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Performance monitors
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• To display data for a specific fabric or group, refer to “Setting the network scope” on page 220.
• To display data for a specific duration, refer to “Setting the data display time frame” on
page 222.
• Sort the contents by clicking the column header. Click the same column header again to
reverse the sort order.
Accessing additional data from the widget
• Right-click a row in the widget to access the shortcut menu available for the associated
device.Right-click any row and select Locate to locate the particular device to which the port
belongs in the Network Objects products list.
• Double-click a row to navigate to the Violations dialog box.
Performance monitors
The Performance Dashboard provides a high-level overview of the performance on the network.
This allows you to easily check the performance of devices, ports, and traffic on the network. The
Performance Dashboard also provides several features to help you quickly access performance
metrics and reports.
The dashboards update every ten minutes regardless of the currently selected tab (IP) or the LAN
size.
You can change the default size of the status widgets and performance monitors by placing the
cursor on the divider until a double arrow displays. Click and drag the adjoining divider to resize the
window.
Reset the Performance Dashboard back to the default size by right-clicking in the white space and
selected Reset to Default.
The Management application provides the following preconfigured performance monitors:
TABLE 23 Preconfigure performance monitors
Monitor title Description Data collectors
Top Port Alignment Errors Table view of the alignment errors measure All SAN TE port collector
Top Port C3 Discards Table view of the C3 discards measure All SAN FC port collector
Top Port C3 Discards RX TO Table view of the C3 discards RX TO measure. There are
four versions of this monitor based on the type of port: All
ports, initiator ports, ISL ports, and Target ports.
All SAN FC port collector
Top Port CRC Errors Table view of the CRC errors measure. There are four
versions of this monitor based on the type of port: All
ports, initiator ports, ISL ports, and Target ports.
All SAN FC port collector, All SAN TE port
collector
Top Port Encode Error Out Table view of the encode error out measure. There are four
versions of this monitor based on the type of port: All
ports, initiator ports, ISL ports, and Target ports.
All SAN FC port collector
Top Port Errors Table view of the errors measure Port error count collector
Top Port Overflow Errors Table view of the overflow errors measure All SAN TE port collector