HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 User Guide (T1789-96328, April 2012)

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 applicable metrics are displayed in the Available Metrics Choose Metric Category list. 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 439.

The following table provides the default set of metric categories that are displayed in the Available

Metrics Choose Metric Category list for the XP and the P9000 disk arrays.

Most used default metric categoryMP blades category for P9000 disk arrays

Utilization MetricsMP Blade, MPs

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 300

• The MP blade utilization split up for each processing type, see “Viewing MP blade utilization by

processing types” on page 301

• The LDEV that is currently assigned to an MP blade, see “Viewing current LDEV assignments for

an MP blade” on page 311