View Pools Summary For P9500/Xp7 Disk Arrays - HPE XP7 User Manual

MP Blade screen elements
Processing Distribution
Top Components
In addition, you can view the performance graphs in the MP Blades component screen.

View pools summary for P9500/XP7 disk arrays

PA provides the current configuration and performance data for the Smart pools and the ThP pools. Smart
pools contain multiple storage tiers that can be categorized as the upper and lower tiers. The upper tiers
are created from the SSD drives and used for storing frequently accessed data. The lower tiers can be
created from the SAS or the SATA drives and used for storing less accessed data.
To view data about the different storage tiers and the RAID Group utilization for a Smart or ThP pool in an
P9500/XP7 disk array, click Pools for the disk array in the component selection tree under Array View in
the left pane. You can click a particular record in the V-vol Settings field, Pool Volume field, and Pool
Tiers field to highlight the record, and then click Plot Chart to choose the metrics and to view the
respective performance graphs
You can also click a particular record to highlight the record, and then click Plot Chart to choose the
metrics and to view the respective performance graphs.
IMPORTANT:
The data on the Smart pools and the ThP pools are not displayed if the pools are not configured in
the selected P9500 and XP7 disk array. The following error message is displayed: Smart and ThP
pools are not configured for this P9500/XP7 Disk Array.
202 View pools summary for P9500/XP7 disk arrays
Description
Displays the following details for the selected MP Blade component:
• Processing Type: The list of processing types.
• Avg. Util%: The average MP Blade utilization by each processing
type.
The average utilization is calculated as the utilization of all the
individual processors in the MP Blade.
Displays the following details about the top 20 consumers for the
selected MP Blade:
• Component: The ID of the consumer that is assigned to the MP
Blade.
• Component Type: The type of consumer (LDEV, journal volume, E-
LUN).
• Processing Type: The processing type that is utilizing the selected
MP Blade to process consumer requests.
• Avg Util (%): The average MP Blade utilization by the
consumer.The top 20 count is derived based on each consumer's
average utilization of the CPU cycles achieved through the
associated processing type.