5 Common Functions in Primary Windows

The Main Window, Workload Analysis Window, and Model (What-IF) Window have certain common functions that are accessed from the Menu Bar:

5.1 File Menu

Use the File menu to access these menu items:

5.1.1 Session Log Menu Item

Use the Session Log menu item to display the Session Messages window if it is not already displayed.

See Also Session Messages Window

5.2 Control Menu

Use the Control menu to access these menu items:

5.2.1 Data Collector Menu Item

Use the Data Collector menu item to display the OpenVMS Event Monitor Data Collector window or UNIX system accounting Data Collector window. You can specify the types of data to collect and time period for data collection. You can also start the data collectors.

See Also Data Collector Window

5.2.2 Data Integrator Menu Item

Use the Data Integrator menu item to display the Data Integrator window. You can specify the data files for integration and the time period for integration. You can also start the Data Integrator.

See Also Data Integrator Window

5.2.3 Workload Analysis Menu Item

Use the Workload Analysis menu item to display the Workload Analysis window. You can characterize a workload and build and validate a baseline model.

See Also Workload Analysis Window

5.2.4 Performance Model Menu Item

Use the Performance Model menu item to display the Model window. You can create what-if scenarios by predicting performance and performing a saturation analysis.

See Also Model Window

5.2.5 Table Report Writer Menu Item

Use the Table Report Writer menu item to display the Table Report Writer window. You can generate various types of reports in tabular format.

See Also Table Report Writer Window Graph Report Writer Window

5.2.6 Graph Report Writer Menu Item

Use the Graph Report Writer menu item to display the Graph Report Writer window. You can generate various types of reports in graph format.

See Also Graph Report Writer Window Table Report Writer Window

5.3 Options Menu

Use the Options menu to access these menu items:

5.3.1 General... Menu Item

Use the General... menu item to display the General Parameters dialog box. You can set general parameters used with the software.

See Also General Parameters Dialog Box

5.3.2 Statistics... Menu Item

The Statistics.... menu item displays a submenu of device types. Clicking on a device type causes display of a Selections dialog box from which you can select a set of statistics for that device type. These statistics are displayed for a device in the Device Statistics dialog box.

See Also Selections Dialog Box

5.3.3 Model... Menu Item

Use the Model... menu item to display the Model Parameters dialog box. You can set parameters used in modeling.

See Also Model Parameters Dialog Box

5.3.4 Report... Menu Item

The Report... menu item displays a submenu containing types of tabular reports. When you choose a report type, the Included Components dialog box is displayed from which you can select a set of components to be included in the report.

See Also Included Components Dialog Box

5.3.5 Benchmark... Menu Item

The Benchmark... menu item displays the Supported Benchmark Information dialog box. You can select a benchmark from one of the items in the pop-up menu in the dialog box.

See Also Supported Benchmark Information Dialog Box

5.3.6 Cpu Models... Menu Item

The Cpu Models... menu item displays the Supported CPU Models Information dialog box. You can select a CPU model from one of the items in the pop-up menu in the dialog box.

See Also Supported CPU Models Information Dialog Box

5.3.7 Find Disk Menu Item

The Find Disk... menu item displays the NameDiskServer or Find Disk dialog box. You can select a disk and show the disk server.

See Also NameDiskServer or Find Disk Dialog Box

5.3.8 Hot Devices... Menu Item

The Hot Devices... menu item displays the Hot Devices dialog box.

See Also Hot Devices Dialog Box

5.3.9 Save Options Menu Item

Use the Save Options menu item to save the options you set in the current session in a file named ECP_INIT.DAT (OpenVMS) or .ecprc (UNIX). When you run the application again, you can reuse the saved options by selecting the Restore Options menu item.

5.3.10 Restore Options Menu Item

Use the Restore Options menu item to reuse options that you previously saved, using the Save Options menu item, in the default file ECP_INIT.DAT (OpenVMS) or .ecprc (UNIX). If you delete the initialization file, you will not be able to restore the saved options.

5.3.11 Save Named Options Menu Item

Use the Save Named Options menu item to save the options to a file that you name. When you run the application again, you can reuse the saved options by selecting the Restore Named Options menu item.

See Also File Selection Dialog Box

5.3.12 Restore Named Options Menu Item

Use the Restore Named Options menu item to restore options that you previously saved in a file you named using the Save Named Options Save Named Options menu item.

See Also File Selection Dialog Box

5.4 Configuration Menu

Use the Configuration menu to access these menu items:

5.4.1 Draw Menu Item

Use the Draw menu item to draw a configuration in the Network/System Configuration panel using the icons in the View Library dialog box.

See Also Drawing Configurations

5.4.2 Add System Scope Menu Item

Use the Add System Scope menu item to display the system details of a configuration. For example, if network scope is set, you can view nodes, Ethernets, and bridges. When you add system scope, you can view the nodes along with buses and HSCs.

See Also Adding or Deleting Configuration Scope

5.4.3 Delete System Scope Menu Item

Use the Delete System Scope menu item to remove the system details from a displayed configuration.

See Also Adding or Deleting Configuration Scope

5.5 Performing Tasks from the Menu Bar

The tasks you can perform are:


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