HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v6.0 User Guide

IMPORTANT: You must log on to HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor as an administrator or a
user with administrator privileges to perform the above-mentioned tasks. However, the administrator
privileges are not required to manage the custom groups and the fabricated LDEV records.
You can also configure the following specific settings:
• Set the threshold limits (PA and DB Settings+Threshold Setting) and monitor the overall usage
of the XP and the P9000 disk arrays on the Dashboard screen. For more information on setting
thresholds, see “Configuring dashboard threshold settings” (page 97).
• Set the duration that HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor uses to predict the average read and
write response time of the LDEVs. For more information, see “Setting the duration to predict
the LDEV response time” (page 77).
• Configure email notification settings to receive notifications from the HP XP P9000 Performance
Advisor Monitor service, which periodically monitors the statuses of the HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor services. For more information, see “Configuring SMTP parameters”
(page 80).
Configuring email and SNMP settings
You can configure HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to dispatch email notification when the
following events occur:
• Reports are generated on schedule
• Performance of components cross the set threshold limits
• Performance of components drop below the set threshold limits for the first time
• Performance data collection fails
The settings that you specify for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to dispatch the email notifications
comprises of the following:
• Providing the source SMTP server IP address or host name and the port address
• Specifying the source email address for the alarms and reports notifications, and the data
collection failure notifications
• Specifying a separate destination email addresses for the alarms, reports, and the data
collection failure notifications
• Specifying a community name (Public or Private) for the SNMP server
• Specifying separate subject lines for the report email notifications, P9000 Alarms email
notifications, and the data collection failure notifications
• Specifying an appropriate title for the Good Information alarm email notifications
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