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A padlock icon beside a managed object indicates that the object is secured
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.
Note:
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.
Working with tables
This topic describes general procedures for viewing tabular information in IBM
Director Console.
In IBM Director Console, information is often displayed in tables. You can
customize the display of data in many of these tables in several ways.
Note: Not all of these actions may be available for all tabular views. These actions
must be performed with a mouse or other pointing device, and are not
available through the keyboard.
Sort table data on a column
Click a column header to sort the data in the table by the values in that
column. Click the header again to change the sort order.
v An upward-pointing triangle symbol indicates the column is sorted in
ascending order
v A downward-pointing triangle symbol indicates the column is sorted in
descending order
v Some columns may have additional sort options that are displayed as
parenthetical text in the column header
Resize table columns
Drag the border of a table column heading to resize it.
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