Status bar

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• If you are using an HMC Version 6 or earlier, continue with Status bar for an HMC Version 6 or earlier.

The status bar of the displays at the lower edge of a console panel. It can be hidden or shown by clearing or checking the Status Bar option in the Show submenu under View. The status bar has the following fields ordered from left to right for displaying status information:

Padlock icon

The padlock icon is open when secure communications are not active.

Application loading status

When an HMC application is loaded, the text Ready displays. When an application is in the process of loading, a graphical bar is displayed.

Number of objects visible in the Contents area

Objects can be present on the managed system but hidden from the view by the view filter.

Number of objects selected in the Contents area

This field displays the number of objects that you have selected in the Contents area.

Security context

This field displays the administrator user name and the HMC host name for the currently active HMC.

The Status bar provides a visual cue for the current overall system status, including managed system resources and the HMC. Icons, text, and color of the Status bar indicate overall status. Note the following:

• If the Status bar is green, there are no exceptions, hardware messages or operating system messages.
• When there are resources (such as a managed system or partition) in an exception state, the Status bar is red, the Exceptions icon appears, and Status: Exceptions is displayed.
• When messages are waiting for you to read, the Status bar displays the Hardware Messages and/or the Operating System messages icons. In addition, Status: Messages is displayed.
• The Status Overview icon is always available in the Status bar.