HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 User Guide

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The MBPS threshold value indicates the average MB/s that you
define an individual port can handle over a specified duration.
MBPS
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor uses this value to verify
whether the average MB/s value on each port is within or
beyond the set threshold.
If the average MB/s on a port exceeds the defined threshold
limit, the status icon appears.
The CHA Util (%) threshold value indicates the average overall
MPs utilization on an installed CHA. HP XP P9000 Performance
CHA Util (%)
Advisor uses this value to verify whether the average overall
utilization of each CHA MP is within or beyond the set threshold.
The default threshold value is 70%.
If the utilization of one CHA MP exceeds the defined threshold
limit, the status icon appears.
NOTE: The CHA Util (%) metric is applicable for the CHA MPs
only on the XP disk arrays.
Cache
If the cache exceeds the defined threshold limit during the specified threshold duration for a cache metric, the status icon
appears in the Cache category in the XP/P9000 Array Health section of the Dashboard screen. For example, if the cache write
pending for the Write Pending (%) metric exceeds the defined threshold even once, the status icon appears in the Cache
category in the XP/P9000 Array Health section.
The Cache Usage (%) threshold value indicates the total cache
that you define to be utilized for both the frontend and backend
Cache Usage (%)
transactions over the threshold duration. HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor uses this value to verify whether the total
cache usage is within or beyond the set threshold limit.
The frontend transactions comprise data transfers between the
cache and the frontend ports. The backend transactions comprise
data transfers between the cache and the LDEVs through the
DKAs.
When the cache usage exceeds the defined threshold limit, the
status icon appears.
The Write pending metric comprises the number of writes that
are pending to be written from the cache to the LDEVs. The
default threshold value is 28%.
Write Pending (%)
The Write Pending (%) threshold value indicates the total number
of write operations that you define can be pending with the
cache over the threshold duration. HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor uses this value to verify whether the total write pending
operations are within or beyond the set threshold limit.
When the write pending exceeds the defined threshold limit,
the status icon appears.
Backend
If any of the RAID groups or the DKA MPs usage (applicable only for the XP disk arrays) exceeds the defined threshold limit
during the specified threshold duration for a backend metric, the status icon appears in the Backend category in the XP/P9000
Array Health section. For example, if the usage of a RAID group for the RG Seq Reads (IOPS) metric exceeds the defined threshold
even once, the status icon appears.
The RG seq frontend reads (IOPS) threshold value indicates the
average sequential backend read tracks that you define an
RG Seq Reads (IOPS)
individual RAID group can manage over the threshold duration.
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor uses this value to verify
Dashboard threshold metrics 101