447 lines
7.2 KiB
HTML
447 lines
7.2 KiB
HTML
<HTML
|
|
><HEAD
|
|
><TITLE
|
|
>How CSPM displays data</TITLE
|
|
><META
|
|
NAME="GENERATOR"
|
|
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
|
|
REL="HOME"
|
|
TITLE="Complete System Performance Monitor HOWTO"
|
|
HREF="index.html"><LINK
|
|
REL="PREVIOUS"
|
|
TITLE="Modifying CSPM defaults"
|
|
HREF="x101.html"></HEAD
|
|
><BODY
|
|
CLASS="sect1"
|
|
BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
|
|
TEXT="#000000"
|
|
LINK="#0000FF"
|
|
VLINK="#840084"
|
|
ALINK="#0000FF"
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="NAVHEADER"
|
|
><TABLE
|
|
SUMMARY="Header navigation table"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
|
CELLPADDING="0"
|
|
CELLSPACING="0"
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TH
|
|
COLSPAN="3"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
>Complete System Performance Monitor HOWTO</TH
|
|
></TR
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="10%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="x101.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="P"
|
|
>Prev</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="80%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="10%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="bottom"
|
|
> </TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
></TABLE
|
|
><HR
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect1"
|
|
><H1
|
|
CLASS="sect1"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN143"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6. How CSPM displays data</H1
|
|
><P
|
|
>CSPM displays histograms that provide information about system usage.
|
|
The program has 8 display tabs for the different types of system information CSPM
|
|
collects. These tabs are:</P
|
|
><P
|
|
></P
|
|
><UL
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>System Overview</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>IRQs</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>CPU Utilization</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Memory</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Network</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Storage</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Tests</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
><LI
|
|
><P
|
|
><SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Test Summary</SPAN
|
|
></P
|
|
></LI
|
|
></UL
|
|
><P
|
|
>The key at the bottom of the histogram tables on each of the tabs tells how to interpret
|
|
the various colors representing data in the tables.</P
|
|
><P
|
|
>Use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars to view any histograms that do not
|
|
fit on the initial screen.</P
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN173"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.1. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>System Overview</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>When CSPM starts up, the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>System Overview</SPAN
|
|
> screen is displayed. The histograms
|
|
on the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>System Overview</SPAN
|
|
> screen show data for the total system, including CPU, memory,
|
|
network, and storage usage. The following screenshot shows a sample view of a
|
|
System Overview screen. </P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="sysover.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
>Below each histogram is a key that describes the data that is represented. For example, in the
|
|
CPU total histogram, the red line represents user CPU usage, the green line represents commands run with a modified scheduling priority (nice), and the blue line represents system CPU usage.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN182"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.2. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>IRQs</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>When you click the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>IRQs</SPAN
|
|
> tab, a histogram opens for each IRQ line that
|
|
runs to an ISA slot
|
|
on the system. The following screenshot shows a sample view of the IRQs screen.</P
|
|
><P
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="note"
|
|
><P
|
|
></P
|
|
><TABLE
|
|
CLASS="note"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="25"
|
|
ALIGN="CENTER"
|
|
VALIGN="TOP"
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="../images/note.gif"
|
|
HSPACE="5"
|
|
ALT="Note"></TD
|
|
><TH
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
VALIGN="CENTER"
|
|
><B
|
|
>Note</B
|
|
></TH
|
|
></TR
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
> </TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
VALIGN="TOP"
|
|
><P
|
|
>With Qt 3.0, the horizontal scroll bars on the Irqs tab does not work properly. This
|
|
problem does not occur with Qt 3.1.</P
|
|
></TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
></TABLE
|
|
></DIV
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="irqs.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
>The large blue number to the left of the histogram is the number of the IRQ.
|
|
The
|
|
red line on each histogram represents the number of IRQs per second utilitized by the device
|
|
connected to the IRQ's ISA slot.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN194"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.3. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>CPU Utilization</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>When you click the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>CPU Utilization</SPAN
|
|
> tab, histograms open for each CPU
|
|
on the system, as
|
|
shown in the following screenshot:
|
|
</P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="cpu.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
>The histograms show information about user (red), system (blue), and nice priority (green) command utilization.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN202"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.4. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Memory</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>The <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Memory</SPAN
|
|
> tab is still under development. In a future release of CSPM,
|
|
the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Memory</SPAN
|
|
> tab will graphically show how much memory processes use, from most to least. </P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN208"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.5. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Network</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>When you click the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Network</SPAN
|
|
> tab, histograms that show the amount of traffic on the system's loopback device and each network device are displayed, as shown in the following screenshot.
|
|
</P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="network.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
>Sends are shown in red and receives are shown in blue.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN216"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.6. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Storage</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>When you click the <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Storage</SPAN
|
|
> tab, a collection of histograms opens that
|
|
show data
|
|
for controllers, disks, and partitions.
|
|
The key at the bottom of the histograms tells which
|
|
color of histogram box corresponds to which type of device.
|
|
</P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="storage.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
><P
|
|
>The screenshot
|
|
displays purple for controllers, green for disks, and orange for partitions.
|
|
The red lines represent
|
|
reads from the devices and the blue lines represent writes to the devices.</P
|
|
><P
|
|
>To see information about a partition (such as file system name, space used, and
|
|
space available), right-click the partition's histogram and then left-click <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guimenuitem"
|
|
>Properties</SPAN
|
|
>. A
|
|
Partition Status window opens that displays information about the selected partition.</P
|
|
><P
|
|
><P
|
|
><IMG
|
|
SRC="snapshot9.png"></P
|
|
></P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN228"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.7. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Tests</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>The <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Tests</SPAN
|
|
> tab opens a list of tests that can be run on the system
|
|
and is useful, for example, for quality assurance personnel who need to load test systems when testing hardware or software.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><H2
|
|
CLASS="sect2"
|
|
><A
|
|
NAME="AEN233"
|
|
></A
|
|
>6.8. <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Test Summary</SPAN
|
|
> tab</H2
|
|
><P
|
|
>The <SPAN
|
|
CLASS="guilabel"
|
|
>Test Summary</SPAN
|
|
> tab contains test output and utilization numbers for test runs.
|
|
You can print these test results and keep them for your records.</P
|
|
></DIV
|
|
></DIV
|
|
><DIV
|
|
CLASS="NAVFOOTER"
|
|
><HR
|
|
ALIGN="LEFT"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"><TABLE
|
|
SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
|
|
WIDTH="100%"
|
|
BORDER="0"
|
|
CELLPADDING="0"
|
|
CELLSPACING="0"
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="x101.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="P"
|
|
>Prev</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
><A
|
|
HREF="index.html"
|
|
ACCESSKEY="H"
|
|
>Home</A
|
|
></TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
> </TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
><TR
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="left"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
>Modifying CSPM defaults</TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="34%"
|
|
ALIGN="center"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
> </TD
|
|
><TD
|
|
WIDTH="33%"
|
|
ALIGN="right"
|
|
VALIGN="top"
|
|
> </TD
|
|
></TR
|
|
></TABLE
|
|
></DIV
|
|
></BODY
|
|
></HTML
|
|
> |