Providing continuous context for operational information of a storage system
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1. A method comprising:
- collecting, at a memory of a computing device having a processor, operational information about a storage system coupled to the computing device;
presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a display coupled to the computing device, a digital dashboard presenting the collected operational information by category according to a plurality of views, wherein each of the plurality of views includes a different category of the collected operational information;
displaying, on the digital dashboard, a first view of the plurality of views as an expanded view and a second view of the plurality of views as a non-expanded view, wherein the expanded view includes a different level of detail from the non-expanded view, wherein a collection rate of the collected operational information for the expanded view differs from the collection rate of the collected operational information for the non-expanded view; and
in response to detecting a trigger to expand the non-expanded view, managing presentation of the collected operational information rendered on the display by collapsing the expanded view and rearranging a remaining plurality of views so as to maintain display of all categories of the collected operational information on the dashboard.
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Abstract
A system management tool provides a comprehensive summary of operational information of a storage system. For example, the system management tool presents a digital dashboard (“dashboard”) in a graphical user interface. The system management tool also presents, via the dashboard, views that correspond to different dimensions of the storage system. In response to expansion of a selected view, the system management tool can automatically collapse the other views into a non-expanded views or move the other views to visible areas remaining after expansion of the selected view. Thus, all of the views remain continuously visible via the dashboard despite the modification to the appearance of the selected view.
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1. A method comprising:
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collecting, at a memory of a computing device having a processor, operational information about a storage system coupled to the computing device; presenting, in a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a display coupled to the computing device, a digital dashboard presenting the collected operational information by category according to a plurality of views, wherein each of the plurality of views includes a different category of the collected operational information; displaying, on the digital dashboard, a first view of the plurality of views as an expanded view and a second view of the plurality of views as a non-expanded view, wherein the expanded view includes a different level of detail from the non-expanded view, wherein a collection rate of the collected operational information for the expanded view differs from the collection rate of the collected operational information for the non-expanded view; and in response to detecting a trigger to expand the non-expanded view, managing presentation of the collected operational information rendered on the display by collapsing the expanded view and rearranging a remaining plurality of views so as to maintain display of all categories of the collected operational information on the dashboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor coupled to a memory; a storage system coupled to the processor; a display coupled to the processor; and a machine-readable medium having program code stored thereon, the program code configured to; collect operational information about the storage system; present, in a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on the display, a digital dashboard presenting the collected operational information by category according to a plurality of views, wherein each of the plurality of views includes a different category of the collected operational information; display, on the digital dashboard, a first view of the plurality of views as an expanded view and a second view of the plurality of views as a non-expanded view, wherein the expanded view includes a different level of detail from the non-expanded view, wherein a collection rate of the collected operational information for the expanded view differs from the collection rate of the collected operational information of the non-expanded view; and in response to a detecting a trigger to expand the non-expanded view, manage presentation of the collected operational information rendered on the display by collapsing the expanded view and rearranging a remaining plurality of views so as to maintain display of all categories of the collected operational information on the dashboard. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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