The Storage Utilization view

The Storage Utilization view includes historical data and trends that show the amount of physical storage I/O bandwidth that each Virtual I/O Server uses and allows logical partitions to use through Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) connections, for a specific duration of time. The data also shows the virtualized storage I/O bandwidth that the logical partitions use from logical ports that are provided by an N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) adapter. The table lists detailed information about averages and trends.

You can access this view by clicking Storage Utilization Trend in the Views window.

The Storage Utilization view includes a trend graph. You can change the graph options to show vSCSI Adapter usage or NPIV traffic.

The Resource Utilization table shows detailed information for individual partitions and physical adapters, such as the total traffic used.

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