HP XP7 PA Software User Guide

Figure 28 Charts screen

Charts controls1

Component selection tree for charts2

Available Metrics Choose Metric Category list from where you

select metrics for components

Chart settings4

Zoom preview panel5

Chart window (blue border indicates that the chart window is

selected or active)

Click the black Up arrow positioned at the top right corner of the Data Source and Chart Settings

sections to collapse those sections. Click the black Down arrow to restore the sections.

IMPORTANT:

• In the Chart Work Area, plot performance graphs for any combination of the XP and the

XP7 disk arrays, metrics, and components. Ensure that the components you select do not

exceed 256 in number.

• By default, the performance graphs in the Chart Work Area are plotted only for the last 1

hour of the management station's time.

The Charts screen layout is divided into the following sections:

DescriptionSections

Includes the component selection tree that displays the following main nodes:Data Source

• The XP and the XP7 disk arrays monitored by HP XP7 Performance Advisor. When you click an XP

or an XP7 disk array, the respective components are displayed under the following main

categories:

◦ Front-end

◦ Cache

◦ Back-end

Charts screen 231