Panes in IBM Director Console

The IBM Director Console interface includes three panes: Groups, Group Contents, and Tasks.

You can resize the panes by dragging the borders between them. You can hide either the Groups or Tasks pane by clicking on the border between that pane and the Group Contents pane.
註: The Group Contents pane may not be hidden.
Groups
The Groups pane lists all the groups available, including the default groups and any groups you have defined.
  • Clicking a group selects that group for certain tasks performed from the toolbar or the menu. It also selects that group in the Group Contents pane.
  • Right-clicking some groups also displays a context menu allowing tasks to be performed on the group.
Group Contents
The Group Contents pane lists the managed objects included in the group selected in the Groups pane. The title of the Group Contents pane indicates which group is selected.
  • Clicking the title opens a menu from which you can select a group to display.
  • Clicking a listed object selects that object for certain tasks performed from the toolbar or the menu.
  • Right-clicking an object selects that object and displays a context menu allowing tasks to be performed on the object.

The icon for each managed object indicates both the type of managed object and its online status: icons for online objects appear in color, while icons for offline objects appear in gray.

A padlock icon beside a managed object indicates that the object is secured by a server and inventory information about the object cannot be collected. To request access to the object, right-click the managed object and click Request Access. By providing a valid user name that has local administrative rights to that managed object and password, you can access the system.
Notes:
  1. (BladeCenter chassis and physical platforms only) The padlock icon is displayed if a valid login profile does not exist for the service processor. You can access the system using the Request Access action as above.
  2. (ISMP systems only) You cannot log in to an ISMP directly, as it lacks a userid and password. Instead, connect out-of-band to an ISMP installed on an ASM interconnect network through a Remote Supervisor Adapter or Remote Supervisor Adapter II serving as the ASM gateway.
  3. (ASM processor systems only) Use the Management Processor Assistant to configure an out-of-band path to the ASM processor system, then change the userid and password to request access the physical platform using IBM Director Console.
Tasks
The Tasks pane lists tasks which can be performed in IBM Director.
註: Although the list of tasks in the Task pane is static, not all tasks are available for all groups or managed objects.

Right-clicking blank space in any pane displays a context menu from which you can change the pane's appearance or sorting, or perform tasks specific to that pane. For example, in the Group Contents pane you can create new managed objects manually, find and view objects, or perform actions on the selected group.

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