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Increasing visibility - Ensuring that the status of everything is visible.

Reducing operational complexity - A single place to see the status of everything.

Reducing time to root cause - No silo's, all technologies, all vendors, all operating systems in a single place.

A single pane of glass is one management system which supports:

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See the current state of all systems from one place.
See the history of all systems in one place.
Provide operations teams with a single place to login and see what is happening.

How to get a Single Pane of Glass using NMIS and opCharts
First, install NMIS there are two choices in going about doing this:

1. Install NMIS from scratch.

Here is a link to an NMIS installation guide available on the Opmantek Community WIKI:
https://community.opmantek.com/display/NMIS/NMIS+8+Installation+Guide

2. Use the Opmantek Virtual Appliance.

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1. Limit Each Dashboard to 5-7 Groups of Data.

2. Group layout should be organized by data, time period or visualization.

3. No Group Should Have More than 5-7 Data Sets.

4. Each Data Set Should Be Easily Distinguishable from Other Data Sets in Group.

5. Similar Data Sets Across Groups Should Use Similar Colors/Icons.

6. Colors and Shapes Should Be Used with Purpose and Definition.

7. Entire dashboard should be visible at one time, as should each group.

While looking at the image below, try and understand why the dashboard is poorly designed:

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