The Server Overview section

The Server Overview section contains graphs that summarize data from virtualized server resources. This information indicates how physical processor and memory resources are allocated among the partitions on your server. Additionally, the information indicates whether partitions are using more or less than their entitled capacity for these resources. By default, the Performance and Capacity Monitor displays the data in the Details section of the home page.

The Server Overview section includes two general graphs: Capacity Distribution by Processor and Capacity Distribution by Memory. These graphs indicate general information about the capacity distribution for processors and memory.

The Top Resource Consumers graph displays information about partitions, Virtual I/O Servers, or processor pools. The Resource Utilization table shows detailed information about individual partitions, such as the number of processor cores and the amount of memory.

By default, the graphs and table show data that was collected for the previous 4 hours. For more information on displaying data for a longer amount of time, see Changing Performance and Capacity Monitor home page settings.

Note: When the firmware is at level 7.8, or later, and VIOS version is at 2.2.3, or later, you can view all the performance metrics. For more information about the limitations of the performance monitor metrics based on the firmware level and VIOS version, see HMC Integrated Performance Monitor Metrics based on Firmware and VIOS level.