Abstract: A computerized computer system entity rendering method provides rendering on a display screen a computer system entity visualization according to an arrangement of icons corresponding to physical and virtual entities in the computer system. In one implementation, the method includes modeling of the computer system, including physical and virtual entities, and associating the physical and virtual entities with entity types and assigning the entity types with plural computer system diagram levels. An arrangement of icons on a display screen corresponding to the physical and virtual entities in the computer system is determined, with the arrangement of icons including application of force-directed spacing of icons and constraints on icon positioning according to computer system diagram levels.

Abstract: A computerized virtual entity pathway visualization method and system provide a virtual entity packet pathway display indicating a packet pathway along which a data packet would travel from between virtual entities (e.g., virtual machines) in a computer system. One implementation includes modeling of a computer system having physical and virtual entities, identifying a packet pathway from a source virtual entity in the computer system to a destination virtual entity in the computer system, and rendering on a computer display screen a packet pathway and an arrangement of plural active icons corresponding to physical and virtual entities included in the packet pathway from the source virtual entity to the destination virtual entity.