HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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2. Select the element you want to monitor.
3. Under the Monitoring tab in the lower-left pane, select the element again. In some instances, you
may need to select an element’s component, such as a port on a switch.
4. In the pane under the tree, select a monitoring option.
See ”Monitoring Options” on page 401 for more information.
5. Use the Chart and Unit combo box to modify the chart. When you are done with your
selections, click the button in the lower pane. To learn more about these features, see ”The
Toolbars in Performance Manager” on page 395
6. To monitor more than one element in a chart, see ”Comparing the Performance of Different
Elements” on page 398.
The Toolbars in Performance Manager
Performance Manager provides two toolbars, one in the upper pane and another in the lower pane.
The toolbar in the upper pane is the same as the one in System Manager. See ”The Toolbar in
System Manager” on page 252 for information about the toolbar in the upper pane.
The toolbar in the lower pane provides the following information:
Table 55 Toolbar in Lower Pane of Performance Manager
Icon Description
Saves the graph in three formats: HTML, XLS, CSV.
Lets you print a graph.
Clears the graph of the elements you have selected.
Lets you determine the type of graph displayed. Select one of the
following options, and then click the button:
• Bar - Displays each data point as a bar. The data for the different
elements is displayed side by side.
• Line - Displays each data point as a dot with a line connected to the
previous data points. The data for the different elements for a specific
point in time is displayed in the same column.
• Summary - Displays a single line that summarizes the values for a
single statistic. Multiple statistics can be shown with multiple lines.
See ”Viewing Summary Charts” on page 398.