HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Getting Started Guide

• Customize the level of detail that you want to see.
• Easily access additional applications to manage and configure systems and workloads.
• Centrally configure your server resources for optimum utilization.
• Manage logical servers.
Starting Matrix OE visualization from HP SIM
Start HP Matrix OE visualization software from HP Systems Insight Manager in any of the following
ways:
• From the blue HP SIM menu bar, choose Tools→HP Matrix OE visualization...
The first time you start Matrix OE visualization, the Visualization View appears with the default
Physical and Virtual perspective. This perspective shows all physical and virtual systems in
graphical compartments.
When you start Matrix OE visualization subsequent times, the software checks to see if you
had previously set a default view by modifying the user preferences. If you set a collection
(for example, Blade), Matrix OE visualization displays that collection.
If you create a custom collection and set the custom collection to the default collection, and
you later delete that collection and start Matrix OE visualization using the Tools→Matrix OE
visualization menu selection, a blank screen is displayed if you start Matrix OE visualization
quickly (within a minute or two of deleting the collection). If you wait a minute or so, the default
collection is reset to All Matrix OE Resources. Alternatively, you can enter Matrix OE
visualization through the left side menu and change your preference to an existing collection.
• From the HP Systems Insight Manager Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand
navigation area, choose Systems→Shared→Systems by Type→All Matrix OE Resources.
• From the Systems Insight Manager System and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation
area, expand the All Matrix OE Resources collection by clicking its icon, then choose a
subset such as nPartitions.
• Create a custom Systems Insight Manager collection whose default view is set to “HP Matrix
OE visualization”. Select this collection to start Matrix OE visualization. This is described
in more detail in “Creating custom collections” (page 36). That section also describes how to
customize Systems Insight Manager to display Matrix OE visualization automatically as soon
as Systems Insight Manager starts.
When you start the Matrix OE visualization from any of the methods listed above, a splash screen
displays as the Matrix OE visualization loads.
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