with gWLM |
| | Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) |  | VC Domain Group, VC Domain | Launches Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager for a VC Domain
group or VC Domain | | Manage a Virtual Connect Domain Group with VCEM | | Manage a Virtual Connect Domain with VCEM |
| | HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager |  | Blade Enclosure | Launches HP BladeSystem Integrated
Manager. | | Manage a Blade enclosure with HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager |
| | Virtual Partition (vPar) |  | Any vPar | Launches vPar property page | | View Virtual Partition Property Page |
| | Process Resource manager (PRM) |  | Hosts managed with PRM | Launches PRM for a workload. | | Manage the processor set with PRM |
| | Workload |  | Monitored Workload | Launches modify workload task | | View or Modify the workload definition |
| | 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 nPartition | | Manage iCAP for the virtual partition |
| | GiCAP |  | GiCAP group manager | Launches GiCAP Group Manager
page for system running group manager software | | Manage GiCAP group controlled from the current system |
| | HP Insight Power Manager (IPM) |  | Blades, some Integrity
systems | Launches IPM for the system | | View or Modify Power Management for the system |
| | Logical Servers |  | All logical servers[1] | Launches the View Logical Server Details
page | | View logical server details |
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