HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96322, August 2011)

6 Configuring common settings for P9000
Performance Advisor
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• “Introduction” on page 91
• “Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 92
• “Setting time zone for management station” on page 99
• “Setting severity level” on page 98
• “Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 96
• “Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk arrays” on page 96
In addition, this chapter also discusses the following topics:
• “Managing custom groups” on page 103
• “Managing fabricated LDEV records” on page 110
• “Managing P9000 Performance Advisor user profiles” on page 115
• “Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time” on page 100
• “Receiving email notifications when P9000 Performance Advisor services fail” on page 100
Introduction
P9000 Performance Advisor enables you to configure the commonly used settings, such as the
following:
Settings > PA Settings
“Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 92
Email notification for the alarms and reports generation, and the data
collection failure
Settings > Personalize Arrays
“Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk
arrays” on page 96
User-friendly names for the XP and the P9000 disk arrays
Settings > Personalize Arrays
“Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in
P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 96
Registration of the XP and P9000 disk arrays with the respective array
SVPs
Settings > User Settings
“Setting time zone for management station” on page 99
Management station date and time to be in sync with the time zone
where it resides
Settings > User Settings
“Setting severity level” on page 98
Severity level for logging the events, which P9000 Performance
Advisor uses to filter events and log only those that match the set
severity level
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