HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.2 User and Troubleshooting Guide (T1789-96315, June 2011)

In the above image, under MP Blades for the P9000 disk array 53036:

• MP Blades is the main category. The number 2 indicates the total number of MP blades configured

on the selected P9000 disk array 53036.

• MPB-1MA is one of the individual MP blade IDs that belongs to the Cluster 1 and the blade location

MA.

• Processors is the component type. The number 4 indicates the total number of processors that belong

to MPB-1MA.

• MP 0 is one of the individual processors that belongs to MPB-1MA.

The related metrics associated with the components types and components in the MP Blades category

are displayed in the Choose Metrics box. Select the metrics at the component type or the individual

component levels, or both and view the related performance graphs in the Chart Work Area. For a

description of these metrics, see “Metric Category, metrics, and descriptions” on page 435.

The following table provides the default set of metrics that are displayed in the Choose Metrics box.

Default set of metricsMP blades category for P9000 disk arrays

• Average MP Blade Util

• MP Blade Processor Util

• MP Blade Util - Top 20 Consumers

• MP Blade Util/Processing Type

MP Blade

In addition to viewing the utilization metrics for an MP blade and its individual processors, you can

also view the following:

• The top 20 consumers of an MP blade, see “Viewing top 20 consumers of an MP

blade” on page 300

• The MP blade utilization split up for each processing type, see “Viewing MP blade utilization by

processing types” on page 302

• The LDEV that is currently assigned to an MP blade, see “Viewing current LDEV assignments for

an MP blade” on page 310