44 Network and Network/System Configuration Panel

The Main, Workload Analysis, and Model (What-IF) Windows each contain a Configuration panel in which you can:

See Also Workload Button in Configuration Panel Display Metrics Button in Configuration Panel Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

44.1 Workload Button in Configuration Panel

You can cause the values for certain attributes to appear in the configuration view window next to the node or network component to which they apply. The Workload button allows you to specify these values to be total statistics or statistics for a particular class.

The Workload button setting also controls the class for which diskload is moved when you use the Move Disk Load dialog box.

To refresh the display, click on MB3 and then select Refresh.

See Also Display Metrics Button in Configuration Panel Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

44.2 Display Metrics Button in Configuration Panel

You can cause the values for certain attributes to appear in the configuration view window next to the node or network component to which they apply. The Display Metrics button allows you to select any of the following attributes for display:

  • None

  • Utilization

  • Q Length

  • Throughput

  • Response

  • Type
  • To refresh the display, click on MB3 and then select Refresh.

    See Also Workload Button in Configuration Panel Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3 Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    You may want to configure a new system, or modify an existing configuration and review a performance prediction.

    You can perform tasks within the Configuration Panel including:

    44.3.1 Drawing Configurations

    To draw a configuration:

    1. Choose Draw from the Configuration menu (from the Main Window, you can also click on the Draw Configuration push button).

      A Library dialog box is displayed. This box contains icons that you can use in your drawing.

    2. Click on an icon in the library and then click on a space in the Configuration panel.

      The icon is displayed in the Configuration panel and any Device Statistics dialog box asociated with that icon is also displayed.

    3. Change any of the default statistics that are displayed for the chosen icon by moving to the field and typing your own value for the field. When you have set all the values you wish, click on OK or Apply to have your values applied to the icon.

    4. Continue to choose icons until you have selected the components you want.

    See Also Selecting/Deselecting Icons Moving Icons Resizing Icons Connecting Components Disconnecting Components Deleting Components Configuring Disks and Disksets

    Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.1 Selecting and Deselecting Icons in the Configuration Panel

    To select an icon in the Configuration panel:

    To deselect an icon in the Configuration panel, press and hold the Shift key and click on the icon. The icon is deselected.

    To deselect several icons in the Configuration panel, press and hold the Ctrl key and click on each icon. The icons are deselected.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.2 Moving Icons

    To move an icon in the Configuration panel:

    1. Click and hold MB1 on the icon.

      The icon is highlighted.

    2. Drag the icon to the desired location.

    3. Release MB1.

      The icon is moved and remains selected.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.3 Resizing Icons

    To resize the icon for a bus, sbus, control bus, or scsi bus in the Configuration panel:

    1. Click MB1 on the icon.

      The icon is highlighted.

    2. Click and hold MB2 on either end of the icon and drag it to the desired length.

    3. Release MB2.

      The icon is resized and remains selected.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.4 Connecting Components in the Configuration Panel

    When drawing configurations, you need to be able to connect components.

    To connect the components in the Configuration panel:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the first icon and then on an nibus, ring, sbus, scsi, or control icon.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 within the Configuration panel to display a pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Connect from the pop-up menu.

      A line is drawn connecting the two components.

    4. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the nibus, ring, sbus, scsi, or control icon and then on another icon.

    5. Continue the process until you have connected the configuration.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.5 Disconnecting Components in the Configuration Panel

    To disconnect CPUs, HSCs, and Brouters from nibuses, rings, or sbuses, or disks from a scsi or control icon:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the first icon (nibus, ring, sbus, scsi, or control) and the second icon for selection.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 within the Configuration panel to display a pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Disconnect from the pop-up menu.

      The icons are disconnected.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.1.6 Deleting Components from the Configuration Panel

    To delete components:

    1. Click on the icon selected for deletion. If you want to delete multiple icons, press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on each icon.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 within the Configuration panel to display a pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Delete from the pop-up menu.

      The selected icons are deleted.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.2 Adding or Deleting Configuration Scope

    You can display different perspectives of a configuration in two ways:

    For example, when you start the Capacity Planner, the Network/System Configuration panel is set to display both the network and the system. To get just the network perspective of the configuration, choose Delete System Scope from the Configuration menu. The HSC and the CI are removed from the display.

    To add the deleted scope back to the displayed configuration, choose Add System Scope from the Configuration menu.

    The HSC and the CI are added back to the display.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.3 Detailing Configurations

    To obtain statistics and graphics information about icons in a configuration displayed in the Configuration panel:

    For some components, for example, controllers in the I/O Configuration panel, no detailed information is available.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel

    44.3.4 Configuring Disks and Disksets in the I/O Window

    You can perform the following tasks for disks and disksets:

    44.3.4.1 Creating New Disksets

    To group disks of the same type into a diskset:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the icons of all the disks to be included in the diskset.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on one of the icons. This disk becomes the master disk and the diskset takes its name.

      The disk pop-up menu is displayed.

    3. Choose Create New Diskset from the menu.

      The diskset is created and the icons are deselected.

    44.3.4.2 Adding New Members to a Diskset

    To add one or more disks of the same type to a diskset:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the icon of the master disk and on the icons of the other disks to be added to the diskset.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on the icon of the master disk to display the disk pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Add Members to Diskset from the menu.

      The disks are added to the diskset and the icons are deselected.

    44.3.4.3 Displaying Members of a Diskset

    To display the members of a diskset:

    1. Click MB1 on the icon of the diskset.

      The icon is highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on the icon of the diskset to display the disk popup menu.

    3. Choose Display Members of Diskset from the menu.

      The icons are highlighted and selected.

      There is no action if the node or HSC currently displayed in the I/O configuration window has no disks that are members of the selected diskset. See Selecting and Deselecting Icons in the Configuration Panel to deselect the disk icons.

    44.3.4.4 Removing Members From a Diskset

    To remove one or more disks from a diskset:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the icon of the master disk and on the icons for the disks to be removed from the diskset.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on the icon of the master disk to display the disk pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Remove Members From Diskset from the menu.

      The disks are removed from the diskset and the icons are deselected.

    44.3.4.5 Moving a Disk to Another Server

    To move a disk from one server to another:

    1. Open a secondary I/O window for the other server if one is not already open.

    2. Click MB1 on the icon of the disk to be moved.

      The icon is highlighted.

    3. Click MB3 on that icon to display the disk pop-up menu.

    4. Choose Move disk to another Server from the options menu.

    5. Click MB1 in the I/O Configuration Panel of the secondary I/O window where you want the icon to be placed.

      The icon is moved to the specified place in the window.

    To connect the disk to the new server:

    1. Press and hold the Shift key and click MB1 on the disk icon and then on the channel icon.

      The icons are highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 within the I/O Configuration panel to display the pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Connect from the menu.

      A line is drawn connecting the two components.

    44.3.4.6 Moving Diskload to Another Disk

    To move diskload (disk visits) to another disk:

    1. Using the Workload button in the I/O window, select the class for which diskload will be moved.

    2. Click MB1 on the icon of the disk whose load is to be moved.

      The icon is highlighted.

    3. Click MB3 on that icon to display the disk pop-up menu.

    4. Choose Move diskload to another disk from the options menu.

      The Move Disk Load dialog box appears.

    5. Click and hold MB1 on the slider bar and select the percentage of diskload you want to move. Then release MB1.

    6. Click MB1 on the disk in the list of target disks to which you want to move the load.

    7. Click on OK.

    44.3.4.7 Displaying the disk master

    The disk master is a logical entity or diskset. When you zoom in on a node or HSC and display the disks for that node or HSC, all disksets are also displayed, regardless of whether they have members belonging to the selected node or HSC.

    To display the disk master or diskset to which a disk belongs, take the following steps:

    1. Click MB1 on the icon of the disk whose master you want to display.

      The icon is highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on that icon to display the disk pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Display disk master from the options menu.

    The disk master for the selected disk is highlighted.

    44.3.4.8 Changing the disk type

    To change a disk type, take the following steps:

    1. Click MB1 on the icon of the disk whose type you want to change.

      The icon is highlighted.

    2. Click MB3 on that icon to display the disk pop-up menu.

    3. Choose Change disk type from the options menu.

      The Select a Select a Disk Type dialog box appears.

    4. Choose a vendor from the vendor list.

    5. Choose a disk type from the item list.

    6. Click OK to change the disk type or Cancel to abort the change.

    Alternatively, you can double-click on the disk icon to display the device statistics dialog box. Then click on the Type to display the Select a Disk Type dialog box.

    44.3.5 Refreshing the Configuration Panel

    To refresh the Configuration panel:

    1. Click MB3 within the Configuration panel to display a pop-up menu.

    2. Choose Refresh from the pop-up menu.

      The panel is refreshed.

    See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel


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