•Navigation - The Navigation tab provides information about an element and how it relates to other elements in its path. See ”About the Navigation Tab” on page 302 for more information.

•Properties - The Properties tab provides a detailed status of the element. See ”Viewing Element Properties” on page 307 for more information.

•Topology - The Topology tab provides a graphical representation of an element's path. It displays additional information not found in System Manager, such as adapters, slots, and Fibre Channel ports. See ”Viewing Element Topology” on page 310 for more information.

•Chargeback Manager - The Asset Management tab lets you keep track of asset attributes, such as contact information for the element's owner. See ”Asset Attributes of an Element” on page 322 for more information.

•Collectors - The Collectors tab lets you start a collector for a report and view the collector’s corresponding reports once the information has been gathered. See ”About the Collectors Tab” on page 324 for more information.

•Provisioning Manager - The Provisioning Manager tab lets you manage zones, zone sets, and zone aliases, in addition to pools, volumes, LUNs, and LUN mappings. See the topics, ”The Provisioning Tab” on page 321 and ”About Provisioning Manager” on page 517 for more information.

•Events - The Events tab lets you view events for an element. See the topics, ”About Event Manager” on page 329 and ”About the Events Tab” on page 321 for more information.

•Policies - The Policies tab lets you create utilization polices, which can send an e-mail, generate an event, or run a custom script when a set threshold for an element is triggered. See ”About Policy Manager” on page 371 for more information.

Accessing System Manager

To access System Manager, click Tools > Storage Essentials > System Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager or select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home, and then click System Manager in the left pane.

Keep in mind the following:

•If you are unable to access System Manager, make sure your Web browser is set to allow JavaScript and cookies.

•Java 2 Runtime Environment is required to access several features in the management server, such as System Manager. If you are accessing the management server and you do not have the Java 2 Runtime environment, you are asked to install it if your Web browser is on Windows. If your Web browser is on a Solaris system, you must manually install the Java plug-in. See ”Installing the Java Plug-in” on page 13 for more information.

•When you are asked if you want to trust the signed applet for the software, click Always. The Always option prevents this message from being displayed every time you access System Manager.

About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager

The management server does not display individual VSANs in its topology or fabric tree. The switches in a VSAN are displayed under the fabric to which their VSAN belongs. For example, assume switch_A belongs to VSAN1, and switch_B belongs to VSAN_2. VSAN_1 and VSAN_2

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