Lun Details Test

This test monitors the I/O traffic and data transfers conducted by each LUN on the storage device, and indicates irregularities in load balancing across LUNs.

Target of the test : A Hitachi USP storage device

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every LUN on the Hitachi USP device monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the host for which this test is to be configured.
Port	The port at which the specified host is listening. By default, this is set to NULL.
UserID, Password and Confirm password	The test should be configured with the credentials of a special user account, which is specifically created for use with the export utility; this account should fulfill the following conditions: Should not possess the ‘write’ permission; Can be of any user type; however, to ensure that the eG agent collects statistics pertaining to all storage partitions, it is recommended that this user is of type storage administrator; Provide the credentials of this user against the UserID and Password parameters. Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.
Timeout	Specify the duration (in seconds) within which the SNMP query executed by this test should time out in this text box. The default is 3 seconds.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
I/O operations rate	Indicates the number of read-write operations performed on this LUN per second.	IOPS	A high value for this measure is indicative of high I/O activity on the LUN. Comparing the value of this measure across LUNs can accurately reveal which LUNs are extremely busy, and also enable administrators to easily detect irregularities in load distribution across the LUNs.
Transaction rate	Indicates the rate at which data transfers occur on this LUN.	KB/Sec
Sequential read hits	Indicates the percentage of read requests served by this LUN in sequential access mode.	Percent
Random read hits	Indicates the percentage of read requests served by this LUN in random access mode.	Percent
C2D transfer rate	Indicates the number of data transfer operations performed from the cache to this LUN.	Number	A high value for this measure is a sign of good health. A low value or a consistently decreasing value could be a cause for concern, as it indicates that the cache is not writing enough data to the disk; this in turn could overload the cache and hamper its ability to make space for data that is waiting to be written.
Response time	Indicates the current responsiveness of this LUN to I/O requests.	Microseconds	Ideally, the value of this measure should be low.