Dell PowerVault MD3200i Owner's Manual page 57

• If the storage array you are monitoring begins in or transitions to an
unresponsive state, an informational dialog appears. The dialog informs
you that the Performance Monitor cannot poll the storage array for
performance data.
To monitor the performance of the arrays:
1 Open MDSM and select the appropriate storage array.
2 Open the Array Management Window (AMW) for the selected storage
array
3 In the AMW, select Storage Array Monitor Performance.
4 Click Settings.
Select the items that you want to monitor.
a
You can monitor:
• RAID Controller modules
• Virtual disks
• Storage array totals
NOTE:
In Polling interval, select how often you want to update the
b
performance statistics.
NOTE:
Module Clocks option while using the Performance Monitor.
Each time the polling interval elapses, the Performance Monitor queries
the storage array again and updates the statistics in the table.
5 Click Start.
Values appear for the selected storage arrays in the Performance Monitor
data table. The table is updated at the interval specified in the Polling
Interval setting.
6 Click Update to force an immediate poll of the storage array.
7 Click Stop to stop monitoring the storage array.
8 Click Save As on the Performance Monitor main dialog to save the
currently displayed performance statistics.
9 Select an appropriate directory.
Planning: MD3200i Series Storage Array Terms and Concepts
By default, all items are selected.
For an accurate elapsed time, do not use the Set RAID Controller
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