HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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The type of license you have. Depending on your license, all features may not be available. See
the “List of Features” to determine if you have access to all features. The “List of Features” is
accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center).
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. See ”About the Security for the
Management Server” on page 137 for more information.
For first-time users, see the following topics:
Discovering NAS Devices, Tape Libraries, Switches and Storage Systems” on page 15
Discovering Applications, Backup Servers and Hosts” on page 105
Managing Security” on page 137
About System Manager” on page 245
About Event Manager” on page 453
About Provisioning Manager” on page 327
About Reporting” on page 473
Installing the Java Plug-in
Java 2 Runtime Environment is required to access several features in the management server, such
as System Manager. If your Web browser is running on Sun Solaris, you must manually install the
Java plug-in.
Business Tools
Business Tools helps you
manage the business aspect of
your network. You can use
Advisors to retrieve important
network information, and
Automators to automate tasks.
Business Tools” on page 643
Reporting
Reporting provides reports
using data collected by the
management server. Some of
these reports give you
enterprise views of your hosts,
switches, storage systems or
applications while others give
you an at-a-glance analysis
based on assets, ownerships,
chargeback or performance
information.
Running Reports” on
page 473
Table 3 Icons on the Home Page (continued)
Feature Description Where to Find More
Information