HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 571)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 539
2. Select the element you want to monitor.
3. Under the Monitoring tab in the lower-left pane, select the element again. In some instances,
you may need to select an element's port, such as a switch.
4. In the pane under the tree, select a monitoring option.
See ”
About the Monitoring Options ” on page 545 for more information.
5. Use the Chart, Unit and Frequency combo box to modify the chart. When you are done with
your selections, click the button in the lower pane. To learn more about these features, see
” About the Toolbars in Performance Manager ” on page 539
6. To monitor more than one element in a chart, see ” Comparing the Performance of Different
Elements ” on page 542.
About the Toolbars in Performance Manager
Performance Manager provides two toolbars. One in the upper pane and another in the lower
pane. The toolbar in the upper pane is the same as the one in System Manager. See ” About the
Toolbar in System Manager ” on page 248 for information about the toolbar in the upper pane.
The toolbar in the lower pane provides the following information:
Table 130 Toolbar in Lower Pane of Performance Manager
Icon Description
Saves the graph in the cache. If you close the Web
browser window, the graph is no longer saved.
Lets you print a graph.
Clears the graph of the elements you have selected.
Lets you determine the type of graph displayed.
Select one of the following options and then click the
button for your selection to take effect:
• Bar - Displays each data point as a bar. The data
for the different elements is displayed side by
side.
• Line - Displays each data point as a dot with a
line connected to the previous data points. The
data for the different elements for a specific point
in time is displayed in the same column.
• Summary - Displays a single line that
summarizes the values for a single statistic.
Multiple statistics can be shown with multiple
lines. See ” Viewing Summary Charts ” on
page 543.