Analyzing Traffic Statistics: One-To-One Connections - HPE XP7 User Manual

Related topics
"Performance Control workflow: one-to-one connections" (page 114)
"Port tab of the Performance Control main window" (page 228)

Analyzing traffic statistics: one-to-one connections

You must analyze the traffic statistics to determine the upper limit values to be applied to I/O
rates or transfer rates on non-prioritized ports.
Prerequisites
Required role: Storage Administrator (System Resource Management)
You must enable the Remote Web Console secondary window. For details, see the XP7
Remote Web Console User Guide.
Procedure
1. Open the Performance Control window.
In Command View Advanced Edition:
1. On the Resources tab, expand the Storage Systems tree, right-click the target storage
system, and then select Other Functions.
2. In the displayed window, select Actions > Port/Host Group > Authentication.
3. In the next displayed window, select Go > Performance Manager > Performance
Control.
In Remote Web Console:
1. Click Reports > Performance Monitor > Performance Control to open the
Performance Control window.
2. Click
3. In the Performance Control window, click Performance Control. The Performance Control
main window appears.
4. Select the Porttab.
5. Select All from the list at the top right corner of the window.
6. Display the desired traffic statistics as follows:
To view I/O rates, select IOPS from the list at the upper left corner of the list.
To view transfer rates, select MB/s from the list at the upper left corner of the list.
The list displays the traffic statistics (average and peak I/O rates or transfer rates) of the
ports.
7. Analyze the data in the list to determine the upper limit values to be applied to non-prioritized
ports and, if desired, the threshold values to be applied to prioritized ports or the storage
system.
8. To view the traffic statistics on data graphs, see
(page 25).
To export the traffic statistics (as text in CSV format) for analysis in other applications, see
"Using Export Tool" (page
Related topics
"Performance Control workflow: one-to-one connections" (page 114)
"Port tab of the Performance Control main window" (page 228)
116 Performance Control operations
to change to Modify mode.
51).
"Displaying the monitor data on graphs"