This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the SystemTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

• The DURATION parameter is of significance only while monitoring Unix hosts, and indicates how frequently within the specified TEST PERIOD, the agent should poll the host for CPU usage statistics.

• The SUMMARY attribute is applicable to multi-processor systems only. If the Yes option is selected, then the eG agent will not only report the CPU and memory utilization of each of the processors, but also the summary (i.e., average) of the CPU and memory utilizations of the different processors. If the No is selected, then the eG agent will report only the CPU usage of the individual processors.

• The USEIOSTAT parameter is of significance to Solaris platforms only. By default, the USEIOSTAT flag is set to No. This indicates that, by default, SystemTest reports the CPU utilization of every processor on the system being monitored, and also provides the average CPU utilization across the processors. However, if you want SystemTest to report only the average CPU utilization across processors and across user sessions, then set the USEIOSTAT flag to Yes. In such a case, the processor-wise breakup of CPU utilization will not be available.

• The USEPS flag is applicable only for AIX LPARs. By default, this flag is set to No.

• The INCLUDE WAIT flag is applicable to Unix hosts alone. On Unix hosts, CPU time is also consumed when I/O waits occur on the host. By default, on Unix hosts, this test does not consider the CPU utilized by I/O waits while calculating the value of the CPU utilization measure. Accordingly, the INCLUDE WAIT flag is set to No by default. To make sure that the CPU utilized by I/O waits is also included in CPU usage computations on Unix hosts, set this flag to Yes.

• By default, the ENABLE MEMORY DIAGNOSIS flag is set to NO, indicating that detailed diagnosis will not be available for the Free_memory measure reported by this test by default. If you want to view the detailed diagnosis of the Free_memory measure - i.e., to view the top 10 Processes on the target host that are utilizing memory excessively - you can change this flag to YES.

• The USEGLANCE flag applies only to HP-UX systems. HP GlancePlus/UX is Hewlett-Packards's online performance monitoring and diagnostic utility for HP-UX based computers. There are two user interfaces of GlancePlus/UX -- Glance is character-based, and gpm is motif-based. Each contains graphical and tabular displays that depict how primary system resources are being utilized. In environments where Glance is run, the eG agent can be configured to integrate with Glance to pull out detailed metrics pertaining to the CPU usage of the HP-UX systems that are being monitored. By default, this integration is disabled. This is why the USEGLANCE flag is set to No by default. You can enable the integration by setting the flag to Yes. If this is done, then the test polls the Glance interface of HP GlancePlus/UX utility to report the detailed diagnosis information.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.