Setting priority for ports: one-to-one connections
Prioritized ports are ports on which processing has high priority, and non-prioritized ports are ports on which processing has lower priority. Specify a port that connects to a high-priority host bus adapter as a prioritized port. Specify a port that connects to a lower-priority host bus adapter as a non-prioritized port.
Before you begin
- Required role: Storage Administrator (System Resource Management)
- You must enable the Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary window. For details, see the System Administrator Guide of your storage system.
Procedure
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Click to open the Server Priority Manager window.
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Click
to change to Modify mode.
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In the Server Priority Manager window, click Server Priority Manager. The Server Priority Manager main window appears.
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Select the Port tab.
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Select All from the list at the top right corner of the window.
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Right-click a high-priority port, and in the pop-up menu select . The Attribute column displays Prio. Repeat this action for each high-priority port.
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Right-click a lower-priority port and in the pop-up menu select . The Attribute column displays Non-Prio. Repeat this action for each lower-priority port. You can set upper limit values only on the Non-prio. ports.
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Click Apply to apply the settings to the storage system.
Now that you have set the port priorities, you can start monitoring the traffic (I/O rates and transfer rates) to collect data for analysis.