HP OneView Deployment and Management Guide 1.10

Technical white paper | HP OneView Deployment and Management Guide
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HP OneView User Interface Overview
The entirely new HP OneView user experience is significantly improved from previous generations of HP Management
software (e.g. HP System Insight Control.) The HP OneView user interface is built using modern web programming
languages, HTML5 and CSS3. Below is an example of what the User Interface (UI) looks like.
Figure 1. HP OneView User Interface
• The Top Level Menu is used for navigating the different sections of the UI. Each section is then categorized based on
function and/or role (Servers, Networking, Storage, Facilities).
• The Universal Search bar defaults to local context searching, but can also search the global index for resources the
administrator is looking for.
• The Sub-Menu is where the current context view, or the Details Pane, can be changed for the select Resource.
• The Activity Details section within the Details Pane will display the most recent activity, whether it was an Administrator
performing actions or an automated alert is generated. It canbe expanded to view further details, and the administrator
can then navigate to the activity item to clear, assign or provide notes regarding the event.
• The Actions menu is also context and resource specific, and provide the administrator with specific actions to perform for
a selected resource.
• The Activity Pane displays the current activity of the administrator performing varios actions within their session, which
can be pinned out or collapsed to increase the viewing dimensions of the Details Pane. Individual activity items can be
selected, and then directly navigated to in the case of Create and Update actions.
HP OneView Virtual Connect Management Architecture Overview
HP OneView’s Virtual Connect management architecture is different from that of Virtual Connect Manager (VCM) or even
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM). While VCM provided a consolidated management view, it is limited to a
maximum of 4 Enclosures within a Multi-Stack Enclosure (MES) Domain configuration. This limits management scalability.
VCEM represents a Manager-of-Managers architecture, where VCM is put into a locked state, and VCEM controls the
configuration. When an enclosure containing Virtual Connect modules is claimed and managed by OneView, Virtual Connect
Manager is no longer in use. It cannot be used for any level of management, as HP OneView is the manager.
Top Level Menu
Your User Account
Online Help
Details Pane
Activity Window
Resource Selection/Filter
Activity Details
View Selector
Map View
Universal Search