Table 4 Icons on the Home Page (continued)

Feature

Description

Where to Find More Information

 

 

 

 

Event Manager keeps you informed of

Event Management” on

 

what is happening with your managed

page 329

 

elements. Its filter and report format

 

 

allows you to easily view, clear, and sort

 

Event Manager

the events you are interested in.

 

 

 

 

 

Provisioning Manager simplifies your

Provisioning Manager” on

 

SAN-zoning and storage management

page 517

 

tasks. The format minimizes errors by

 

 

giving you easy-to-follow instructions

 

Provisioning Manager

and step-by-step screens.

 

 

 

 

 

Chargeback Manager helps you

Chargeback Manager” on

 

manage departmental ownership, track

page 637

 

costs, and assemble business reports,

 

Chargeback

making inquires, such as audits and

 

inventory reviews, easier.

 

Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Tools helps you manage the

Business Tools” on page 675

 

business aspect of your network. You

 

 

can use Advisors to retrieve important

 

Business Tools

network information, and Automators to

 

automate tasks.

 

 

 

 

 

Reporter provides reports using data

Running Reports” on page 417

 

collected by the management server.

 

 

Some of these reports give you

 

Reporter

enterprise views of your hosts, switches,

 

storage systems, or applications, while

 

 

 

 

others give you an at-a-glance analysis

 

 

based on assets, ownerships,

 

 

chargeback, or performance

 

 

information.

 

 

 

 

You may not see all of these features, depending on the following:

The type of license you have. Depending on your license, all features may not be available. See the “List of Features” to determine if you have access to all features. The List of Features is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center).

The role assigned to your user account. For example, users assigned to the Help Desk role by default have access to Application Viewer and Event Manager, but not to System Manager, Provisioning Manager, Policy Manager, and Reporter. See About Security for the Management Server” on page 137 for more information.

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