HP 4400 HP B-series Fabric OS 7.0.0a Release Notes (5697-0881, June 2011) - Page 10

Fabric Watch Enhancements

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APM (Advanced Performance Monitoring) End to End and Frame Monitoring capability Select Advanced Performance Monitoring capabilities in AG mode are new features introduced in the Fabric OS 7.0.0a release. Two types of performance monitors are supported in AG mode: End-to-End Monitor and Frame Monitor. F_Port Static Mapping This feature allows users to change an existing F to N_Port mapping by executing a single CLI. Here, F_Ports are statically mapped to an N_Port and port properties such as failover/failback/preferred are always disabled. This new static mapping capability is in addition to previously supported F to N_Port mappings where a user must execute multiple CLI commands to map an F_Port to an N_Port. Fabric Watch Enhancements Switch Status Policy enhancements In Fabric OS 7.0.0a, the switch status policy of Fabric Watch has been enhanced as follows: • The new component Error Ports is introduced in the switch status policy to monitor ports that are segmented and disabled due to reasons such as security violations and port fencing. • The unit for thresholds (both default and user defined) of Marginal, Faulty, Error Ports, and Missing SFPs are changed to the percentage of the current number of physical ports present in the switch at a given instance of time, rather than the absolute number of physical ports that a switch can support. The total number of physical ports accounted in the switch status policy during threshold calculation excludes FCoE /VE ports/Internal Ports. Support for multiple email recipients for Fabric Watch Events The Fabric Watch email alert feature notifies the user of events through a configured email address. In pre-Fabric OS 7.0.0a releases, Fabric Watch allowed users to configure a single email recipient for each class to receive the email alerts. In Fabric OS 7.0.0a, this feature is enhanced to configure multiple email recipients. A maximum of five recipients per class can be configured using the fwMailCfg command. Advanced SFP monitoring based on SFP type In Fabric OS 7.0.0a Fabric Watch can monitor voltage, current, RXP (receive power), TXP (transmit power), temperature and operational hours of 16 Gbps SFP+. Fabric Watch monitors voltage, temperature, RXP, and current for the 16 Gbps QSFP media. Fabric Watch monitors voltage, temperature, RXP, TXP and current for the 10 Gbps FC SFP+. Fabric Watch applies sfptype based thresholds for SFP monitoring. If Fabric Watch does not find the SFP's sfptype in its threshold database, it applies pre-Fabric OS 7.0.0a thresholds on the SFP. 10

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APM (Advanced Performance Monitoring) End to End and Frame Monitoring capability
Select Advanced Performance Monitoring capabilities in AG mode are new features introduced in
the Fabric OS 7.0.0a release. Two types of performance monitors are supported in AG mode:
End-to-End Monitor and Frame Monitor.
F_Port Static Mapping
This feature allows users to change an existing F to N_Port mapping by executing a single CLI. Here,
F_Ports are statically mapped to an N_Port and port properties such as failover/failback/preferred
are always disabled. This new static mapping capability is in addition to previously supported F to
N_Port mappings where a user must execute multiple CLI commands to map an F_Port to an N_Port.
Fabric Watch Enhancements
Switch Status Policy enhancements
In Fabric OS 7.0.0a, the switch status policy of Fabric Watch has been enhanced as follows:
•
The new component
Error Ports
is introduced in the switch status policy to monitor ports that are
segmented and disabled due to reasons such as security violations and port fencing.
•
The unit for thresholds (both default and user defined) of Marginal, Faulty, Error Ports, and Missing
SFPs are changed to the percentage of the current number of physical ports present in the switch
at a given instance of time, rather than the absolute number of physical ports that a switch can
support. The total number of physical ports accounted in the switch status policy during threshold
calculation excludes FCoE /VE ports/Internal Ports.
Support for multiple email recipients for Fabric Watch Events
The Fabric Watch email alert feature notifies the user of events through a configured email address.
In pre-Fabric OS 7.0.0a releases, Fabric Watch allowed users to configure a single email recipient
for each class to receive the email alerts. In Fabric OS 7.0.0a, this feature is enhanced to configure
multiple email recipients. A maximum of five recipients per class can be configured using the
fwMailCfg
command.
Advanced SFP monitoring based on SFP type
In Fabric OS 7.0.0a Fabric Watch can monitor voltage, current, RXP (receive power), TXP (transmit
power), temperature and operational hours of 16 Gbps SFP+. Fabric Watch monitors voltage,
temperature, RXP, and current for the 16 Gbps QSFP media. Fabric Watch monitors voltage,
temperature, RXP, TXP and current for the 10 Gbps FC SFP+.
Fabric Watch applies
sfptype
based thresholds for SFP monitoring. If Fabric Watch does not find
the SFP
’
s
sfptype
in its threshold database, it applies pre-Fabric OS 7.0.0a thresholds on the SFP.
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