Measure Reference Manual

Contents
About This Document...................................................................................17
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)................................................................................17
Intended Audience..................................................................................................................17
New and Changed Information................................................................................................17
New and Changed Information for 523324-020....................................................................17
New and Changed Information for 523324-019....................................................................17
New and Changed Information for H06.26/J06.15 RVUs (523324-018)....................................18
New and Changed Information for H06.25/J06.14 RVUs (523324-017)....................................18
New and Changed Information for H06.24/J06.13 RVUs (523324-016)....................................21
New and Changed Information for H06.23/J06.12 RVUs (523324-015)....................................21
Document Organization..........................................................................................................23
Notation Conventions..............................................................................................................24
General Syntax Notation....................................................................................................24
Notation for Messages.......................................................................................................26
Notation for Management Programming Interfaces.................................................................27
Related Information.................................................................................................................28
Publishing History...................................................................................................................28
HP Encourages Your Comments................................................................................................28
1 Introduction to Measure.............................................................................29
Operational Overview.............................................................................................................29
The Measure Subsystem......................................................................................................29
The User Interfaces.............................................................................................................29
Entities and Counters..............................................................................................................30
The Three Steps of Measurement...............................................................................................30
Step 1. Configure the Measurement......................................................................................30
Step 2. Take the Measurement.............................................................................................31
Step 3. Examine the Measurement.......................................................................................31
Considerations When Starting and Stopping Measurements.........................................................32
2 MEASCOM Commands............................................................................35
Summary of MEASCOM Commands.........................................................................................35
General Information About Using MEASCOM............................................................................37
Syntax Conventions for MEASCOM Commands.....................................................................37
Running a MEASCOM Session............................................................................................39
Creating a Custom Startup File............................................................................................40
MEASCOM...........................................................................................................................40
Syntax .............................................................................................................................40
Related Command.............................................................................................................41
Usage Note......................................................................................................................41
Example...........................................................................................................................41
ADD entity-type......................................................................................................................41
Syntax..............................................................................................................................41
Related Commands............................................................................................................41
Usage Note for All PVUs and RVUs......................................................................................42
Usage Notes for H-Series and J-Series PVUs and RVUs............................................................42
Examples..........................................................................................................................42
ADD COUNTER.....................................................................................................................43
Syntax..............................................................................................................................43
Related Commands............................................................................................................44
Usage Notes.....................................................................................................................44
Example...........................................................................................................................45
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