ServerView Resource Coordinator VE Setup Guide

2.2.2 Popup Menus

Right-clicking an object displayed in the resource tree or in the [Image List] tab displays a popup menu with a list of options available for that object.
The tables below detail the popup menus provided for each object.
Available menus vary according to user account privileges.

Table 2.2 Popup Menus Available for the "Server Resources" Tree Node

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	Chassis	Yes	No	Registers a chassis.
	Server	Yes	No	Registers a server.
	SPARC Enterprise (M3000)	Yes	No	Registers a SPARC Enterprise (M3000) server.
	SPARC Enterprise (Partition Model)	Yes	No	Registers the chassis of a SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 server.
	PRIMERGY Partition Model	Yes	No	Registers a PRIMERGY Partition Model chassis.
Export	Environmental Data (Chassis)	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data collected from chassis.
	Environmental Data (Servers)	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data collected from servers.

Table 2.3 Popup Menus Available for Chassis

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a chassis.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a chassis.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies a chassis' registration settings.
External Management Software	-	Yes	Yes	Opens a Management Blade's Web interface.
Export (*1)	Environmental Data	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data collected from chassis.

*1: This option is only available for chassis equipped with power monitoring capabilities.

Table 2.4 Popup Menus Available for Servers

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	Server (*1)	Yes	No	Registers a server.
	Agent	Yes	No	Registers an agent.
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a server.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a server.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies a server's registration settings.
	HBA Address Rename Settings Area (*2)	Yes	No	Modifies the HBA address rename settings of a server.
	Network Settings (*3, *4)	Yes	No	Modifies the network settings of a server.
	Spare Server (*2)	Yes	No	Modifies a server's recovery settings.
Maintenance Mode	Set	Yes	No	Places a server into maintenance mode.
	Release	Yes	No	Sets a server to active mode.
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 (*3)	ON	Yes	No	Turns the maintenance LED on.
	OFF	Yes	No	Turns the maintenance LED off.
Hardware Maintenance	Re-configure	Yes	No	Detects and re-configures the properties of a replaced server.
Backup/Restore	Restore	Yes	No	Restores a system image to a server.
Cloning	Deploy	Yes	No	Deploys a cloning image to a server.
External Management Software (*5)	-	Yes	Yes	Opens external server management software.
Export (*6)	Environmental Data	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data collected from servers.

*1: Available only for PRIMERGY BX servers and PRIMERGY Partition Model servers.
*2: Available only for VM hosts when using PRIMERGY Partition Models.
*3: Available only for PRIMERGY BX servers.
*4: Can only be selected for VM guest.
*5: Available only when PRIMERGY servers, PRIMERGY Partition Model servers and SPARC Enterprise M series servers are registered.
*6: This option is only available for chassis equipped with power monitoring capabilities.

Table 2.5 Popup Menus Available for SPARC Enterprise Servers

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	Server (*1)	Yes	No	Registers a server.
	Agent	Yes	No	Registers an agent.
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a SPARC Enterprise server.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a SPARC Enterprise server.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies a SPARC Enterprise server's registration settings.
Power	ON	Yes	No	Powers on a SPARC Enterprise server.
	OFF	Yes	No	Powers off a SPARC Enterprise server after shutting down its operating system.
	OFF (Forced)	Yes	No	Powers off a SPARC Enterprise server without shutting down its operating system.
	Reboot	Yes	No	Reboots a SPARC Enterprise server after shutting down its operating system.
	Reboot(Forced)	Yes	No	Reboots a SPARC Enterprise server without shutting down its operating system.
External Management Software	-	Yes	Yes	Opens external server management software for SPARC Enterprise servers.
Export (*2)	Environmental Data	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data collected from servers.

*1: Can only be selected for SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 servers.
*2: This option is only available for chassis equipped with power monitoring capabilities.

Table 2.6 Popup Menus Available for Physical OS's [Windows/Linux], VM Hosts and VM Guests

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Delete (*1)	-	Yes	No	Deletes a physical OS or VM host.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a physical OS, VM host or VM guest.
Modify (*1, *2)	HBA Address Rename Settings Area (*3, *4)	Yes	No	Modifies the HBA address rename settings of a server.
	Network Settings (*4, *5, *6)	Yes	No	Modifies the network settings of a server.
	Spare Server (*3, *4)	Yes	No	Modifies a server's recovery settings.
	Monitoring Information	Yes	No	Modifies the monitoring information for a server.
	VM Host Login Account (*7)	Yes	No	Modifies the registered login account used to communicate with the VM host.
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.
Spare Server (*1, *3, *4)	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).
Maintenance Mode (*1, *4)	Set	Yes	No	Places a server into maintenance mode.
	Release	Yes	No	Sets a server to active mode.
Backup/Restore (*1, *4)	Backup	Yes	No	Backs up a system image from a server.
	Restore	Yes	No	Restores a system image to a server.
Cloning (*1, *8)	Collect	Yes	No	Collects a cloning image from a server.
	Deploy	Yes	No	Deploys a cloning image to a server.
External Management Software (*1, *9)	-	Yes	Yes	Opens external server management software.
VM Management Console (*4, *7, *10)	-	Yes	Yes	Opens the VM management console installed on the client machine.
Migrate VM Guest (*11)	-	Yes	No	Migrates a VM guest to a different VM host.

*1: Cannot be selected for a VM guest.
*2: Available only for VM hosts when using PRIMERGY Partition Models.
*3: Cannot be selected for PRIMERGY Partition Models.
*4: This option may or may not be available according to the server virtualization software used. Refer to "A.1 Supported Functions" for details.
*5: Available only for PRIMERGY BX servers.
*6: Cannot be set for PRIMERGY BX900 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.
*7: This menu is not available for a physical OS.
*8: Cannot be selected for a VM host.
*9: Available only when PRIMERGY servers, PRIMERGY Partition Model servers and SPARC Enterprise M series servers are registered.
*10: To use this feature, a VM management console must be installed and the admin client must be configured properly.
After installing the VM management console, select this menu item and follow the instructions shown in the displayed dialog.
*11: Can only be selected for VM guests.

Table 2.7 Popup Menus Available for Physical OS's [Solaris]

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a SPARC Enterprise server.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a SPARC Enterprise server.
Modify	Monitoring Information	Yes	No	Modifies a SPARC Enterprise server's monitoring settings.
Power	ON	Yes	No	Powers on a SPARC Enterprise server.
	OFF	Yes	No	Powers off a SPARC Enterprise server after shutting down its operating system.
	OFF (Forced)	Yes	No	Powers off a SPARC Enterprise server without shutting down its operating system.
	Reboot	Yes	No	Reboots a SPARC Enterprise server after shutting down its operating system.
	Reboot(Forced)	Yes	No	Reboots a SPARC Enterprise server without shutting down its operating system.
External Management Software	-	Yes	Yes	Opens external server management software for SPARC Enterprise servers.

Table 2.8 Popup Menus Available for LAN Switches

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	LAN switch	Yes	No	Registers a LAN switch.
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a LAN switch.
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a LAN switch.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies a LAN switch's registration settings.
	Network Settings (*1)	Yes	No	Modifies VLAN settings of a LAN switch's external ports.
Restore (*1)	-	Yes	No	Restores a LAN switch configuration.
External Management Software	-	Yes	Yes	Opens a LAN switch's Web interface.

*1: Not available for PRIMERGY BX900 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.

Table 2.9 Popup Menus Available for System Images

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Restore	-	Yes	No	Restores a system image to a server.
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a system image.

Table 2.10 Popup Menus Available for Cloning Images

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Deploy	-	Yes	No	Deploys a cloning image to a server.
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a cloning image.

Note

If ServerView Deployment Manager is used on the admin LAN, the popup menu for cloning images cannot be used.

Table 2.11 Popup Menus Available for the "Network Resources" Tree Node

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
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.

Table 2.12 Popup Menus Available for the "Power Monitoring Devices" Tree Node

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	Power Monitoring Device	Yes	No	Registers a power monitoring device.
Export	Environmental Data	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data.

Table 2.13 Popup Menus Available for Power Monitoring Devices

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes a power monitoring device.
Update (*1)	-	Yes	Yes	Updates a power monitoring device.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies a power monitoring device's registration settings.
Hardware Maintenance	Re-configure	Yes	No	Detects and re-configures the properties of a replaced power monitoring device.
Export	Environmental Data	Yes	Yes	Exports environmental data.

*1: Unlike other resources, the properties of a power monitoring devices are not automatically updated. Use this option to update them manually when necessary.

Table 2.14 Popup Menus Available for Management Software

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Register	Management Software (vCenter Server)	Yes	No	Registers VM management software (VMware vCenter Server).
	Management Software (SCVMM)	Yes	No	Registers VM management software (System Center Virtual Machine Manager).
	Management Software (VIOM)	Yes	No	Registers VM management software (VIOM).

Table 2.15 Popup Menus Available for Management Software (vCenter Server/SCVMM/VIOM)

Popup menu		Privileged user	General user	Function
Menu	Submenu
Delete	-	Yes	No	Deletes management software
Update	-	Yes	Yes	Updates management software information.
Modify	Registration Settings	Yes	No	Modifies registration settings for management software.