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HMC user interface

Learn about the HMC graphical user interface.

If you are using an HMC Version 6 or earlier, The HMC provides a menu (also called the context menu) for quick access to menu choices. The menu lists the actions found in the Selected and Object menus for the current object or objects.

If you are using an HMC Version 7 or later, The user interface provided with the Hardware Management Console (HMC) uses navigation that provides hierarchical views of system resources and tasks. This user interface is made up of several major components: the Banner, the Navigation pane, the Work pane, the Task bar, and the Status bar. The following sections describe each of these components.


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Last updated: Fri, Oct 30, 2009