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Advanced Performance Monitoring Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide

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Contents

About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Introducing Advanced Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Terminology Used in this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Activating Advanced Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Verifying Activated Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Activating the License Using Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Activating the License Using Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Using Advanced Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Managing Performance Monitoring Using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Accessing Performance Monitoring using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Performance Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

User-defined Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Performance Graph Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuring a Performance Graph Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Section	Page
Contents	3
About this Guide	7
Overview	8
Intended Audience	8
Related Documentation	8
Conventions	9
Document Conventions	9
Table 1: Document Conventions	9
Text Symbols	9
Getting Help	11
HP Technical Support	11
HP Storage Website	11
HP Authorized Reseller	11
Introducing Advanced Performance Monitoring	13
Overview	14
Terminology Used in this Document	15
Table 2: Terminology	15
Features	16
Activating Advanced Performance Monitoring	17
Overview	18
Verifying Activated Licenses	19
Activating the License Using Telnet	21
Activating the License Using Web Tools	22
Using Advanced Performance Monitoring	23
Overview	24
Managing Performance Monitoring Using Web Tools	25
Accessing Performance Monitoring using Web Tools	25
Figure 1: Switch View in Web Tools	26
Figure 2: Performance Monitor window	27
Using Performance Graphs	27
Table 3: Pre-defined Performance Graphs	28
Figure 3: Accessing pre-defined performance graphs	29
User-defined Graphs	29
Figure 4: User-defined graphs	30
Performance Graph Formats	30
Figure 5: Types of performance graphs	31
Figure 6: Advanced Performance Monitoring resource usage display	32
Configuring a Performance Graph Canvas	32
Figure 7: Canvas of eight performance monitoring graphs	33
Adding Graphs to a Canvas	33
Saving Canvas Configurations	34
Figure 8: Saved canvas configurations	34
Printing All Graphs on a Configuration	34
Managing Performance Monitoring with Telnet Commands	35
AL_PA Error Performance Monitoring	35
End-to-end Monitoring	35
Filter-based Monitoring	35
Telnet Commands	37
Using AL_PA Error Performance Monitoring	37
Displaying the CRC Error Count	37
Clearing the CRC Error Count	38
Using End-to-end Performance Monitoring	38
Adding End-to-end Monitors	39
Figure 9: Setting end-to-end monitors on a port	39
Figure 10: Proper placement of end-to-end performance monitors	40
Setting a Mask for End-to-end Monitors	41
Figure 11: Mask positions for end-to-end monitors	42
Displaying the End-to-end Mask of a Port	42
Displaying End-to-end Monitors	43
Deleting End-to-end Monitors	44
Clearing End-to-end Monitor Counters	45
Using Filter-based Performance Monitoring	45
Adding Standard Filter-Based Monitors	46
Table 4: Telnet Commands to Add Filter-based Monitors	46
Adding User-Defined Filter-Based Monitors	47
Displaying Filter-Based Monitors	48
Deleting Filter-Based Monitors	50
Clearing Filter-Based Monitor Counters	50
Saving and Restoring Monitor Configuration	51
Resource Usage for End-to-end and Filter-based monitoring	52
Glossary	53
Index	85
A	85
C	85
D	85
E	85
F	85
G	85
H	85
L	86
M	86
P	86
R	86
S	86
T	86
U	86

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