About Performance Monitor; Port Throughput; Switch Throughput; Basic Monitoring - HP A7340A - Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B User Manual

Performance Monitoring

About Performance Monitor

The Performance Monitor provides SAN performance management through an
end-to-end monitoring system that provides:
The Performance Monitor graphically displays throughput (megabytes per
second) for each port and for the entire switch.

Port Throughput

Port throughput is the rate of bytes received at a port plus the number of bytes
transmitted.

Switch Throughput

Switch throughput is the sum of the throughput for all the ports. The Performance
Monitor also allows the graphing of traffic based on the Source ID and the
Destination ID hardware filtering mechanism.

Basic Monitoring

The Performance Monitor (in Basic mode—see
page 164) is standard in the Web Tools software.

Advanced Monitoring

The Advanced Monitoring menu in Performance Monitor is an optionally licensed
software feature.

Features

Some of the features available in the Performance Monitor include:
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Increased end-to-end visibility into the fabric.
More accurate reporting for service level agreements and charged access
applications.
Increased performance tuning and resource optimization.
Shortened troubleshooting time.
Better capacity planning.
Increased productivity with pre-formatted and customizable screens and
reports.
"About Basic Monitoring" on
Web Tools Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide