HP Virtual Connect Management Pack (v 3.1) for Microsoft System Center User

Contents
1 Overview..................................................................................................5
Introduction..............................................................................................................................5
Product operation.....................................................................................................................5
2 Using the Virtual Connect Management Pack with Operations Manager ...........6
Launching HP Virtual Connect Manager......................................................................................6
Using Run As Profiles................................................................................................................6
Analyzing HP alerts..................................................................................................................7
Health Explorer........................................................................................................................8
Health Explorer State change.....................................................................................................9
3 More about the Virtual Connect Management Pack.......................................10
HP Virtual Connect views.........................................................................................................10
Active Alerts view...............................................................................................................11
Domain State view.............................................................................................................13
Group Diagram view..........................................................................................................13
Health Collection State view................................................................................................14
Logical Components views..................................................................................................14
Ethernet Networks view..................................................................................................14
FC Fabrics....................................................................................................................15
Server Profiles...............................................................................................................16
Physical Components views.................................................................................................17
Ethernet Modules..........................................................................................................17
Ethernet Uplink Ports .....................................................................................................18
FC Modules.................................................................................................................19
FC Uplink Ports.............................................................................................................20
Flex Fabric Modules .....................................................................................................21
Flex Fabric Uplink Ports..................................................................................................22
Predefined tasks.....................................................................................................................23
Security for HP tasks...............................................................................................................24
Classes.................................................................................................................................24
Discovery rules.......................................................................................................................33
State monitors........................................................................................................................33
Propagation monitors..............................................................................................................34
4 Virtual Connect NT events.........................................................................36
5 Troubleshooting........................................................................................38
Introduction............................................................................................................................38
Authoring issues.....................................................................................................................38
Adding custom information to HP MPs by adding a custom task to an HP class and overriding an
HP rule's parameter...........................................................................................................38
Operational and usage issues..................................................................................................38
Researching state monitoring...............................................................................................38
Expected associated classes are not displaying in the Domain State or Health Collection views....39
Event view and Performance view are empty..........................................................................39
Tasks not launching from the Health Explorer Properties or Product Knowledge pages.................39
The Group Diagram view displays initials of folder names.......................................................39
Active Alert view displays one alert although multiple device state changes occurred..................39
Management console displays the same domain multiple times................................................39
Management console does not display alerts in the Active Alert view when opened from the
Domain State view.............................................................................................................39
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