Administrator Guide

Conguring User Settings for Charts
Modify the User Settings for your user account to display alerts on the charts and change the chart colors.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Display Alerts on Charts
You can congure charts to display the relationships between the reported data and the congured threshold alerts and Storage
Center alerts.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box appears.
2. In the Charting Options area of the General tab, select the check box(es) of the alert(s) to display on charts:
• Show threshold alert levels on charts: Displays a horizontal line parallel to the X axis that shows the relationship between
the reported data and the threshold level. The default is to hide threshold alerts.
• Show Storage Center alerts on charts: Displays a vertical line parallel to the Y axis that shows the relationship between the
reported data and Storage Center alerts. The default is to hide Storage Center alerts.
NOTE: Charts display only alerts relating to controller failures or remote Storage Center failures.
3. Click OK.
Customize Chart Colors
You can choose the background color, gridline color, and crosshair color for charts.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box appears.
2. Click on the General tab. The following colors are displayed in the Charting Options area:
• Background Color: Color of the background behind the chart.
• Gridline Color: Color of the gridlines in the chart.
• Crosshair Color: Color of the crosshairs in the chart.
3. To customize a color, click the Change link located to the right of the current color swatch. The Select Color dialog box
appears.
• To select a color from a list of color swatches, click the Swatches tab, and click on a color to select it.
• To select a color based on an HSB value, click the HSB tab, then enter the HSB value by specifying hue (H), saturation (S),
and brightness (B) values.
• To select a color based on an RGB value, click the RGB tab, then enter the RGB value by specifying red (R), green (G), and
blue (B) values.
4. Click OK to close the Select Color dialog box.
5. Click OK. The customized color settings will appear the next time a chart is updated.
Display Data Point Sliders on Charts
Chart sliders display specic data for a selected data point. When chart sliders are enabled, a table displays the specic data values
for the selected data point.
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Client, click Edit User Settings. The Edit User Settings dialog box appears.
2. Click on the General tab.
3. Under Charting Options, select the Show sliders on charts check box.
4. Click OK.
Conguring Chart Settings
The chart conguration options include displaying threshold and Storage Center alerts on charts and changing the colors of charts.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
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