HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

existing set of records are automatically sorted to display the records for the selected XP or
the XP7 disk array at the beginning of the Performance Collection table. The records for the
selected XP, P9000 or XP7 disk array are highlighted for your reference.
3. In the Performance Collection table, select the XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk array, for which you
want to schedule performance data.
4. Click Create. The Create button is enabled only when you select an XP, P9000 or an XP7 disk
array record under the Performance Collection tab. Based on whether it is the first or the
second performance data collection schedule that you are creating, HP XP7 Performance
Advisor does the following validations and displays appropriate error messages if the
validations fail:
• If it is the first performance data collection schedule, HP XP7 Performance Advisor verifies
if the configuration data is already available for that XP, P9000 or XP7 disk array.
• If it is the second performance data collection schedule, in addition to the above-mentioned
point, HP XP7 Performance Advisor also verifies the following:
◦ Whether the second schedule is using a different port other than the one already
used by the first schedule.
◦ Whether the same host is being used to communicate with the selected XP, P9000
or XP7 disk array.
5. Enter a schedule name in the Schedule Name box.
The performance schedule name can be a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters. You can
insert a space and also use special characters, such as underscore (_) and apostrophe (‘).
6. For an XP7 disk array, you are required to perform an additional step.
• If the command device being used for collection has authentication enabled, select the
Authentication Enabled check box. Enter the credentials (RWC user name and password)
that have privileges to use the command device, and proceed to the next step to select
the components. If it is the same command device that you used for configuration data
collection and if the authentication was enabled, the credentials that you provided are
automatically populated in the respective fields here.
• If you do not want to enable the authentication, proceed to the next step to select the
components.
If authentication is required and you do not enable it, the performance data collection will
fail.
7. In the respective component type lists, select the check boxes for the components to collect
their performance data. The following component type lists are displayed:
For an XP disk array the DKC provides data on the CHIPs,
ACPs, Cache, SLPR, CLPR, and the SM.
DKC
For an XP7 disk array, the DKC provides data on the MP
blades, in addition to the data on the Cache, CLPR, and
the SM.
NOTE: SLPR does not exist in the P9500 and XP7 disk
arrays. Hence, the SLPR-related data is not displayed for
the P9500 and XP7 disk arrays.
Displays the frontend ports.Port(s)
Displays the XP, P9000 or the XP7 disk array volumes,
including business copy and continuous access
(synchronous/asynchronous) volumes.
RG(s)
Displays the ThP volumes.THP Group(s)
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