NetApp E-Series Storage Interface Workload Test
This test monitors the storage interfaces in the target NetApp E-Series Storage system and reports the I/O processing ability of each storage interface in terms of reads/writes, cache hits, etc. In addition, this test helps the administrators to identify the interface that is taking too long to respond to read/write requests.
Target of the test : NetApp E-Series Storage
Agent deploying the test : A remote agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for each storage interface in the NetApp E-Series Storage that is currently launched.
| Parameters | Description |
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Test Period |
How often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The nick name of the NetApp E-Series Storage component for which this test is to be configured. |
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Port |
Refers to the port at which the specified host listens to. By default, this is Null. |
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Rest API Port |
This is the port at which REST API connectivity is provided. By default, port 4443 is used. |
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Username and Password |
To collect performance metrics from the target storage device, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user who is vested with "read-only" privileges to access REST API of the target storage device. Specify the credentials of such a user in the Username and Password text boxes. |
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Confirm Password |
Confirm the password by retyping it here. |
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SSL |
Set the SSL flag to Yes, if SSL (Secured Socket Layer) is to be used to connect to the target Storage System, and No if it is not. |
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Timeout Seconds |
Specify the time duration for which this test should wait for a response from the storage system in the Timeout text box. By default, this is 120 seconds. |
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Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
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Read IOPS |
Indicates the rate at which read I/O operations were performed on this storage interface. |
Reads/sec |
Compare the values of these measures across the storage interfaces to know what is contributing to the abnormal I/O activity levels - read operations? or write operations? |
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Write IOPS |
Indicates the rate at which write I/O operations were performed on this storage interface. |
Writes/sec |
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Other IOPS |
Indicates the rate at which other I/O operations were performed on this storage interface. |
Operations/sec |
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Read throughput |
Indicates the rate at which data was read by this storage interface. |
MB/sec |
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Write throughput |
Indicates the rate at which data was written by this storage interface. |
MB/sec |
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Read response time |
Indicates the time taken for this storage interface to respond to a read request. |
Milliseconds |
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Write response time |
Indicates the time taken for this storage interface to respond to a write request. |
Milliseconds |
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Average read operation size |
Indicates the total size of data read from this storage interface. |
MB |
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Average write operation size |
Indicates the total size of data written on this storage interface. |
MB |
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Channel error count |
Indicates the number of errors encountered on a specific communication channel in this storage interface. |
Number |
Channel errors can be caused by various factors, including hardware malfunctions, cabling issues, or data transmission problems. These errors indicate that there was a failure in transmitting data properly between two components. |
