Adding dashboard profiles – HP P6000 Performance Advisor Software User Manual

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8.

Select the object type with which you want to associate the threshold profile.

The Select object Type drop down list displays the following options:

Data Replication Group (default selection)

Physical Disk Group

Virtual Disk

Storage System

Controller

Host Port

Virtual Disk Group

Host Connection

The table of counters for the selected object type are displayed.

9.

Select the check box for the counter for which you want to set the threshold levels.

10. Specify the Minor and Major threshold values.

The Minor threshold value must be greater than zero but less than the 65535 value and
the Major threshold value.

The Major threshold value must be greater than the Minor threshold value, and less than
65535.

11. (Optional) If you want to receive a threshold alarm email notification, select the threshold level

(Minor or Major) from the Notify starting at list. By default, notifications are not sent when the
performance reaches either the minor or major threshold level. However, an event is logged
in the Event Log window irrespective of whether you choose to be notified.

Along with selecting the threshold level, the email and SNMP settings must be configured in
HP P6000 Performance Advisor for notifications to be sent. For more information, see

“SMTP

and SNMP notification settings” (page 66)

.

12. Click OK.

The new threshold profile appears in the table under the Threshold Profiles tab. For more information,
see

“Viewing configured threshold profiles” (page 79)

.

You can also associate the threshold profile with performance objects that belong to the object
type for which the profile is created. For more information, see

“Adding threshold profiles”

(page 60)

.

Adding dashboard profiles

Procedure

To create a dashboard profile in an instance of HP P6000 Performance Advisor:
1.

In the Navigation pane, click Settings.

2.

From the list, click the plus (+) sign for an HP P6000 Performance Advisor instance.

3.

From the list, select Configuration and click the Performance tab in the Content pane.

4.

In the Configure HP P6000 Performance Advisor for Monitoring window, click the Threshold
and Dashboard Profiles tab.

5.

Select the profile type as Dashboard from the Profile View For: drop-down option.

6.

Click Add.

7.

In the Add a Dashboard Profile window, enter a name for the dashboard profile.

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