HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 User Guide (T1789-96337, Februrary 2013)

DescriptionScreen elements
NOTE: The MP Blade Util (%) metric is applicable for MP
blades on the P9000 disk arrays.
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HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor displays the overall usage summary of the XP and the P9000
disk arrays on the Dashboard screen, which appear after you log on to HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor. If you are on another screen, click Monitoring in the left pane to view the Dashboard
screen.
DescriptionSections
Displays the appropriate status icons that depict the overall
usage status of the XP or the P9000 disk arrays in the
following categories:
XP/P9000 Array Health
• Frontend
• Cache
• Backend
• MP Blade (applicable only for the P9000 disk arrays)
For more information, see “XP/P9000 array health”
(page 106).
Displays the statistics of the average usage summary of
individual components for the category, for which you click
Statistics (Frontend, Cache, Backend, or MP Blade)
the status icon. For example, the Statistics section displays
the average usage summary of ports and CHA MPs, if you
click in the Frontend category for an XP disk array.
If the usage of a component exceeds the defined threshold
limits during the threshold duration, the status icon
appears beside the respective component in the Statistics
section.
Also, a status icon appears in the respective category in
the XP/P9000 Array Health section that depicts the overall
usage status of the XP or the P9000 disk array in that
category.
For more information, see “Dashboard statistics” (page 107).
Displays the maximum X busiest consumers associated with
a port, RAID group, or an MP blade you select in the
Component Information (Frontend, Backend, or MP Blade)
Statistics section. For more information, see “Dashboard
busiest consumers” (page 112).
Displays a graphical representation of a component's
usage during the selected threshold duration.
Chart Work Area
For more information, see “Dashboard charts” (page 113).
For more information on the categories that appear in the XP/P9000 Array Health section, see
“Dashboard categories” (page 96).
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