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
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
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:
To refresh the display, click on MB3 and then select Refresh.
See Also Workload Button in Configuration Panel 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:
To draw a configuration:
A Library dialog box is displayed. This box contains icons that you can use in your drawing.
The icon is displayed in the Configuration panel and any Device Statistics dialog box asociated with that icon is also displayed.
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
To select an icon in the Configuration panel:
The icon is highlighted and you can perform activities with the icon.
The icon is highlighted and the Device Statistics dialog box is displayed for the icon.
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
To move an icon in the Configuration panel:
The icon is highlighted.
The icon is moved and remains selected.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
To resize the icon for a bus, sbus, control bus, or scsi bus in the Configuration panel:
The icon is highlighted.
The icon is resized and remains selected.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
When drawing configurations, you need to be able to connect components.
To connect the components in the Configuration panel:
The icons are highlighted.
A line is drawn connecting the two components.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
To disconnect CPUs, HSCs, and Brouters from nibuses, rings, or sbuses, or disks from a scsi or control icon:
The icons are highlighted.
The icons are disconnected.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
To delete components:
The icons are highlighted.
The selected icons are deleted.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel
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
To obtain statistics and graphics information about icons in a configuration displayed in the Configuration panel:
The Device Statistics dialog box that provides information about the component is displayed. For example, if you click on an node, information such as name and operating system are displayed in the Device Statistics dialog box. This dialog box is also displayed when you first select a device from a library.
A window is displayed showing the graphic configuration. When you zoom in on an HSC, the I/O Window is displayed. When you zoom in on a node in the Network panel, the System Window is displayed. When you zoom in on a node in the Network/System panel or System window, the I/O Window is displayed.
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
You can perform the following tasks for disks and disksets:
To group disks of the same type into a diskset:
The icons are highlighted.
The disk pop-up menu is displayed.
The diskset is created and the icons are deselected.
To add one or more disks of the same type to a diskset:
The icons are highlighted.
The disks are added to the diskset and the icons are deselected.
To display the members of a diskset:
The icon is highlighted.
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.
To remove one or more disks from a diskset:
The icons are highlighted.
The disks are removed from the diskset and the icons are deselected.
To move a disk from one server to another:
The icon is highlighted.
The icon is moved to the specified place in the window.
To connect the disk to the new server:
The icons are highlighted.
A line is drawn connecting the two components.
To move diskload (disk visits) to another disk:
The icon is highlighted.
The Move Disk Load dialog box appears.
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:
The icon is highlighted.
The disk master for the selected disk is highlighted.
To change a disk type, take the following steps:
The icon is highlighted.
The Select a Select a Disk Type dialog box appears.
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.
To refresh the Configuration panel:
The panel is refreshed.
See Also Performing Tasks in the Configuration Panel