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7 Port configuration Port configuration Use the portThConfig command to configure thresholds for Fabric Watch event monitoring for all ports of a specified type and to display the configuration and current port status in real time. The command syntax is detailed in the Fabric OS Command Reference Guide. Before you configure thresholds, you must first identify and select the appropriate class and areas, which are described in "Port class areas" on page 57. Custom port settings If you want to customize threshold and action settings (alarms), start with "Port class guidelines and default settings" on page 59. Setting guidelines and default settings for the physical port, E_Port, FOP_Port, FCU_Port, and VE_Port are different. NOTE The FCU_Port, supported on Fabric Watch version 6.4.0 and higher, is applicable to copper ports. The portThConfig command follows a transaction model. When you configure thresholds and actions with the --set option, the changes are saved persistently to non-volatile storage, but the changes do not become effective until you execute portThconfig --apply. The --apply option allows you to toggle between default settings and your own saved custom configuration and to apply actions and thresholds separately. You may choose to use default thresholds together with a customized subset of available actions, or you may modify some of the thresholds and use the default actions. Use the -nosave option to save the configuration non-persistently, and use --cancel to remove a non-persistent configuration. NOTE The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for more information and for details about the portThConfig command. Using the nosave command The nosave command prevents the configuration changes from being saved persistently. This option allows you to make and view changes without overwriting the saved configuration. CAUTION When you use --set with the --nosave option and the switch reboots, your changes are lost. 68 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01

Section	Page
About This Document	15
In this chapter	15
How this document is organized	15
Supported hardware and software	16
What’s new in this document	16
New information	16
Changed information	17
Removed information	17
Document conventions	17
Text formatting	17
Notes, cautions, and warnings	18
Key terms	18
Additional information	18
Other industry resources	19
Getting technical help	19
Document feedback	20
Fabric Watch	21
In this chapter	21
Fabric health	21
Fabric Watch overview	22
Role-based access control	22
Fabric Watch licensing	22
Fabric Watch threshold components	23
Switch monitoring components	23
Fabric events monitoring	23
Performance monitoring	23
Security monitoring	24
SFP monitoring	24
Port monitoring	24
System resource monitoring	26
Threshold monitoring using SNMP tables	27
MIB capability configuration parameters	27
Fabric Watch event settings	27
Types of event behaviors	28
Fabric Watch notification types	29
E-mail alert	29
SNMP traps	29
RASlog (switch event)	30
Locked port log	30
Fabric Watch audit messages	30
Data values	31
Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings	31
Monitoring	32
Threshold and action configuration	32
Event behavior configuration	32
Time base configuration	32
Alert configuration	33
Post-processing of messages	33
Fabric Watch Thresholds	35
In this chapter	35
Threshold values	35
High and low thresholds	35
Buffer values	35
Time bases	37
Time base set to none	37
Time base set to other than none	37
Threshold triggers	39
Above event trigger	39
Below event trigger	40
Changed event trigger	40
Fabric Watch alarm behavior	41
Fabric Watch Threshold Components	43
In this chapter	43
Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements	43
Classes	43
Class areas	43
Elements	44
Fabric Watch Activation	47
In this chapter	47
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch	47
Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session	47
Activating Fabric Watch using Web Tools	48
Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP	49
Fabric Watch Configuration	53
In this chapter	53
Fabric Watch configuration tasks	53
Setting Fabric Watch custom and default values	55
E-mail notification configuration	55
Showing e-mail configuration information	55
Disabling an e-mail alert	56
Enabling an e-mail alert	56
Sending a test e-mail message	57
Setting recipient e-mail address for e-mail alert	57
Setting the relay host IP address	58
Displaying the relay host configuration	58
Removing the relay host configuration	58
Notification configuration	59
Configuring alarm notifications	59
Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring	61
In this chapter	61
Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings	61
Fabric class areas	61
Fabric monitoring setting guidelines	62
Fabric class default settings	63
Security monitoring guidelines and default settings	64
Security class areas	64
Security monitoring setting guidelines	64
Security class default settings	65
SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings	67
SFP class areas	67
SFP monitoring setting guidelines	67
SFP class default settings	68
Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings	69
Performance Monitor class areas	69
Performance monitoring setting guidelines	69
Performance Monitor class default settings	69
Configuration options for thConfig command	71
Customizing thConfig command settings	72
Using the nosave command	72
thConfig command restriction	72
Example of thConfig command	73
Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security monitoring	74
Port Monitoring	77
In this chapter	77
Port class areas	77
Port class guidelines and default settings	79
Physical port setting guidelines	79
Port class default settings	79
E_Port subclass setting guidelines	81
E_Port class default settings	82
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines	84
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass default settings	85
VE_Port class default settings	87
Port configuration	88
Custom port settings	88
Using the nosave command	88
portThConfig command procedures	89
Port type: physical port	89
Port type: E_Port	90
Setting the port persistence time	94
Port fencing	94
Recommended high port fencing thresholds	95
Recommended low port fencing thresholds	95
Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command	95
Port fencing configuration using DCFM	96
Recommended port configuration settings	98
System Monitoring	101
In this chapter	101
Environment monitoring	101
Environment class area	101
Environment monitoring setting guidelines	102
Environment class default settings	102
Resource class settings	104
Resource class area	104
Resource class setting guidelines	104
Resource class default settings	104
System monitoring using the sysMonitor command	105
Canceling sysMonitor command configurations	105
Using the nosave command	105
Environment class settings	106
CPU and memory	107
Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings	108
Switch monitoring	109
Switch status policy planning	109
FRU monitoring	111
FRU class areas	111
Configuring FRUs	111
Specifying triggers for FRU alarms	112
Recommended FRU settings	113
Fabric Watch Reports	115
In this chapter	115
Fabric Watch reports	115
Switch Availability Monitor report	116
Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report	116
Switch Health report	117
Generating a Switch Health report	117
Switch Status Policy report	118
Generating a Switch Status Policy report	118
Port Detail report	119
Generating a Port Detail report	119
In this appendix	121
Port threshold configuration using the fwConfigure command	121
Setting port thresholds using the fwConfigure command	122
Refreshing a threshold configuration	124
Disabling a threshold configuration	124
Enabling a threshold	125
Enabling and disabling all port thresholds	125
Changing the threshold boundary level	126
Configuring port fencing using the fwConfigure command	129
Advanced options using the fwConfigure command	132
Changing the numerical values of notification methods	134

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Port configuration

Use the

portThConfig

command to configure thresholds for Fabric Watch event monitoring for all

ports of a specified type and to display the configuration and current port status in real time. The

command syntax is detailed in the

Fabric OS Command Reference Guide

Before you configure thresholds, you must first identify and select the appropriate class and areas,

which are described in

“Port class areas”

on page 57.

Custom port settings

If you want to customize threshold and action settings (alarms), start with

“Port class guidelines

and default settings”

on page 59. Setting guidelines and default settings for the physical port,

E_Port, FOP_Port, FCU_Port, and VE_Port are different.

NOTE

The FCU_Port, supported on Fabric Watch version 6.4.0 and higher, is applicable to copper ports.

The

portThConfig

command follows a transaction model. When you configure thresholds and

actions with the

--set

option, the changes are saved persistently to non-volatile storage, but the

changes do not become effective until you execute

portThconfig --apply

. The

--apply

option allows

you to toggle between default settings and your own saved custom configuration and to apply

actions and thresholds separately. You may choose to use default thresholds together with a

customized subset of available actions, or you may modify some of the thresholds and use the

default actions. Use the

-nosave

option to save the configuration non-persistently, and use

--cancel

to remove a non-persistent configuration.

NOTE

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be

in place. Refer to the

Fabric OS Command Reference Manual

for more information and for details

about the

portThConfig

command.

Using the nosave command

The

nosave

command prevents the configuration changes from being saved persistently. This

option allows you to make and view changes without overwriting the saved configuration.

CAUTION

When you use --set with the --nosave option and the switch reboots, your changes are lost.