HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

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17 Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring
This chapter contains information about the Advanced Performance Monitoring licensed feature.
About Advanced Performance Monitoring
Based on Frame Filtering technology and a unique performance counter engine, Advanced Performance
Monitoring is a comprehensive tool for monitoring the performance of networked storage resources.
Advanced Performance Monitoring provides the following monitors:
• End-to-End monitor — Measures the traffic between a host/target pair.
• Filter-based monitor — Measures the traffic transmitted through a port with specific values in the first
64 bytes of the frame.
• ISL monitoring — Measures the traffic transmitted through an InterSwitch Link (ISL) to different
destination domains.
• AL_PA monitoring — Reports cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error measurement statistics for an AL_PA.
• Top Talker monitoring — Measures the flows that are major consumers of bandwidth on a port.
NOTE: Advanced Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports (virtual FC_Ports) and EX_Ports. If
you issue commands for any Advanced Performance Monitors on VE_Ports or EX_Ports you will receive
error messages. See ”Configuring and Monitoring FCIP Extension Services” on page 435 for more
information about VE_Ports.
Additional performance monitoring features are provided through Web Tools. For additional information,
see the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.
The type of monitors supported depends on the ASIC. Table 76 shows the monitors supported on different
ASICs.
NOTE: The HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/64 SAN Switch,
SAN Switch 4/32B, 400 Multi-protocol Router, 4/256 SAN Director and DC Director switches do not
display AL_PA measurements for end-to-end monitors. CRC reports are accessed using Web Tools.
Also, AL_PA monitoring is not supported on NPIV configured ports.
Table 76 Types of monitors supported on Brocade switch models
Monitors: EE Filter ALPA ISL Top Talker
Goldeneye ASIC (Brocade 4/8 SAN
Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch)
Yes Yes No Yes No
Condor ASIC (SAN Switch 4/32,
4/64 SAN Switch, SAN Switch
4/32B, 400 Multi-protocol Router,
and the 4/256 SAN Director)
Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Condor2 ASIC DC SAN Backbone
Director (short name, DC Director)
Yes Yes No No Yes
Bloom ASIC Yes Yes Yes Yes No