HP P6000 Performance Advisor Software - Manual (Page 53)

used by the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector instance. For more information, see the
HP P6000 Command View User Guide.
HP P6000 Performance Advisor validates the new port number and tries to establish connection
with the selected HP P6000 Performance Data Collector instance. Based on the success or
failure of the connection, the following details are shown:
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Fully qualified server name or IP address.
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Connection Status:
Up: The HP P6000 Performance Data Collector instance is accessible and the storage
systems can be monitored. ◦
◦ Down: The HP P6000 Performance Data Collector instance is inaccessible and the
storage systems cannot be monitored.
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XCOPY & WSAME Supported. Indicates whether P6000 Performance Data Collector
supports collection of XCOPY & WSAME performance metrics.
NOTE: XCOPY & WSAME metric will only be available as part of array and controller
metrics.
If an instance is already added and its connection status is Up, you can choose not to add
more instances and proceed by clicking Next.
The HP P6000 Performance Data Collector instances that you add are also displayed in the
table under the Performance Data Collector Settings tab (Settings > HP P6000 Performance
Advisor Instance > Configuration).
8. Select the check box for storage systems that you want to add and click Next. Only the storage
systems managed by the discovered HP P6000 Command View instances and accessible
through at least one HP Performance Data Collector instance configured in HP P6000
Performance Advisor are displayed with the following details:
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Storage System Name: User-friendly name of the storage system.
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Storage System WWN: Unique WWN of the storage system.
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P6000 Command View IP Address: IP address of the HP P6000 Command View instance
that manages the storage system.
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License Status: Current license status of the selected storage system. You can add only
those storage systems whose License Status shows Valid.
You can also shorten the long list of records to view only those that match the specified criteria.
For more information, see
“Using the Filter by list” (page 16) .
9. Configure the state and performance data collection polling intervals as specified by the range.
HP P6000 Performance Advisor will use the configured intervals to collect data from the
selected storage systems after they are added to the monitored list. The configured intervals
are applicable across the selected storage systems.
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Performance data: 30 seconds – 60 minutes
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State data: 30 minutes – 24 hours
TIP: For large storage system configuration, it is recommended that you enter longer
frequencies for better response. For more information, see 'Polling intervals' in “Performance
and state data” (page 28) .
Enter the number of months that HP P6000 Performance Advisor must retain the performance
data for the selected storage systems. The default data retention period is 3 months.
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