HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Getting Started Guide

Using Matrix OE visualization
Matrix OE visualization provides features that let you visualize and manage physical and virtual
servers discovered and licensed for use within the Matrix Operating Environment. Using
visualization, you can:
• 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
Start 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 VSE 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 VSE Resources.
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