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Graphing Port Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.6.6

Setting the Polling Frequency

SANsurfer Performance Viewer updates the graphs once per second by default. To change this polling frequency, do the following:

1.Open the Graph menu, and select Set Polling Frequency to open the Set Graph Polling Frequency dialog.

2.Enter the new polling interval in seconds [1–60]. Performance Viewer will update the graphs once during the interval. For example, setting the polling frequency to 5 seconds will return 1 second’s worth of data every 5 seconds.

3.Click the OK button to save the changes.

5.6.7

Displaying Graphs

To display graphs, do the following:

1.Open the Fabric menu and select Add Fabric or click the Add button. Enter a fabric name and an IP address in the Add a New Fabric dialog. Include an account name and a password if required.

2.Set the graphing options and polling frequency. By default, SANsurfer Performance Viewer plots total bytes transmitted and received at a polling frequency of once per second. Refer to ”Customizing Graphs” on page 5-23for information about changing what is plotted and how it is plotted.

3.You can display graphs in the following ways:

„Click on a switch entry handle and select one or more ports.

„Right click on a switch icon in the fabric tree and select Open Graph for All Ports on Switch or Open Graph for All Logged-In Ports on Switch from the pull-down menu.

4.You can move graphs around individually by clicking and dragging, or you can arrange them as a group. Refer to ”Arranging Graphs in the Display” on page 5-23for more information.

To remove a graph, click the graph Remove button. To remove all graphs, open the Window menu and select Close All.

To remove a fabric and its graphs, select the fabric in the fabric tree, then select Remove Fabric from the Fabric menu. You can also right click on a fabric and select Remove Fabric for the popup menu.

Right clicking on a graph opens a popup menu from which you can change graph options, print a graph, or save the graph statistics to a file.

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