HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 Install Guide (T1789-96096, July 2010)

1 Overview of XP Performance Advisor
The HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software (XP Performance Advisor) is a web-based
application that collects, monitors, and displays the performance of your XP disk arrays. It includes
performance data for individual resources such as:
• Logical Device (LDEV)
• Client-Host Interface Processor (CHIP) or Channel Adapter (CHA)
• Array Control Processor (ACP) or Disk Adapter (DKA)
• Disk Controller (DKC)
XP Performance Advisor resources
The following resources constitute an XP Performance Advisor setup:
• XP Performance Advisor: It is a web-based application tha t monitors the performance of XP disk
arrays, and provides a visual representation of the collated data. It resides on a centralized server
called the management station, manages data collection, and provides performance data of your
XP disk arrays for your analysis. You can use the data to analyze and interpret the behavior of
your XP disk arrays, and also forecast the utilization of a few components, such as XP Thin Provi-
sioning belonging to the XP disk arrays.
• XP Performance Advisor host agents: XP Performance Advisor interacts with resources called host
agents that collect data from the XP disk arrays. They are operating system specific, and reside
on systems called the hosts. In a traditional setup, the host agents form the point of contact for the
XP Performance Advisor to receive data from the XP disk arrays. However, XP Performance Advisor
can also directly interact with the XP disk arrays. The host agents help XP Performance Advisor
discover hosts and also communicate commands and data, back and forth between the hosts and
the management station.
• Web clients: XP Performance Advisor can be locally accessed on the management station, or re-
motely accessed from a client system. The web browser that allows the access to XP Performance
Advisor is called the web client. Internet Explorer (IE) is the only supported web client for XP Per-
formance Advisor.
• Command Line User Interface (CLUI): In addition to its GUI, XP Performance Advisor also provides
a command-line utility called the CLUI to monitor real-time performance of XP disk arrays. The CLUI
allows you to monitor performance, set alarms, and configure host information using commands
and scripts. You can execute commands in the CLUI and view the same data that is displayed on
the GUI. The CLUI utility is operating system specific, and can be installed locally on the manage-
ment station, or remotely on a client system.
Figure 1 on page 10 shows the XP Performance Advisor setup collecting data from two XP disk arrays
through a host agent. The CLUI utility is installed on the remote client system that is connected to the
management station, thereby enabling it to access the XP Performance Advisor.
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