HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 87)

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
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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
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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
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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
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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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