HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.4 User Guide (T1789-96328, April 2012)

5 Configuring common settings for P9000
Performance Advisor
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Introduction on page 87
Configuring email and SNMP settings on page 88
Setting time zone for management station on page 95
Setting severity level on page 94
Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in P9000 Performance Advisor on page 92
Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk arrays on page 92
In addition, this chapter also discusses the following topics:
Managing custom groups on page 99
Managing fabricated LDEV records on page 106
Managing P9000 Performance Advisor user profiles on page 110
Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time on page 96
Receiving email notifications when P9000 Performance Advisor services fail on page 96
Introduction
P9000 Performance Advisor enables you to configure the commonly used settings, such as the
following:
Settings > PA Settings
Configuring email and SNMP settings on page 88
Email notification for the alarms and reports generation, and the data
collection failure
Settings > Personalize Arrays
Providing user-friendly names for XP and P9000 disk
arrays on page 92
User-friendly names for the XP and the P9000 disk arrays
Settings > Personalize Arrays
Registering the XP or P9000 disk array SVP IP address in
P9000 Performance Advisor on page 92
Registration of the XP and P9000 disk arrays with the respective array
SVPs
Settings > User Settings
Setting time zone for management station on page 95
Management station date and time to be in sync with the time zone
where it resides
Settings > User Settings
Setting severity level on page 94
Severity level for logging the events, which P9000 Performance
Advisor uses to filter events and log only those that match the set
severity level
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