HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 User Guide

2. Select target managed systems. You can select individual servers or all servers in the
icelx_servers subcollection.
3. Select Apply to move the selected servers to the target list.
4. Verify the target list.
5. Select Run Now to launch the Performance Dashboard tool.
14.8.6 Using the mouse buttons to manipulate the Performance Dashboard tool
Table 14-3 describes how to use the mouse to manipulate the Performance Dashboard tool. When
you launch the tool and the default ring plot is displayed, use the following mouse actions to
display server information, show data for different metrics, change the metric being reported,
and launch Nagios on a specific server.
Table 14-3 Mouse button actions to manipulate the Performance Dashboard tool
EffectMouse button actionTask
A tool tip box displays the server and
metric information
Move the mouse over a segment in a
ring plot
Display the name, metric name,
and metric value for a server in a
ring plot
A metrics menu is displayed. Select the
metric you want to see or remove.
Metrics you add are displayed in new
ring plots.
The metric menu remains on the screen
until you select somewhere else.
Select the Right Mouse button in a
blank area that is not inside the hole in
the ring plot
Add to or remove a metric
currently being displayed in a
ring plot
The Nagios application opens in a new
window to provide additional
monitoring and troubleshooting
information about the server
Select the Left Mouse button on the
server-specific segment in the ring plot
Launch the Nagios monitoring
tool focused on a particular server
A list of relevant Insight Control for
Linux menu items is displayed. Select
the tool you want to launch.
The Insight Control for Linux menu
remains on the screen until you select
somewhere else.
Select the Right Mouse button on a
server-specific segment in the ring plot
Launch an Insight Control for
Linux tool on a server
The minimum, average, and maximum
values are displayed in color-coded
boxes: green for minimum, black for
average, and red for maximum.
NOTE: By selecting the appropriate
check box, you can hide or display only
those values you want to see.
Select the Right Mouse button in the
center dial of the ring plot. Select Show
Values check box.
Display minimum, average, and
maximum values in center dial of
the ring.
14.8.7 Performance Dashboard tool metrics
By default, the Performance Dashboard opens with a ring plot displaying the percent of CPU
load on each target server. When you select the Right Mouse button, a menu of the available
metrics are displayed and you can choose the one you want to display. These metrics include
(but are not limited to) the following:
• User Memory
• Node Uptime
• Root Disk Freespace
• /var Disk Freespace
• Context Switches
14.8 Monitoring Metrics in real time 171