HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 User Guide

On the following MP Blades screen, you must click an MP blade ID in the MP Blade Configuration
group box (see “MP Blades screen” (page 191)) to view the above-mentioned list.
In the following image, the MP Blade Summary <MP_blade_ID>, Processing Distribution
<MP_blade_ID>, and the Top Components <MP_blade_ID> are displayed for MPB-1MA. For more
information, see “MP blade utilization summary” (page 191).
Figure 13 MP Blades screen
The MP Blade Configuration group box includes the following:
• The installed MP blades, DKCs, and the clusters to which they belong. Each MP blade ID
includes the corresponding cluster # and the blade location.
For example: MPB-1MA is the MP blade ID, 1 indicates the cluster #, and MA indicates the
blade location.
• The individual MPs on each MP blade and each MP's utilization percentage.
Click an individual MP to view the utilization graph in the Chart Work Area. By default, the
utilization data displayed is for the last one hour.
“MP blade utilization summary” (page 191) provides the details that are displayed for an MP blade
on the MP Blades screen:
Table 9 MP blade utilization summary
DescriptionMP blade screen elements
Displays the following details:MP Blade Summary <MP_blade_ID> table
• Selected MP Blade: The selected MP blade ID.
• Avg. Util %: The average utilization of an MP blade by all
the associated processing types. The average utilization is
calculated as the utilization of all the individual processors
in the MP blade.
The average utilization by each processing type is due to its
consumers that are using the CPU cycles. For example, if
70% is the average MP blade utilization and there are five
processing types, it indicates that on an average, all the CPU
cycles are utilized up to 70%.
In the 70%, if 25% constitutes the average MP blade
utilization by the Backend processing type, it indicates that
Viewing MP blade utilization for P9000 disk arrays 191