HP XP Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 243)

MP Blades navigation path
IMPORTANT: This
section is applicable for the P9500 and XP7 disk arrays.
The MP Blades main category comprises the individual MP blades for an P9500/XP7 disk array.
Each MP blade is identified by the cluster # and the blade location, and further displays the list of
processors. Following is the component selection path: MP Blades > Individual MP Blade (ID, cluster
#, blade location) > Processors (component type) > Individual processor IDs.
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MP Blades > Individual MP Blade
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Individual MP Blade > Processors (component type) > Individual processor IDs
The number of components associated with an MP blade is displayed beside it. For example:
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MP Blade (2)
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Processors (4)
In the above image, under MP Blades for the P9500 disk array 53036:
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MP Blades is the main category. The number 2 indicates the total number of MP blades
configured on the selected P9500 disk array 53036.
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MPB-1MA is one of the individual MP blade IDs that belongs to the Cluster 1 and the blade
location MA.
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Processors is the component type. The number 4 indicates the total number of processors that
belong to MPB-1MA.
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MP 0 is one of the individual processors that belongs to MPB-1MA.
The applicable metrics are displayed in the Available Metrics Choose Metric Category list. Select
the metrics at the component type or the individual component levels, or both and view the related
performance graphs in the Chart Work Area. For a description of these metrics, see
“Metric
Category, metrics, and descriptions” (page 386) .
The following table provides the default set of metric categories that are displayed in the Available
Metrics Choose Metric Category list for the P9500 and the XP7 disk arrays.
Most used default metric category MP blades category for XP7 disk arrays
Utilization Metrics MP Blade, MPs
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