HP XP Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 105)

Description Screen elements
If the average utilization of one MP blade exceeds the defined
threshold limit, the status icon appears.
NOTE: The MP Blade Util (%) metric is applicable for MP
blades on the P9500/XP7 disk arrays.
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HP
XP7 Performance Advisor displays the overall usage summary of the XP and the XP7 disk
arrays
on the Dashboard screen, which appear after you log on to HP XP7 Performance
Advisor.
If you are on another screen, click Monitoring in the left pane to view the Dashboard
screen.
Description Sections
Displays
the appropriate status icons that depict the overall
usage
status of the XP/XP7 disk arrays in the following
categories:
XP/XP7Array
Health
• Frontend
•
Cache
• Backend
•
MP
Blade (applicable only for the P9500 and
XP7 disk arrays)
For
more information, see
“XP/XP7array
health” (page
106) .
Displays the statistics of the average usage summary of
individual components for the category, for which you click Statistics (Frontend, Cache, Backend, or MP Blade)
the status icon. For example, the Statistics section displays
the average usage summary of ports and CHA MPs, if you
click in the Frontend category for an XP disk array.
If the usage of a component exceeds the defined threshold
limits during the threshold duration, the status icon
appears beside the respective component in the Statistics
section.
Also,
a status icon appears in the respective category in
the
XP/XP7Array Health section that depicts the overall
usage
status of the XP , XP7 disk array in that category.
For more information, see “Dashboard statistics” (page 107) .
Displays the maximum X busiest consumers associated with
a port, RAID group, or an MP blade you select in the Component Information (Frontend, Backend, or MP Blade)
Statistics section. For more information, see “Dashboard
busiest consumers” (page 112) .
Displays a graphical representation of a component's
usage during the selected threshold duration. Chart Work Area
For more information, see “Dashboard charts” (page 114) .
For
more information on the categories that appear in the XP/XP7Array Health section, see
“Dashboard
categories” (page 96)
.
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