Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

Attribute	Description
Path	Unique ID for the metric. NOTE:Metrics are usually associated with objects. This association is reflected by a * character in the metric path, such as sp..net.device..bytes, which is associated with two objects, SP and network device. The metrics commands will accept a metric path with the * replaced by an object, and return only the result for the specified object. The system generates an error if the specified object is not valid.
Description	Description of the metric.
Type	Metric type. Valid values are: rate — A counter difference relative to a unit of time. counter — A monotonically increasing, unsigned quantity. fact — Represents point-in-time information. Fact values should be expected to go up and down. 64 bits counter — A counter of 64 bits. text — Literal.
Unit	Unit measure for the metric.
Availability	Availability of the metric. Value is one of the following: historical — The metric is included in historical metrics collection. real-time — The metric supports real-time subscription. historical, real-time — The metric supports both historical and real-time collection. This attribute does not apply to family, set, and compound metrics.

Manage metrics settings