Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600, Monitoring Manual

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Contents
1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................9
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................9
1.2 Uncore PMON Overview........................................................................................9
1.3 Section References ............................................................................................ 10
1.4 Uncore PMON - Typical Control/Counter Logic ....................................................... 11
1.5 Uncore PMU Summary Tables ............................................................................. 12
1.6 On Parsing and Using Derived Events................................................................... 14
1.6.1
On Common Terms found in Derived Events .............................................. 15
2 Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Product Family Uncore Performance Monitoring . 17
2.1 Uncore Per-Socket Performance Monitoring Control................................................ 17
2.1.1
Setting up a Monitoring Session ............................................................... 17
2.1.2 Reading the Sample Interval.................................................................... 18
2.2 UBox Performance Monitoring ............................................................................. 19
2.2.1
Overview of the UBox ............................................................................. 19
2.2.2 UBox Performance Monitoring Overview .................................................... 19
2.2.3 UBox Performance Monitors ..................................................................... 19
2.2.3.1
UBox Box Level PMON State ....................................................... 19
2.2.3.2 UBox PMON state - Counter/Control Pairs..................................... 20
2.2.4 UBox Performance Monitoring Events ........................................................ 21
2.2.5 UBOX Box Events Ordered By Code .......................................................... 21
2.2.6 UBOX Box Performance Monitor Event List ................................................. 21
2.3 Caching Agent (Cbo) Performance Monitoring........................................................ 22
2.3.1
Overview of the CBo ............................................................................... 22
2.3.2 CBo Performance Monitoring Overview ...................................................... 23
2.3.2.1
Special Note on CBo Occupancy Events........................................ 23
2.3.3 CBo Performance Monitors....................................................................... 24
2.3.3.1
CBo Box Level PMON State......................................................... 27
2.3.3.2 CBo PMON state - Counter/Control Pairs ...................................... 27
2.3.3.3 CBo Filter Register (Cn_MSR_PMON_BOX_FILTER) ........................ 28
2.3.4 CBo Performance Monitoring Events.......................................................... 30
2.3.4.1
An Overview: ........................................................................... 30
2.3.4.2 Acronyms frequently used in CBo Events: .................................... 30
2.3.4.3 The Queues: ............................................................................ 31
2.3.5 CBo Events Ordered By Code ................................................................... 31
2.3.6 CBO Box Common Metrics (Derived Events)............................................... 32
2.3.7 CBo Performance Monitor Event List.......................................................... 34
2.4 Home Agent (HA) Performance Monitoring ............................................................ 45
2.4.1
Overview of the Home Agent ................................................................... 45
2.4.2 HA Performance Monitoring Overview........................................................ 46
2.4.3 HA Performance Monitors ........................................................................ 46
2.4.3.1
HA Box Level PMON State .......................................................... 46
2.4.3.2 HA PMON state - Counter/Control Pairs ........................................ 47
2.4.4 HA Performance Monitoring Events ........................................................... 49
2.4.4.1
On the Major HA Structures: ...................................................... 49
2.4.5 HA Box Events Ordered By Code .............................................................. 50
2.4.6 HA Box Common Metrics (Derived Events)................................................. 50
2.4.7 HA Box Performance Monitor Event List ..................................................... 51
2.5 Memory Controller (iMC) Performance Monitoring .................................................. 59
2.5.1
Overview of the iMC ............................................................................... 59
2.5.2 Functional Overview ............................................................................... 59
2.5.3 iMC Performance Monitoring Overview....................................................... 59
2.5.4 iMC Performance Monitors ....................................................................... 60