Contents

 

Overview.....................................................................................................................................

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About HP Insight Environmental Observer.....................................................................................................

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Components .............................................................................................................................................

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System requirements ..................................................................................................................................

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Hardware requirements....................................................................................................................

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Software requirements......................................................................................................................

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Client PC requirements .....................................................................................................................

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Accessing the HP Insight Environmental Observer ..........................................................................................

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Secure web access ..........................................................................................................................

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HP Insight Environmental Observer console interface ........................................................................

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Interface components .................................................................................................................................

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Menu bars......................................................................................................................................

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Navigation panel ............................................................................................................................

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Data View window ........................................................................................................................

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Global Information panel................................................................................................................

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System status.................................................................................................................................

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Changing the appearance of columns........................................................................................................

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Sorting the data in a column ...........................................................................................................

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Resizing the width of a column........................................................................................................

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Relocating a column ......................................................................................................................

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Hiding a column............................................................................................................................

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Printing data...........................................................................................................................................

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Resizing the Data View window ................................................................................................................

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Closing the Data View window .................................................................................................................

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Views ........................................................................................................................................

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Data center views....................................................................................................................................

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PUE tab..................................................................................................................................................

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Accessing the PUE tab....................................................................................................................

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Viewing data center PUE information ...............................................................................................

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Overview tab..........................................................................................................................................

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Accessing the Overview tab............................................................................................................

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Viewing data center Overview information .......................................................................................

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Viewing zone Overview information ................................................................................................

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Detecting disconnected sensors .......................................................................................................

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Detecting sensors that require maintenance.......................................................................................

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Imaging tab............................................................................................................................................

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Accessing the Imaging tab..............................................................................................................

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The Map Legend ...........................................................................................................................

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Display modes ..............................................................................................................................

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Pre-Defined Metrics tab ............................................................................................................................

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Accessing the Pre-Defined Metrics tab ..............................................................................................

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Pre-defined metric definitions...........................................................................................................

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Custom Metrics tab..................................................................................................................................

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Accessing the Custom Metrics tab....................................................................................................

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Tabular views .........................................................................................................................................

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