Overview
How to Change from Classic to Tree Style User Interface
Navigation Area
System Management
HMC Management
Settings
Status Bar
Work Area
Object Selection
Object Filtering
Object Sorting
Task Selection
Task Bar
The Tree Style user interface is provided with the Hardware Management Console (HMC) as an alternative to the Classic style user interface. The tree style navigation model provides hierarchical views of system resources and tasks.
The tree style user interface is comprised of several major components: the
Banner, the Navigation Area, the Work Area, the Task Bar, and the Status Bar.
The Navigation Area contains the primary navigation links for managing your system resources and the HMC.
The Work Area displays information based on the current selection in the Navigation Area. For example, when Welcome is selected in the Navigation Area, the Welcome page content is displayed in the Work Area.
The Status Bar provides visual cues of current overall system status. The Status Bar contains a Status Overview Icon which may be selected to display more granular status information in the Work Area.
The Task Bar contains help and logoff tasks. In addition, it visually represents all running tasks.
If the HMC is configured to enable users to change user interface style, you can change from Classic to Tree Style user interface from the User Settings task in the Console Actions view. If changing interface style is enabled, a UI Style tab is displayed in the User Settings task.
To change from Classic to Tree Style user interface, go to User Settings task in the Console Actions view:
If there is no UI Style tab in the User Settings task, changing interface style is not enabled on the HMC. To enable users to change user interface style from Classic to Tree Style user interface, or to change the default user interface for the HMC:
Log on as an access administrator level user. From the Console Actions view, launch the User Settings task. From the User Settings task you can:
The Navigation Area contains the primary navigation links for managing your system resources and the HMC. These include the System Management tree, the HMC Management tree, and the Settings page.
The system management tree contains a tree view of system resources. Resources may include Servers, ESCON Directors / Sysplex Timers, Fiber Savers, and Custom Groups. Custom groups include the predefined groups 'All Images' and 'All Objects' and any user-defined groups.
Select Servers and a listing of individual servers are displayed in the Work Area. Note that the term Server represents a Central Processing Complex (CPC).
Select an individual server under the Servers node and images defined on that server are displayed. The Tasks pad in the Work Area then displays contextual tasks for the selected server.
The Fiber Savers node is not displayed as there are currently no Fiber Savers defined. This is also true of Servers, ESCON Directors / Sysplex Timers, and Custom Groups nodes.
For an explanation of the configurable table and tasks that are displayed in the Work Area, see Work Area.
The HMC Management tree contains categorized HMC management tasks. Related
tasks are categorized into groups: Service Applications, Security, Configuration,
Maintenance, and All Tasks.
To launch an HMC management task:
A table containing HMC management tasks and their descriptions is displayed. Select a task to launch it. For an explanation of the table, see Work Area.
The Settings tree contains tasks to customize user and user interface properties. Select Settings and a listing of settings tasks and their descriptions is displayed. Select a task to launch it. For an explanation of the table, see Work Area.
The Work Area displays information based on the current selection in the Navigation Area or Status Bar.
Selecting an object, perhaps an individual server, in the Navigation Area will display a configurable table in the Work Area listing all of the images on that server.
The toolbar at the top of the table contains icons used to select, filter, sort and arrange the entries in the table. Hovering over the toolbar buttons displays their function.
If the
HMC is configured for multiple object selection, check boxes appear next to
each entry in the table in the Select column. The Select All
or Deselect All icons can be used to select or deselect all
objects in the table. If the HMC is configured for single object selection,
radio buttons appear in the select column and the Select All and Deselect All
icons do not appear. The table summary includes the total number of items that
are selected.
Select
the Filter Row icon and a row appears under the title row of
the table. Select Filter under a column to define a filter
for that column to limit the entries in a table. Tables can be filtered to show
only those entries most important to you. The filtered view can be toggled on
and off by selecting the check box next to the desired filter in the filter
row. Select the Clear all Filters icon to return to the complete
listing. The table summary includes the total number of items that pass the
filter criteria in addition to the total number of items.
The
Edit Sort and Clear All Sorts icons are used
to perform multi-column sorts of objects in the table in ascending or descending
order. Select Edit Sort to define sorts for columns in a table. Alternatively,
single column sorting can be performed by selecting the ^ in the column header
to change from ascending to descending order. Select Clear All Sorts to return
to the default ordering.
Select the Collapse
Table icon to collapse the table. Select the Configure Columns
icon to arrange the columns in the table in a desired order or hide columns
from view.
Selecting a task can be done in a number of ways. Tasks for selected objects are listed in the Tasks pad, in context menus, and in the Tasks drop-down menu on the table toolbar.
Context sensitive tasks are listed at the bottom of the Work Area in the Tasks pad. It will display only tasks applicable for selected objects. Selections may be in a Navigation tree or in a Work Area table. For example, selecting the Image BIG in the table displays tasks applicable to it in the Tasks pad:
Select the Tasks
button in the table toolbar and a context sensitive drop-down menu lists all
of the tasks applicable for selected objects in the table. The Tasks button
is only available for table selections.
Select a context menu button next to a selected object in the table and a menu with all applicable tasks for the object is displayed. If more than one object is selected, the tasks in the context menu apply to all selections. Context menus are only available for table selections.
Select a task to launch it.
The Status Bar provides "at-a-glance" visual cues for current overall system status, including managed system resources and the HMC. Icons, text, and color of the Status Bar indicate overall status. If the Status Bar is green, there are no exceptions, hardware messages or operating system messages. When there are resources (such as an Image or Server)in an exception state, the Status Bar turns red, the Exceptions icon appears, and Status: Exceptions is displayed. When messages exist, the Status Bar will contain the Hardware Messages and/or the Operating System messages icons. In addition, Status: Messages will be displayed. The Status Overview icon is always available in the Status Bar.
Select Status Overview for a more detailed view of overall status in the Work Area. The information displayed includes numbers and types of objects in a particular state. Select a link to view a listing of all objects in a category.
Select any of the individual icons in the Status Bar to view a listing of resources. For example, select the Exceptions Icon to view all resources with an exception state in the Work Area.
The Task Bar contains the Help and Logoff tasks. In addition, it provides a button to represent each currently running task. Selecting a button will bring that task's window forward and give it focus.