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ServerView Resource Coordinator VE Setup Guide

2.2.1 List of Menus

The menus provided on the menu bar of the RC console are listed in the table below.
Options available vary according to the authority level of the user account.

Table 2.1 Menu Items

Menu bar

Menu

Submenu

Privileged user

General user

Function

File

Import

-

Yes

No

Imports the system configuration file for pre-configuration.

Export

-

Yes

No

Exports the system configuration file for pre-configuration.

Download Template

CSV format

Yes

Yes

Downloads a sample of the system configuration file (CSV format) for pre-configuration.

Export Environmental Data

Chassis

Yes

Yes

Exports environmental data collected from chassis.

Servers

Yes

Yes

Exports environmental data collected from servers.

Power Monitoring Devices

Yes

Yes

Exports environmental data collected from power monitoring devices.

Logout

-

Yes

Yes

Logs out of the RC console. (*1)

View

Reset Layout

-

Yes

Yes

Returns the layout of the RC console to its initial state.

Settings

Register

Chassis

Yes

No

Registers a chassis.

Server

Yes

No

Registers a server.

SPARC Enterprise

Yes

No

Registers a SPARC Enterprise server.

PRIMERGY Partition Model

Yes

No

Registers a PRIMERGY Partition Model.

LAN Switch

Yes

No

Registers a LAN switch.

Agent

Yes

No

Registers an agent.

Power Monitoring Device

Yes

No

Registers a power monitoring device.

Delete

-

Yes

No

Deletes a resource.

Modify (*2)

Registration Settings

Yes

No

Modifies a resource's registration settings.

HBA Address Rename Settings Area (*3)

Yes

No

Modifies the HBA address rename settings of a server.

Network Settings (*4, *5)

Yes

No

Modifies the network settings of a LAN switch.

Spare Server (*3)

Yes

No

Modifies a server's recovery settings.

VM Host Login Account

Yes

No

Modifies the registered login account used to communicate with the VM host.

User Accounts

-

Yes

Yes

Adds, changes, and deletes user accounts.

External Software (VIOM)

-

Yes

No

Registers or deletes information of external software (VIOM).

VM Management Software

vCenter Server

Yes

No

Configures VM management software (VMware vCenter Server) settings.

SCVMM

Yes

No

Configures VM management software (SCVMM) settings.

Operation

Update

-

Yes

Yes

Updates a resource.

Power

ON

Yes

No

Powers on a server.

OFF

Yes

No

Powers off a server after shutting down its operating system.

OFF (Forced)

Yes

No

Powers off a server without shutting down its operating system.

Reboot

Yes

No

Reboots a server after shutting down its operating system.

Reboot (Forced)

Yes

No

Reboots a server without shutting down its operating system.

LED (*4)

ON

Yes

No

Turns the maintenance LED on.

OFF

Yes

No

Turns the maintenance LED off.

Spare Server (*2, *3)

Switchover

Yes

No

Switches over a server with one of its spare servers.

Failback

Yes

No

Switches back a server to its pre-switchover state.

Takeover

Yes

No

Accepts a switched over configuration as final (without switching back to the original configuration).

Hardware Maintenance

Re-configure

Yes

No

Detects and re-configures the properties of a replaced server.

Restore LAN Switch (*6)

Yes

No

Restores a LAN switch configuration.

Maintenance Mode (*2)

Set

Yes

No

Places a server into maintenance mode.

Release

Yes

No

Sets a server to active mode.

Backup/Restore (*2)

Backup

Yes

No

Backs up a system image from a server.

Restore

Yes

No

Restores a system image to a server.

Cloning (*2, *7)

Collect

Yes

No

Collects a cloning image from a server.

Deploy

Yes

No

Deploys a cloning image to a server.

Migrate VM Guest

-

Yes

No

Migrates a VM guest to a different VM host.

Tools

Topology

Discover LAN switches

Yes

No

Discovers LAN switches within the admin LAN.

Detect physical links

Yes

No

Acquires physical link data from registered LAN switches.

Options

-

Yes

Yes (*8)

Modifies console and environmental data settings.

VIOM Web UI

-

Yes

Yes

Starts up the Web UI of ServerView Virtual-IO Manager.

Environmental Data Graph

-

Yes

Yes

Displays environmental data graphs.

Help

Manual

-

Yes

Yes

Displays product manuals.

About

-

Yes

Yes

Displays product version information.

*1: If multiple RC console or BladeViewer sessions exist, the login sessions may be terminated.
*2: Cannot be selected for a VM guest.
*3: Cannot be selected for PRIMERGY Partition Models.
*4: Available only for PRIMERGY BX servers.
*5: Cannot be set for PRIMERGY BX900 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.
*6: Not available for PRIMERGY BX900 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.
*7: Cannot be selected for a VM host.
*8: General users cannot change environmental data settings.