HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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NOTE: When the status light is orange or red, you may want to click the text to the left of the light
to access discovery logs quickly (Tasks & Logs > View Storage Essentials Log).
About the Left Pane
The left pane displays the buttons used to access the management server's main utilities. The left
pane is accessible when you access Storage Essentials Home page (Tools > Storage Essentials
> Home):
IMPORTANT: You may not see all of the following utilities depending on the role assigned to your
user account. For example, users assigned to the Help Desk role by default have access to
Application Viewer and Event Manager, but not to System Manager, Provisioning Manager, Policy
Manager, and Reporting.
• Application Viewer - Application Viewer lets you monitor and display information obtained
from discovered databases.
• Backup Manager - Backup Manager lets you monitor the overall status of the backup process,
and visualize the backup configuration and recoverability of a file, directory, volume or a server.
See ”About Backup Manager” on page 395.
• System Manager - System Manager lets you accesses systems, and view assets by fabric and
logical path. See ”About System Manager” on page 255.
• Capacity Manager - Capacity Manager provides a graphical representation of an element's
storage capacity in the storage network. See ”About Capacity Manager” on page 573.
• PerfExplorer - Performance Manager provides a graphical representation of the results
obtained from monitoring your elements. See ”Creating Performance Charts” on page 550.
• Event Manager - Event Manager lets you view, clear, sort and filter API-generated events. See
”About Event Manager” on page 465.
• Provisioning Manager - Provisioning Manager assists you in creating zones, zone sets, and
zone aliases, in addition to storage pools, volumes, and host security groups. See ”About
Provisioning Manager” on page 337.
• Policy Manager - Policy Manager lets you set up rules so that an automated response occurs
when a particular event happens or a value triggers the system. See ”About Policy Manager” on
page 591.
• Business Tools - The management server provides advisors and automators. Advisors provides
detailed information for you to make informed decisions about your network, such as
non-compliant HBA firmware. Automators let you automate particular tasks. The advisors and
Include infrastructure details
Table 2 Status Light Settings