Learn about the information displayed when you select a
server.
To perform tasks on a server, click in the Select column
next to the server name in the work pane table. To perform tasks on
a server's partitions, you can perform one of the following actions:
- Select a server under the Servers node from the navigation
pane.
- Click on a server name from the work pane table.
When the work pane displays a list of servers, it displays the
following attributes by default.
- Name
- Specifies the user-defined name of the managed system.
- Status
- Displays the current status of the managed system (for example,
Operating, Power off, Initializing) and, in addition, displays icons
representing an unacceptable state or an active Attention LED. See Status: Unacceptable or Status: Attention LEDs for more information.
- Available Processing Units
- Displays the number of processing units that are available for
assignment to logical partitions on the managed system. This is the
total number of processing units that are activated on the managed
system minus the number of processing units that are assigned to the
logical partitions, including the logical partitions that are shut
down, on the managed system. This number does not include any processing
units that have not yet been activated with Capacity on Demand (CoD).
- Available Memory
- Displays the amount of memory that is available for assignment
to logical partitions on the managed system. This is the total amount
of memory that is activated on the managed system minus the amount
of memory needed by managed system firmware minus the amount of memory
that is assigned to the logical partitions, including the logical
partitions that are shut down, on the managed system. This number
does not include any memory that has not yet been activated with Capacity
on Demand (CoD). The available memory amount can be shown in MB or
GB. Click MB or GB in the Available Memory column title.
- Reference Code
- Displays the system reference codes for the server. Click the
reference code in the table for a detailed description.
The Servers work pane table can also display the following optional
attributes in the table.
- Configurable Processing Units
- Displays the number of processors of the managed system.
- Configurable Memory
- Displays the configurable memory of the managed system.
To show optional attributes, select the Column configuration icon
on the table toolbar. This function allows you to select additional
attributes that you want displayed as columns in the table. It also
allows you to reorder the columns, see Column configuration for more information.
You can also use Views from the table toolbar to display
the Default server attributes in the table or to display the Capacity
On Demand server attributes in the table. See Views menu for more information.
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