HP StorageWorks XP Performance Advisor Software v4.6 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96094, June 2010)
• PA Settings
• Personalize Arrays
• User Settings
• Custom Groups
• Data Grid Update
• Security
• Threshold Settings
Another link under Settings is Threshold Settings that enables you to set threshold limits and mon-
itor the overall usage of XP arrays on the Dashboard screen. For more information on setting
thresholds, see “Configuring threshold limits and viewing dashboard” on page 99.
Related topics
See the following related topics:
• “Configuring email and SNMP settings” on page 76
• “Setting time zone for management stations” on page 82
• “Setting severity level” on page 81
• “Setting the duration to predict the LDEV response time” on page 83
• “Registering the XP array SVP IP address in XP Performance Advisor” on page 80
• “Providing user-friendly names for XP arrays” on page 80
• “Managing custom groups” on page 83
• “Managing fabricated LDEV records” on page 89
• “Managing XP Performance Advisor user profiles” on page 94
Configuring email and SNMP settings
You can configure Performance Advisor to dispatch email notification when the following events occur:
• Reports are generated on schedule
• Performance of resources cross the set threshold limits
• Performance of resources drop below the set threshold limits for the first time
• Performance data collection fails
The settings that you specify for XP Performance Advisor to dispatch email notifications comprises of
the following:
• Providing source SMTP server IP address or host name, and port address
• Specifying source email address for alarms and reports notifications, and data collection failure
notifications
• Specifying separate destination email addresses for alarms, reports, and data collection failure
notifications
• Specifying a community name (Public or Private) for the SNMP server
• Specifying separate subject lines for report email notifications, XP Alarms email notifications, and
data collection failure notifications
• Specifying an appropriate title for Good Information alarm email notifications
Configuring common settings for XP Performance Advisor76