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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Navigating the System Table View Page

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Navigating the Systems and Events Panel
»Viewing the System Overview Page
»Saving Collections
»Customizing System or Cluster Collections
»Customizing Event Collections
»System Table View Page
Navigating the System Table View Page
»Navigating the Tree View
»Navigating the Icon View
»Navigating the Picture View Page
»About Management Processors
»About Racks and Enclosures
»Customizing the System Table View Page
»Deleting Systems from the Database
»Printing a System Collection Report
»System Status Types
»WBEM Operational Status Types
»Software Status Types
»Cluster Table View Page
»Event Table View Page
»Searching for Systems and Events
»Reference
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» View Results As
» System Health Status Legend
» More System Information
» System View Columns
» System Table View Page Buttons
» Customizing the View
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

The system table view page is a list of systems that meet common criteria and is divided into the following sections:

System View

From this page, you can view systems in a list, table, or tree, save system collections, delete systems, and print the system collection.

If a collection results in more than 500 members, the first 500 are displayed on the first page and subsequent pages show the next set of 500 items. Systems selected on one page remain selected as you navigate to a different page in the collection. Whenever a column is selected as the column to sort by, the entire collection is sorted, not just the items in the currently viewed page.

View Results As

This dropdown list is used to select table, which displays the results in a table form, icons, which displays only the HW status icon and the System Name for each system, and tree which displays the HW status icon and the System Name for each system in a tree format. Refer to System Table View Page - Navigating the Tree View for more detailed information on the tree view. Refer to System Table View Page - Navigating the Icon View for more information on the icon view.

System Health Status Legend

The legend shows how many systems in the view are Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, Disabled, and Unknown. Refer to System Table View Page - System Status Types for more information on system status types.

More System Information

To access a systems view or picture view for a system, click a link in the System Name column. Racks link to the rack picture view page, and Enclosures link to the enclosure picture view page. These are both types of container views. Refer to  "System Name"  for more information.

You can display the system table view page in several ways, including:

  • If configured, the Home page displays the result of a user-configured collection. By default, this collection is All Servers.

  • From the Systems and Events panel, click System Overview, then click any numbered link.

  • From the Systems and Events panel, click Systems, and then click an existing collection.

After a collection is selected, the results indicate the system name, software status, hardware status, system type, IP address, product model, and columns corresponding to any criteria referenced in the collection. For example, if you include memory condition, the system table view page contains the Memory column.

System View Columns

Sort columns by clicking the column header for ascending or descending order. Place your cursor over a column name for a brief description of the column. The columns are not available when you select the icons view. Refer to:

Refer to System Table View Page - Customizing the System Table View Page for more information on customizing columns.

Selection

Select the checkbox in this column to select a system. You can select more than one system. This option is available in the table view, tree view, and icon view. Select the checkbox in the column heading to select or deselect all displayed systems.

System Name

This column contains the actual system name of all discovered systems. Systems can be shown as a single system or as a system in a container. When you place the cursor over the system name, the full system Domain Name Service (DNS) name is shown, which helps differentiate between two or more systems that share the same system name. If you click the system name link, the System Page appears. Refer to Tools that Extend Management - System Page for more information. If you click a system that is a container (rack or enclosure), the picture view for that object displays. Refer to System Table View Page - Navigating the Picture View Page for more information.

The System Name column displays systems along with their associated devices. The following list shows the associations available in HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM):

  • Management processor to server

  • Server to enclosure

  • Management processor to enclosure

  • Enclosure to rack

  • Switch to enclosure

  • System to cluster

The following system types are containers:

  • Rack

  • Enclosure

  • Cluster

When servers and management processors in racks and enclosures are discovered and identified, associations are made between the systems and the racks and enclosures in which they reside. This association displays in the System Name column on the system table view page by showing name in system type container name.

Clicking an enclosure name in the System Name column produces a list of all discovered systems in the selected enclosure. The status for both racks and enclosures is always Unknown.

When switches in blade enclosures are discovered and identified, associations are made between the switches and the enclosures in which they reside. This association appears in the System Name column on the system table view page by showing switch_name in Encl. enclosure_name. The System Type column displays Switch as the system type. For HP SIM to identify and manage the HP ProLiant p-Class server blades correctly, the HP Insight Management Agent 5.50 or later must be installed on the blades to make associations work and event correlation function properly.

When a server blade is identified through another system in the same rack or enclosure, associations are made between the iLO and the enclosures in which they reside. This association appears in the System Name column on the system table view page by showing the system serial number prepended with Server_ in Encl. enclosure_name. For example, Server_C349KJP5D876 in Encl. Encl4. The system address, product name, and operating system are not displayed for these systems.

To launch HP Serviceguard Manager to manage the server belonging to an HP Serviceguard cluster, be sure that:

  • HP Serviceguard Manager is installed and registered with HP SIM

  • The system selected is an HP-UX or Linux server that belongs to an HP Serviceguard cluster

Health Status

The health status column (indicated by HS) displays the overall system health status, which is determined by the default Hardware Status Polling task. By clicking the status icon in this column, the HP Management Agents or the HP Instant Toptools for Servers page displays. If the system does not have Web Agents or Instant Toptools installed, the System Page displays. Refer to System Table View Page - System Status Types for more information.

The hardware status displayed for container systems, such as Serviceguard or a complex, it is the actual hardware status for the container itself. For clusters, it is the ping status.

Management Processor

The management processor column (indicated by MP) displays the status icon of the management processor, if the system has an Integrated Lights-Out Board (iLO) installed. Otherwise, the Informational icon is displayed. Clicking on the status icon displays the management processor login page.

Software Status

The software status column (indicated by SW), available for servers only, indicates both the availability of software updates and how critical they are. Refer to System Table View Page - Software Status Types for more information on the software status types.

If you click an Unknown status, HP SIM displays the Legacy Version Control page.

If HP Version Control Agent is installed on the system, clicking the software status icon for that system displays HP Version Control Agent Software Inventory page. If you hover your cursor over the status icon and the VCA is not installed on the system, a message appears that states Version Control Agent not found.

HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack

The HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack (PMP) status column (indicated by PF) displays the cumulative performance status of all monitored subsystems for the system. By clicking the status icon in this column, the HP ProLiant Essentials Performance Management Pack page for the selected system displays, providing more detailed performance information.

If the PMP is not installed on the HP SIM system, this column does not display on the system table view page.

If the PMP is not monitoring a server, the status is Unknown. If you click the status link, the PMP displays a page with information about purchasing a license to monitor that system or shows notification that PMP monitoring is not supported on that system.

For the PF column, a status appears for all systems from the All Servers list. If the status cannot be determined for some reason, the status is set to Unknown.

HP ProLiant Essentials Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack

Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack vulnerability information is displayed in the VPM column of the HP SIM console. Initially, the icon depicted in the column displays Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack eligibility information for the target system in the specific row. After target servers are licensed and a vulnerability scan is performed, the column displays the combined status of the last vulnerability scan on the target system (patch status is not displayed in the column). Click the icon to display detailed information about the system status with regard to Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack. Clicking the Normal, Minor, or Major icons opens a new informational page where the last scan results for the system can be accessed. A new scan can also be launched from this page. Clicking the Unknown icon for a system displays an explanatory page listing possible reasons why Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack.

If Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack is not installed on the HP SIM system, the Informational icon appears in the VPM column on the system table view page. Clicking this icon displays information on how to install Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack and purchase licenses.

If the system is not licensed or has not yet been scanned by Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack, the Informational icon appears in the VPM column. Clicking this icon displays details about licensing the target system and a link to the HP SIM License Manager or information about vulnerability scanning and a link to scan for or patch vulnerabilities on the target system.

HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack

HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack (VMM) status column (indicated by VM Status) displays the cumulative status of all Virtual Machine Hosts and Virtual Machine Guests. Clicking the status icon on the VM Status column displays the HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack page for the selected system, providing more information on the status of the Virtual Machine.

When VMM is not installed on the HP SIM system, this column does not appear on the All Systems system table view page. Similarly, if HP ProLiant Essentials Virtual Machine Management Pack is uninstalled, the VM Status is no longer updated in the HP SIM console.

For systems with type as Server and subtype as Virtual Machine Host or Virtual Machine Guest, HP SIM populates the VM Status column with appropriate status icons. Refer to Virtual Machine Management Pack - VM Status Types for more information.

System Type

This column displays the system type, for example, Server, or Desktop. The system type Unmanaged indicates systems that have no management protocol that HP SIM could detect, for example, no Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), Desktop Management Interface (DMI), or Secure Shell (SSH). The system type Unknown indicates systems that have some management protocol but have not matched any identification rule in HP SIM. Refer to Configuring Automatic Discovery - System Types for more information on the different system types.

Unmanaged systems might indicate that the credentials were not set correctly in order to communicate with the system. If you know that there are HP Insight Management Agents installed, verify the credentials used.

Operating System Name

The operating system column (indicated by OS Name) displays the operating system on the system. For a Serviceguard cluster, this column displays HP Serviceguard if the cluster is of type HP-UX or HP Serviceguard for Linux if the cluster is of type Linux. HP Serviceguard and HP Serviceguard for Linux under the OS Name column of the virtual cluster system column do not represent the actual operating system name and type. This field is used to let you know the servers that make up the cluster are of HP-UX or Linux type, respectively.

System Address

This column displays the primary IP addresses of the system that HP SIM uses to communicate with the system. Not all systems have and IP address, including HP Serviceguard clusters.

Product Name

This column displays the product name of the system.

System Table View Page Buttons

Three buttons at the bottom of the system table view page are available to users with full-configuration-rights. These buttons are not available when using a tool and selecting an individual target system.

  • [Save selection as]. When a system is highlighted, this button is used to save the selection with a new name. Changes are saved on a per-user, per-collection basis. Refer to Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Saving Collections for more information.

  • [Delete]. This button is used to delete one or more systems from the database. Select the systems to be deleted, and click [Delete]. A dialog box appears. Click [OK] to continue with the deletion or click [Cancel] to cancel the operation. Refer to System Table View Page - Deleting Systems from the Database for more information.

    If a VM Host is deleted, it can still be accessed through the VMM console, and the operations that can be performed on a VM Host are not affected by the fact that the HP SIM system has been deleted. The VMM console continues to show the HP SIM status.

  • [Print]. When the report is displayed, select FilePrint from the browser menu to print the report.

    Because certain print options are not supported in HP SIM, you cannot:

    • Change the Orientation to Landscape in the Print dialog box (refer to Printing Problems in HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Troubleshooting for a workaround to this issue)

    • Cancel printing after the print job has been executed, but you can access the operating systems print queue and cancel the print job

    • Print to a file

    • Print selected systems, only entire list of systems

    • Print the system table view page if you close the browser immediately after issuing a print request

Buttons are disabled if you do not have appropriate rights. However, the [Print] button appears for all users.

Customizing the View

The Customize link is in the upper right corner of the system table view page. Click this link to determine which columns are displayed and in what order. Refer to System Table View Page - Customizing the System Table View Page for more information.

Related Procedures

» System Table View Page - Customizing the System Table View Page
» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Saving Collections
» System Table View Page - Deleting Systems from the Database
» System Table View Page - Printing a System Collection Report

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - System Table View Page
» System Table View Page - System Status Types
» System Table View Page - Software Status Types
» System Table View Page - Navigating the Picture View Page