HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96322, August 2011)
In the above image, under MP Blades for the P9000 disk array 53036:
• MP Blades is the main category. The number 2 indicates the total number of MP blades configured
on the selected P9000 disk array 53036.
• MPB-1MA is one of the individual MP blade IDs that belongs to the Cluster 1 and the blade location
MA.
• Processors is the component type. The number 4 indicates the total number of processors that belong
to MPB-1MA.
• MP 0 is one of the individual processors that belongs to MPB-1MA.
The related metrics associated with the components types and components in the MP Blades category
are displayed in the Choose Metrics box. Select the metrics at the component type or the individual
component levels, or both and view the related performance graphs in the Chart Work Area. For a
description of these metrics, see “Metric Category, metrics, and descriptions” on page 441.
The following table provides the default set of metrics that are displayed in the Choose Metrics box.
Default set of metricsMP blades category for P9000 disk arrays
• Average MP Blade Util
• MP Blade Processor Util
• MP Blade Util - Top 20 Consumers
• MP Blade Util/Processing Type
MP Blade
In addition to viewing the utilization metrics for an MP blade and its individual processors, you can
also view the following:
• The top 20 consumers of an MP blade, see “Viewing top 20 consumers of an MP
blade” on page 305
• The MP blade utilization split up for each processing type, see “Viewing MP blade utilization by
processing types” on page 306
• The LDEV that is currently assigned to an MP blade, see “Viewing current LDEV assignments for
an MP blade” on page 316
Related Topics
• “Front-end navigation path” on page 272
• “Cache navigation path” on page 275
• “Back-end navigation path” on page 278
• “Replication Volumes navigation path” on page 288
• “THP Pool navigation path” on page 283
• “Snapshot Pool navigation path” on page 285
• “LUSE navigation path” on page 290
• “Host Groups navigation path” on page 292
• “Ext-RG(s) navigation path” on page 294
• “Drive types navigation path” on page 296
• “Custom groups navigation path” on page 298
Back-end navigation path
For the XP disk arrays
Using charts278