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Hardware Performance Information
Use the Hardware Performance window to view the status and cause of the degradation of your system's performance.
NOTE: This help page may include information about features not supported by your system. Server Administrator only displays the features that are supported on your system.
Hardware Performance
Probe Name Probe name for the hardware.
Status Indicates the status of the system's performance. Can be Degraded or Normal .
Cause Indicates the cause of the performance degradation.
When the cause is N/A, it means that the system's performance is normal and nodegradation has taken place.
The table below describes each of the causes and the action to be taken.
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Possible Causes of System Degradation and Action to be Taken
The table below describe the causes of system degradation and the action to be performed in these cases.
Cause What This Means Action to be Performed
Insufficient Power Capacity Your system is connected to one or more power supply sources that have low voltage.
  • Check the line level voltage.
  • Add an additional power supply (if possible) on a separate AC power source that meets the minimum system specification
User Configuration The power consumption of your system is high and the Power Reduction setting is enabled resulting in degraded performance. Set the appropriate threshold value for the current configuration. For information on the current configurations, see the Hardware Owner's Manual of your system.
Note: The power consumption of your system may vary with the state of the processor, peripherals (memory, storage devices, additional cards, and so on) and their usage.
Unknown Reason The performance of your system has degraded due to an unknown reason. Check your system after some time. The system may recover.
Others The performance of your system has degraded due to indefinable reason. Check your system after some time. The system may recover.
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