Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring; Advanced Performance Monitoring Overview; Types Of Monitors Supported On Hp Storageworks Switch Models - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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Administering advanced performance monitoring

Advanced Performance Monitoring overview

This chapter describes the Advanced Performance Monitoring licensed feature. Additional performance
monitoring features are provided through Web Tools and DCFM. See the Web Tools Administrator's Guide
and DCFM User's Manual for information about monitoring performance using a graphical interface.
Based on Frame Filtering technology and a unique performance counter engine, Advanced Performance
Monitoring is a comprehensive tool for monitoring the performance of networked storage resources.
Advanced Performance Monitoring provides the following monitors:
• End-to-End monitors measure the traffic between a host/target pair.
• Filter-based monitors measure the traffic transmitted through a port with specific values in the first 64
bytes of the frame.
• ISL monitors measure the traffic transmitted through an InterSwitch Link (ISL) to different destination
domains.
• Top Talkers monitors measure the flows that are major consumers of bandwidth on a switch or port.
NOTE: Advanced Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports (virtual FC_Ports) and EX_Ports. If
you enter commands for any Advanced Performance Monitors on VE_Ports or EX_Ports you will receive
error messages.
Virtual Fabrics considerations: Each Logical Switch can have its own set of performance monitors. The
installation of monitors is restricted to the ports that are present in the respective Logical Switch.
The type of monitors supported depends on the ASIC.
ASICs.
Table 78

Types of monitors supported on HP StorageWorks switch models

• HP StorageWorks 4/8 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switche
• HP StorageWorks 8/8 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks 8/24 SAN Switche
• HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32
• HP StorageWorks 4/64 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32B
• HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router
• HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director
• HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
• HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch
CRC error reports are available through Web Tools.
In a fabric with Virtual Fabrics enabled, the number of Logical Switches that can be configured with
monitors is restricted.
maximum number of Logical Switches that can support performance monitors.
Switches
Table 79 lists the platforms that support Logical Switches and, for each platform, the
Table 78 shows the monitors supported on different
Monitors
EE Filter ISL Top
Talker
Yes Yes No No
Yes Yes No Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes No Yes
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