Monitoring the operating status of storage systems

Virtual Storage Platform One Block Administrator User Guide
Version
A3-02-2x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-23VSP1B001-00

Monitor storage systems managed by VSP One Block Administrator. You can download the contents of each performance graph as a CSV file.

  • Check the targets you want to monitor.
  • Make sure that the user performing the procedure is assigned the Storage Administrator (View Only) role.
  1. From the navigation tree, select Monitor > System Monitor.
  2. Select the items to display on the system monitor.
    • Report Type
    • Resource Sub-type
    • Metric Type
    Note:
    • The Resource Sub-type displayed depends on the item you selected by Report Type.
    • For channel board (25 Gbps iSCSI optical) ports, the following values appear when you select iSCSI & NVMe/TCP Port Error Information for Report Type.
      • If you selected IP Error Packet Count or IPv6 Error Packet Count for Metric Type, the total value of all ports in the channel board are output as values for each individual port.
      • If you selected TCP Retransmit Timer Expired Count for Metric Type, 0 always appears for the item.
  3. In Detailed Settings, specify the values to monitor and the polling interval (in seconds).

    Detailed Settings

    Specification method

    Polling Interval

    Specify the number of seconds as a decimal number between 5 and 3,600 for the interval to get performance information.

    Volume IDs

    Specify the target volume ID in decimal notation. When specifying multiple volume IDs, you can specify up to 10 IDs by using a comma (,) as the separator between values.#1

    Port IDs

    Specify the target port ID (using the CLx-y format, specify a number for x and upper-case letters for y). When specifying multiple port IDs, you can specify up to 10 IDs by using a comma (,) as the separator between values.#1 If you selected all the resource collectors, the combined information of all ports of both controllers is displayed.

    MPU ID/CLPR IDs

    Specify the target MPU ID (010 or 020) and CLPR ID (fixed at 0) separated by a forward slash (/). When specifying multiple IDs, you can specify up to 10 IDs by using a comma (,) as the separator between values.#1 If you selected all the resource collectors, the information combining all the MPU/CLPR information of both controllers is displayed.

    MP IDs

    Specify the target MP ID (using the xxx-yy format). When specifying multiple MP IDs, you can specify up to 10 IDs by using a comma (,) as the separator between values.#1 If you selected all the resource collectors, the information combining all the MP information of both controllers is displayed.

    For details on the MP IDs (location) to specify, see the System Administrator Guide.
    #1
    If you have selected multiple metrics, you cannot specify multiple IDs.
  4. Click the Apply button.

  • Graph display

    Time-series graphs are displayed for the selected items. The graphs are updated each time the specified Polling Interval (in seconds) elapses.

    • The upper part displays the graphs within the range selected in the lower part.

    • The lower part displays the range of graphs that can be displayed.

      To change the range displayed in the upper part, drag and slide the red frame or the white circle within the image. If you specified a Polling Interval of 5 seconds, you can display a maximum of 2 hours of information.

  • Data collection

    If you click the CSV EXPORT button, you can download the monitoring data as a CSV file.

    If you are monitoring the following combination of items, in the exported CSV file, -1 will be displayed in the columns that indicate performance values.

    • Report Type: Volume
    • Metric Type: Read Hit Rate
    • Volume IDs: Optional Volume IDs For Which No IO Is Issued
Note:
  • When ESM load is high, plots might be missing from the graphs displayed on the system monitor.
  • If maintenance work is being performed on the storage system during the monitoring period, or if a failure occurs, inaccurate monitoring data might be displayed.