Hardware Installation
PixelStor 5000 User Manual
Rev. 1, May 2013
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Figure 5-4 Support Menu
Save Logs -
To save logs to a local or network drive, just select the “Save Logs” button
at the bottom of the support menu. Once selected a window will pop up asking if you
wish to open or save the file. Select save and choose a location to save the file. The
saved file contains logs from one or both controllers (depending on your configuration)
and an inventory of the system. This can be used as a record of the status of the system
or emailed to a support representative.
5.1.5
Performance Data
Figure 5-5 shows the Performance Data page. A wide variety of data can be monitored for the
storage system. There are 4 selections that can be made Virtual Disk Performance, Cache
Count, iSCSI Busy Percentage and CPU Idle. Within the Virtual Disk Performance selection
each individual VD can be select to see how it is performing. This performance is measure with
Write Data Rate, Read Data Rate, Command Completion Time and Command LBA.
Cache Count monitors the system cache usage. ISCSI Busy monitors busy messages sent to
the host computers. CPU Idle monitors CPU usage.
In Figure 5-5 is an example the selects the Raid-N1 DG and NVR 1 VD. It also selects the write
data rate for that VD. Figure 5-6 shows the output of this selection.
The information displayed in the graphs is actual data derived from the PixelStor
5000.
