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Parameters

Name

Description

Unit

Default Alert Conditions

Cache Dirty Pages Percentage** Baselining KPI

Percentage of dirty pages currently in cache, that is, pages that have been modified in the SP’s write cache, but that have not yet been written to disk. A high percentage of dirty pages means the cache is handling many write requests.

Percentage (%)

n/a

Cache Hit Ratio*

Percentage of requests that are successfully served by a cache.

Percentage (%)

n/a

CI_ID

Identifier of the configuration item.

n/a

n/a

IP

Controller's IP Address.

n/a

n/a

Memory Size

Memory size in Megabytes of the controller.

Megabytes (MB)

n/a

MetaTokenID

Identifier of the instance. This identifier is required to ensure the instance is properly interpreted by BMC TrueSight Operations Management.

n/a

n/a

Operation Rate

Total number of operations per second.

Operations/s

n/a

Present

Indicates whether the device is present or not since the last discovery.

(0 = No; 1 = Yes)

Warning = 0

Processor Utilization** Baselining KPI

Percentage of utilization of the processor.

Percentage (%)

Warning = 80 % (for two consecutive collects)
Alarm = 90 %

PROM Revision

Adapter Card PROM Revision.

n/a

n/a

Protocol

Protocol supported by the controller.

n/a

n/a

Read Cache Size

Size of the cache containing read data.

Megabytes (MB)

n/a

Read Operation Rate

Number of read operations per second.

Operations/s

n/a

Read Operations Percentage** Baselining KPI

Percentage of read operations.

Percentage (%)

n/a

Response Time** Baselining KPI

Average response time for all operations.

Milliseconds (ms)

Warning = 10 ms (two consecutive times)
Alarm = 100 ms

Role

Controller role (Front-end; Back-end; Remote; n/a).

n/a

n/a

Serial Number

Controller's serial number.

n/a

n/a

Status Information

Status description of the controller.

n/a

n/a

Status

Status of the controller.

(0 = OK; 1 = Degraded; 2 = Failed)

Warning = 1
Alarm = 2

Transfer Byte Rate Baselining KPI

Total bytes transferred per second (sent and received).

Megabytes per seconds (MB/s)

n/a

Transfer Bytes

Count of data transferred (Accumulated parameter-type).

Gigabytes (GB)

n/a

Write Cache Size

Size of the cache containing write data.

Megabytes (MB)

n/a

Write Flush Byte Rate** Baselining KPI

Cumulative count of write cache flushed per second.

Megabytes per seconds (MB/s)

n/a

Write Flush Bytes

Cumulative count of write cache flushed.

Gigabytes (GB)

n/a

Write Operation Rate

Number of write operations per second.

Operations/s

n/a

Write Operations Percentage** Baselining KPI

Percentage of written operations.

Percentage (%)

n/a

* Parameter not available on CLARiiON devices.
** Parameters not available on Symmetrix Vmax devices.