HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Related topics
• Signing in
• Signing out
• Navigating the Home page
• Configuring HP SIM with storage systems
Navigating the Home page
Graphical user interface features
This section describes the GUI features. The following figure is a sample screen shot of the GUI.
The GUI includes the following six regions:
1. Banner The banner provides a link to the Home page, a link to Sign Out of HP SIM, and displays
the user that is currently signed-in. Click the minimize icon in the top right corner to minimize the banner.
To maximize the banner, click the maximize icon.
2. System Status panel This panel provides uncleared event status, system health status information,
and an alarm to notify you of certain events or statuses. The System Status panel can be customized
for your environment. If you do not need to view this panel at all times, you can collapse it by clicking
the minus sign-in the top right corner of the panel. To expand the panel, click the plus sign. If the System
Status panel is collapsed and an alarm is received, the panel expands to show the alarm. The panel
can be enlarged by clicking the Open in new window icon ( ) to display a separate large window
that can be resized and viewed from across a room without sitting at the HP SIM terminal. See “Enlarging
the System Status panel” for more information.
3. Search panel The search feature enables you to search for matches by system name and common
system attributes. You can also perform an advanced search for matches based on selected criteria.
To speed the search process, as you enter system information in the search box, a dropdown list appears
listing systems that begin with the text you are entering. You can select from the dropdown list or continue
to enter the information. See “Search criteria” for more information about the types of search criteria
available. If you do not need to view this panel at all times, you can collapse it by clicking the minus
sign ( ) in the top right corner of the panel. To expand the panel, click the plus sign ( ). See “Basic
and advanced search” for more information.
4. System and Event Collections panel System and event collections enable you to view all known
systems and events in a specific management environment. A collection can be private, visible only to
its creator, or shared, visible to all users. HP SIM ships with default shared collections only. See
“Monitoring systems, clusters, and events” for information about customizing and creating new
collections. See “Default shared collections” for more information about the default shared collections
shipped with HP SIM.
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