Application Classes

This section familiarizes you with all the Application Classes used by BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays on the Portal. It gives a detailed view of each application class describing its function and parameters.

The available Application Classes for BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays are:

•Battery

•CIFS Server

•Controller

•Control Station

•Data Mover

•DM Ethernet Port

•Disk Array

•Disk Group

•EMC SMI-S Provider

•EMC SMI-S Provider (Managed Array)

•Ethernet Port

•Fan

•Fiber Port

•Filer

•File System

•NFS Server

•Physical Disk

•Power Supply

•Storage Pool (Clariion)

•Storage Pool (Symmetrix)

•Volume

Baselines and Key Performance Indicators

Some parameters are identified by default as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and therefore automatically included in the base lining calculation. To learn more about auto baselining and KPIs, please refer to the Managing Baselines and Key Performance Indicators chapter.

In this guide, parameters flagged as KPIs and included by default in the baseline calculation process are respectively identified by the following icons:

• Baselining

• KPI