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

• One-time configuration data collection: Use this collection type if you want to collect the configur-
ation data only once. Any new configuration changes to the XP and the P9000 disk arrays, such
as new components that are added after the collection completes are not captured in the existing
configuration collection.
• Scheduled configuration data collection: Use this collection type if you want to schedule the con-
figuration data collection periodically on a hourly, daily, weekly, or a monthly basis. Based on
the schedule frequency, P9000 Performance Advisor collects the updated configuration data from
the XP and the P9000 disk arrays. If you want P9000 Performance Advisor to automatically collect
the performance data for new components, you must enable the corresponding performance data
collection schedules to automatically accept and monitor the performance of new components.
For more information, see “Enabling performance collection schedules for automatic up-
dates” on page 78.
You can use the inband or the outband mode for one-time or scheduled configuration data collection.
• Inband mode: The inband mode uses RAID Manager Library on the host agent to collect data from
the XP and the P9000 disk arrays. The data is transferred from the XP and the P9000 disk arrays
to the host, and then to the management station.
• Outband mode: The outband mode uses the TCP/IP to directly connect to the XP and the P9000
disk array and collect the configuration data through the array SVP.
NOTE:
• Using the outband mode ensures that the performance of SAN is not affected because of data
collection.
• You must wait for at least 30 minutes after changing the Array RWC Login password to perform
the outband mode of configuration collection.
After the host agents appear under the Host Information tab, the following details from the command
devices are also displayed in the Configuration Collection table, under the Configuration Collection
tab:
DescriptionScreen elements
Displays the DKC number and the user-friendly name of the XP or the P9000 disk array.Array
Displays the system name of the host.Host ID
Displays the port that is configured to communicate data between the command device
(on an XP or a P9000 disk array) and the associated host agent.
Port
Displays the ID of the LDEV that is configured as a command device.Cmddev
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