Selecting components and metrics – HP XP Performance Advisor Software User Manual
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3.
Choose the metrics for which you want to view the performance of the selected components.
For more information, see
. By default, the most used metric
category and related category metrics are listed.
A performance graph for the selected component and metric is automatically displayed in the
Chart Work Area.
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If the selected metric belongs to the same metric category for which you already have
selected a default metric and plotted a performance graph, the new graph is also plotted
in the same chart window.
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If the selected metric belongs to a different metric category, the new graph appears in a
new chart window.
4.
After the performance graphs are displayed, use the Chart controls and settings to perform
the intended tasks that include previewing the performance graphs for a duration that you
select, zooming on data points in the chart window, and rearranging charts in the Chart Work
Area. For more information, see
“Using chart controls and settings” (page 277)
Related Topics
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“Selecting components and metrics” (page 236)
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“Using chart controls and settings” (page 277)
Selecting components and metrics
The component selection tree provides a hierarchal representation of components under the following
main nodes:
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The XP and the XP7 disk arrays monitored by HP XP7 Performance Advisor. Click the plus (+)
sign for an individual XP or an XP7 disk array node to view the corresponding main categories
in the component selection tree (see the following table). If an XP or an XP7 disk array supports
a particular component type and it is not configured on that XP or XP7 disk array, the main
category is still displayed in the component selection tree. However, the associated metrics
are not displayed for selection and the Available Metrics Choose Metric category list is also
disabled.
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Custom Groups, that displays the individual custom groups. Click an individual custom group
to view all the associated LDEVs grouped in the LDEV component type. For more information
on creating custom groups, see
“Creating custom groups” (page 84)
. For more information
on selecting custom groups, see
“Custom groups navigation path” (page 265)
XP or XP7 disk arrays monitored by HP XP7 Performance Advisor
Each XP or XP7 disk array can be identified by its DKC or model number. If user-friendly name is
provided, it appears in brackets beside the DKC number. The components in an XP or an XP7 disk
array are logically grouped in the following main categories:
Description
XP or XP7 Disk Array main categories – component selection
tree
For an XP disk array, Front-end comprises of the frontend
components, such as the ports and associated MPs and CHAs.
For more information, see
“Front-end navigation path” (page 239)
.
Front-end
For an P9500/XP7 disk array, Front-end comprises of the frontend
components, such as the ports and the associated CHAs. For
more information, see
“Front-end navigation path” (page 239)
.
Comprises of individual CLPRs. For more information, see
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