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

• “Configuring alarms and viewing alarms history” on page 141
• “Configuration data” on page 56
• “Generating, saving, or scheduling reports” on page 331
Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk arrays
P9000 Performance Advisor enables you to provide unique, user-friendly names for the monitored
XP and P9000 disk arrays. Accordingly, the user-friendly names appear beside the respective XP and
the P9000 disk array serial numbers on all those P9000 Performance Advisor screens, where the
array records are displayed. To provide a user-friendly name for an XP or a P9000 disk array:
1. Click Settings in the left pane.
2. Select Personalize Arrays.
The Personalize Arrays screen appears. In the Array Alias section, the serial numbers of all the
monitored XP and P9000 disk arrays are listed under Array DKC. By default, the serial numbers
also appear under Alias Name.
3. Navigate to the XP or the P9000 disk array serial number for which you want to provide a user
friendly name and enter a name of your choice under Alias Name.
The user-friendly name is case-sensitive and must have a minimum of two characters. It can accept
a maximum of 80 alphanumeric characters, which includes special characters, such as the
underscore (_) and the apostrophe (‘). You can also add a space in the name.
4. Click Save. A confirmation message appears to indicate that the changes are updated.
Click OK. The user-friendly name appears under Alias Name and also displayed beside all
occurrences of the XP or the P9000 disk array serial number.
If you do not want to retain a user-friendly name for an XP or a P9000 disk array, erase the name
from the corresponding text box under Alias Name and click Save. P9000 Performance Advisor
displays an informative message that the changes are updated. Click OK to confirm and continue.
In this case, only the XP or the P9000 disk array serial number is displayed on all the P9000
Performance Advisor screens, where the array records are displayed.
Related Topics
• “Collecting configuration data” on page 59
• “Scheduling configuration data collection” on page 62
• “Performance data” on page 68
• “Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 96
Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in
P9000 Performance Advisor
You can register the SVP of an XP or a P9000 disk array with the respective management station that
has P9000 Performance Advisor monitoring these disk arrays. It is required if you want P9000
Performance Advisor to directly collect data from the XP or the P9000 disk array through the disk
array SVP.
The registration process is unique to each management station, where only one instance of the
registration is possible from every management station. To complete the registration for an XP or a
P9000 disk array SVP, provide the IP address of that SVP. After registration, the IP address is
Configuring common settings for P9000 Performance Advisor96