•File System Viewer - File System Viewer does a recursive lookup on the file system and stores the information in an embedded database. File System Viewer can scan files very quickly because of its structure in the database and because it uses a multi-threaded process. More than one process can be used at a time to scan the files. Refer to the File Servers Guide for more information.

•Event Manager - Event Manager lets you view, clear, sort and filter events from managed elements. An event can be anything that occurs on the element, such as a device connected to a Brocade switch has gone off-line. See ”Event Management” on page 409 for more information.

•Event Monitoring for Storage Essentials - Storage Essentials provides detailed information about events from an element. To access Event Monitoring for Storage Essentials, click the Storage Essentials Managed link in HP Systems Insight Manager. Click the link for the system name. On the HP System Page, click SE System Properties. Then, click the Events tab. See ”Event Management” on page 409 for more information.

•Path Provisioning - Path Provisioning lets you schedule provisioning task, such as creating zones, to run at a later time. See ”Path Provisioning” on page 375 for more information.

•Performance Manager - Performance Manager provides a graphical representation of the performance history of an element, such as bytes transmitted per second for a switch. See ”Viewing Performance Data” on page 491 for more information.

•Policy Manager - Policy Manager can automatically send an e-mail, generate an event, or run a remote script when an element is being overused or when one of the following occurs:

•A new element is discovered

•Successful provisioning occurred

•An event occurred on one or more specified elements

See ”Managing Policies” on page 531 for more information.

•Backup Manager - Backup Manager helps you to keep track of element backups. See ”Managing Backups” on page 349 for more information.

•Provisioning Manager - Provisioning Manager assists you in creating zones, zone sets, and zone aliases, in addition to storage pools, volumes, and host security groups. For more information, see ”Provisioning Manager” on page 297.

•Reporting - Reporting provides a variety of detailed reports, such as dependency, event, and utilization reports for discovered elements. See ”Running Reports” on page 429 for more information.

•System Manager - System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details about the discovered elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the devices in your network are connected. For more information, see ”Viewing Element Topology and Properties” on page 217.

About the User Interface on the SE Home Page

The SE Home page provides a gateway into the functionality for SE. To access the SE Home page, select Tools > Storage Essentials > Home. The user interface for the Home page is split into several panes:

•Top pane - It provides access to discovery and configuration features, in addition to features that let you change your login profile.

6 Overview