HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96094, June 2010)

6 Configuring common settings for XP
Performance Advisor
This chapter discusses the following topics:
Introduction on page 75
Configuring email and SNMP settings on page 76
Setting time zone for management stations on page 82
Setting severity level on page 81
Registering the XP array SVP IP address in XP Performance Advisor on page 80
Providing user-friendly names for XP arrays on page 80
This chapter also discusses the following topics:
Managing custom groups on page 83
Managing fabricated LDEV records on page 89
Managing XP Performance Advisor user profiles on page 94
Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time on page 83
Introduction
XP Performance Advisor enables you to configure commonly used settings, such as the following:
Email notification for alarms and reports generation, and data collection failure.
user-friendly names for XP arrays.
Registration of XP24000 with their SVPs.
Management station date and time to be in sync with the time zone where it resides.
Severity level for logging events, which XP Performance Advisor uses to filter events and log only
those that match the set severity level.
Manage custom groups, where you create, view, modify, or delete custom groups.
Manage fabricated LDEV records, where you modify or delete incomplete LDEV records, and
replicate settings across LDEV records.
Manager XP Performance Advisor users profiles, where you create, modify or delete user profiles,
and view their group properties.
IMPORTANT:
You should login as an administrator or a user with administrative privileges to perform the above
mentioned tasks. You do not need administrative privileges to manage custom groups and fabricated
LDEV records.
You can configure or manage the above mentioned by clicking Settings in the left pane and selecting
one of the following links as appropriate:
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