Historical Performance Data; Enabling Historical Performance Collection San Wide; Selected Fabrics - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

Historical performance data

Performance should be enabled constantly to receive the necessary historical data required for a
meaningful report. The following options and features are available for obtaining historical
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Enabling historical performance collection SAN wide

To enable historical performance collection, select Monitor > Performance > Historical Data
Collection > Enable SAN Wide.
Historical performance data collection is enabled for all fabrics in the SAN.
Enabling historical performance collection for selected fabrics
To enable historical performance collection for selected fabrics, complete the following steps.
1. Select Monitor > Performance > Historical Data Collection > Enable Selected.
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Collect historical performance data from the entire SAN or from a selected device.
NOTE
Virtual Fabric logical ISL ports are not included in performance collection.
Persist data on every polling cycle (5 minutes).
Store up to 606 records (maximum) for each port. Most ports require 600 KB disk space;
however, the 256-Port Director requires 7GB disk space.
Use the RRD (Round Robin Database) style aging scheme.
Enable 5 minute, 30 minute, 2 hours and 1 day granularity.
Support interpolation for up to 6 data points.
Generate reports. For instructions on generating reports, refer to
reports" on page 323.
The Historical Data Collection dialog box displays.
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Historical Data Collection dialog box
Historical performance data
"Generating performance
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