4 Managing your HP ProLiant systems

HP Insight Control for RHEV lets you monitor events that occur on devices. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, you can view the host’s current status, control devices, link directly to HP management tools, access online Help, generate reports of HP hardware inventory details through RHEV-M's reporting infrastructure, and access a link to the HP Support Web site.

The icons located on the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar let you manage your HP ProLiant systems. The following table lists the statuses may be displayed for the monitored host and devices:

Table 5 HP Insight Control for RHEV status icons

Status Icon

Status

Description

 

 

 

 

Critical

A failure has occurred in a subhost that has stopped operation. For example,

 

 

a temperature sensor detected a dangerous thermal condition. Corrective

 

 

action is necessary.

 

 

 

 

Major

Corrective action is necessary to prevent a critical event. For example, a fan

 

 

has failed and there is no redundant backup.

 

 

 

 

Minor

A redundant component has failed. Corrective action may be taken to avoid

 

 

a critical event should other components fail.

 

 

 

 

Normal

The subhost is operating normally.

 

 

 

 

Informational

A message that may require attention, but that has not affected the status of

 

 

any subsystem. For example, a Drive Array was reconfigured.

 

 

 

Monitoring system events and taking corrective action

To monitor system events and determine if corrective action is necessary:

1.From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click the Status button (for example, ), located on the far left of the toolbar. The toolbar status list is displayed:

2.To view the devices associated with a particular status, hover your cursor over the status. The devices are listed.

3.If the status is Critical (), you can then take the appropriate corrective actions to resolve any issues.

Controlling devices and linking to HP management tools

To control devices and link to HP management tools, click the Tools icon . The Tools menu options are displayed. The following table lists the tasks that you can perform from the Tools menu:

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