Navigating The Pa Graphical User Interface; About The Graphical User Interface; Main Menu And Banner; Main Menu - HPE XP7 User Manual

Navigating the PA graphical user interface

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About the graphical user interface

The graphical user interface for PA comprises of various levels of screens. This multilevel approach
enables you to easily identify the performance bottlenecks and start drilling into the resource instances
that might need your prompt attention. The Overview dashboard shows the consolidated performance
data at overall storage level for arrays being managed by PA. From the Overview dashboard, you can
navigate to the other levels of dashboards. Using the dashboard levels of views, you can further drill
down to the respective component screens and associated screens, and identify and troubleshoot
performances issues.
The PA features are broadly grouped under the main menu bar. At any point of time, you can navigate
from one screen to any other screen using the main menu.

Main menu and Banner

The main menu and banner area include the main menu for selecting screens, a search box, sidebars for
activities and help, and a session menu.

Main menu

The main menu is the primary method for navigating to resources and performing actions. The main
menu is categorized as follows:
• Dashboards-Provides a quick view of the key performance status and general health of the arrays
that PA monitors.
• Components-Provides a detailed view of the configuration and performance details of all the physical
components on an array.
• Features- Provides a detailed view of the configuration and performance details of all the features
displayed in the figure below.
• Configurations-Enables to issue configuration and performance collection, set threshold values for
components and features, configure alarms, manage license and common PA settings.
• Reports-Enables you to manage reports and PA database.
Learn more
• Status and severity icons on page 24
• Session menu on page 21
• About Panes on page 24
• About Charts on page 26
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