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The clusplot utility display, Using – HP XC System 3.x Software User Manual

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Figure 7-3 The clusplot Utility Display

The clusplot utility uses the GNUplot open source plotting program.

7.4 Using the xcxperf Utility to Display Node Performance

The xcxperf utility provides a graphic display of node performance for a variety of metrics.

You can invoke the xcxperf utility either by entering it on the command line or by selecting a node icon
in the xcxclus display. The xcxperf utility displays a dynamic graph showing the performance metrics
for the node.

As shown in

Figure 7-4

, the statistics are shown in a color-coded histogram. The pull-down menus at the

top of the window describe the color coding for a specific metric.

When you specify the -o option and a prefix, the xcxperf utility generates a data file for the node it
monitors; this data file differs from those generated by the xcxclus utility. The following example runs
the xcxperf utility and stores the output in a file named test.xcxperf:

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Monitoring Node Activity