HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

NOTE: To maximize the workspace, click the Maximize link next to the Help icon ( ). To restore
the workspace to its original size, click Restore Size.
The four default sections on the introductory page include the following:
• Do this now to finish the installation: This section only appears if the following conditions are
met:
• The user has administrative rights .
• The user has not disabled this section from the Home Page Settings page.
• Monitor This section provides links to common monitoring tasks, including locating and tracking
systems and events .
• Manage This section provides links to frequently used tools and features available from the
menus above the workspace. These links provide access to inventory reports, software and firmware
deployment, discovery , event handling, integrating custom tools, and authorizations .
• Did You Know You Can...? This section provides useful tips and shortcuts, including where you
can learn more about HP products, service offerings, and software.
This section appears if you have not disabled it from the Home Page Settings page.
Customizing the GUI
Customizing the Home Page
Customize the HP Systems Insight Manager Home page to select which page displays when HP Systems
Insight Manager is first started and to disable sections in the default introductory page.
To customize the Home page:
1. Click Home in the banner to display the Home page in the workspace.
2. Click Customize in the upper-right corner of the introductory page.
Note: If the Home page has been set to something other than the default introductory page, you can
access the Home Page Settings page by selecting Options→Home Page Settings.
3. Specify which page you want to use as Home page:
• Introductory page (default)
• Plug-in (if installed) page
NOTE: This option is used by some HP SIM partner applications to point to their home page.
However, if no partner application is using this, selecting this option displays the HP SIM default
introductory page.
• Any specific system , cluster , or event collection view
Note: The default introductory page is only available when it is set as the Home page. If you want to
view this page when it is not set as your home page, reselect it as the Home page.
4. (Optional) If the introductory page is selected as your home page, customize the content on the page
by selecting or clearing the following options:
• Show "Do this now to finish the install" frame. If selected, this section appears on the Home
page.
• Show the "Did You Know?" image. If selected, the image in the bottom right corner of the Home
page appears.
5. (Optional) If you selected This collection, select a collection from the dropdown list, and then select
Automatically maximize workspace if you want to automatically maximize the workspace when this
collection is displayed as the home page.
60 Using the graphical user interface