Method for dynamically presenting status information of a monitored system within a graphical user interface

In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display device and a user interface selection device, a method for dynamically presenting status information of a monitored system within a graphical user interface, the method comprising:

• providing a graphical user interface comprising:
• first view comprising a textual representation indicative of a status of a monitored system, the textual representation comprising at least one interactive portion that is user-selectable for presenting underlying information associated with the interactive portion, wherein the textual representation comprises a narrative description of a status of the monitored system, wherein a background of the first view has a first color in an absence of detection of a particular condition and has a second color in response to the detection of a particular condition;
• and
• a second view within the graphical user interface, the second view comprising a plurality of status boxes representative of monitored attributes of the monitored system;
• automatically monitoring the monitored attributes of the plurality of status boxes for detection of at least one particular condition;
• selectively promoting a particular status box of the plurality of status boxes to the first view in response to the detection of a particular condition based on the monitored attributes;
• and
• integrating a particular interactive portion associated with the particular status box into the textual representation;
• wherein the first view comprises at least one status box in the absence of detection of a particular condition, the at least one status box selected from the plurality of status boxes of the second view, and wherein the textual representation comprises at least one interactive portion related to the at least one status box.

A computer system comprising:

• a graphical user interface;
• a display device;
• a user interface selection device;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• provide a graphical user interface for rendering on the display device, the graphical user interface comprising:
• first view comprising a textual representation indicative of a status of a monitored system, the textual representation comprising at least one interactive portion that is user-selectable for presenting underlying information associated with the interactive portion and at least one status box representative of a monitored attribute of a virtual storage area network (VSAN), wherein the textual representation comprises a narrative description of a status of the monitored system, wherein the interactive portion is related to the at least one status box, wherein a background of the first view has a first color in an absence of detection of a particular condition and has a second color in response to the detection of a particular condition;
• and
• a second view within the graphical user interface, the second view comprising a plurality of status boxes representative of monitored attributes of the VSAN;
• automatically monitor the monitored attributes of the plurality of status boxes for detection of at least one particular condition;
• selectively promote a particular status box of the plurality of status boxes to the first view in response to the detection of a particular condition based on the monitored attributes;
• and
• integrate a particular interactive portion associated with the particular status box into the textual representation.