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Installation and Migration Guide

Starting and using Perspectives

Perspectives is a graphical user interface you can use to manage and monitor the SP system. Complete instructions for using Perspectives appear in the online help information.

You can use Perspectives during the installation and migration process to perform a variety of tasks including installing software and verifying executed steps.

To start Perspectives by bringing up the Launch Pad, first export your display and then type perspectives & to run the process in the background. The Launch Pad gives you graphical access to Perspectives applications. To launch an application, either double click on the icon associated with an application or select the icon using the Launch action found under the Actions menu.

In each of the Perspectives, to perform an action, all you need to do is to click on the icon of one or more objects and then click on an action in either the menu bar or the tool bar. If you need more information to complete the action, a dialog box will appear. In addition, each Perspective has online help available from the Help menu selection.

Note:
Many of the steps require you to use SMIT. You can use SMIT directly by issuing SMIT commands or you can access SMIT using Perspectives. Often used SMIT fast-paths such as smit_verify are available from the Perspectives Launch Pad.

The following table discusses the most common tasks that you can perform using Perspectives.

Table 7. Performing Common Tasks Using SP Perspectives
Task Perspectives
Bringing up the GUI TYPE perspectives & to bring up the Launch Pad
Launching applications Double click on application icon in Launch Pad or

SELECT
application icon

SELECT
Actions > Launch
Closing the GUI

SELECT
Window > Exit to close the Launch Pad or any Perspective

Closing a window

SELECT
Cancel button or select Close from the top left of window.

Powering off one node From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
Node to be powered off

SELECT
Actions > Power Off, Reset, or Shutdown...

SELECT
Power off options

PRESS
Apply

or from Hardware Perspective tool bar

SELECT
Node to be powered off

PRESS
Power off icon from Tool bar

SELECT
power off options

PRESS
Apply
Powering off more than one node From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
Nodes to be powered off

SELECT
Actions > Power Off, Reset, or Shutdown...

SELECT
Power off options

PRESS
Apply

or from Hardware Perspective menu bar with Node Groups

SELECT
Node group to be powered off

SELECT
Actions > Power Off, Reset, or Shutdown...

SELECT
Power off options

PRESS
Apply

or from Hardware Perspective tool bar

SELECT
Nodes to be powered off

PRESS
Power off icon from Tool bar

SELECT
Power off options

PRESS
Apply
Powering on one node From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
Node to be powered on

SELECT
Actions > Power On or Cluster Power On...

SELECT
Power on options

PRESS
Apply
or From Hardware Perspective tool bar

SELECT
Node to be powered on

PRESS
Power on icon from Tool bar

SELECT
Power on options

PRESS
Apply
Powering on more than one node From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
Nodes to be powered on

SELECT
Actions > Power On or Cluster Power On...

SELECT
Power on options

PRESS
Apply

or From Hardware Perspective menu bar with Node Groups

SELECT
Node groups to be powered on

SELECT
Actions > Power On or Cluster Power On...

SELECT
Power on options

PRESS
Apply
or From Hardware Perspective tool bar

SELECT
Nodes to be powered on

PRESS
Power on icon from Tool bar

SELECT
Power on options

PRESS
Apply
Verifying node status for many nodes: hostResponds, powerLED, switchResponds, LCD and LED From Hardware Perspective menu bar

Click
On the Nodes pane

SELECT
View > Set Monitoring

SELECT
hostResponds

PRESS
Apply

Repeat these steps for individual viewing of node powerLED and switchResponds status, or select all three. You can create multiple Nodes panes and monitor one condition in each pane.

Check to see if any node icons do not turn green. If a red X is showing, there is a problem with that node. If a "?" appears in the node, there is a communication problem with the underlying subsystem. The LCD and LED are always displayed in its own window.

Bring up the LCD and LED:

SELECT
The Nodes pane

SELECT
Actions > LCD and LED Display
Verifying node status for one node: hostResponds, powerLED, and switchResponds. From Hardware Perspective node notebook

SELECT
A node by double clicking on it.

SELECT
Node Status tab

You can also now perform actions from the Node Status page, such as power on and off, and so on.

To verify the status of an extension node:

SELECT
The extension node by double clicking on it. Once the notebook appears, check that the switchResponds variable is running.

The Node Status page also displays the value of the LCD and LED display for the node.

Viewing node information

SELECT
A node by double clicking on it.

SELECT
Tab corresponding to desired page

Changing to the system (global) view From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
System icon

SELECT
Actions > Set Current System Partition

If a Syspar pane is not present:

SELECT
View > Change System Partition and select Global
Changing to a partition (syspar) view From Hardware Perspective menu bar

SELECT
Syspar icon

SELECT
Actions > Set Current System Partition

If a Syspar pane is not present:

SELECT
View > Change System Partition and select the syspar name you want

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