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- HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 1
53-0000438-01 15 June 2007 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 2
and does not set forth any warranty, expressed or implied, concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document copy of the programming source code, please visit http:// www.brocade.com/support/oscd. - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 3
Corporate Headquarters Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 1745 Technology Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Tel: 1-408-333-8000 Fax: support Fabric OS v4.4.0 features and Brocade 3016 and 4100 switches. Rewrote Chapter 4, "Configuring Fabric Watch." September 2004 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 4
features and the FC4-16IP and FC4-48 port blades. Removed references to Brocade 3014 and 3016, as embedded switches are not supported in Fabric OS v5.2.0. September 2006 Updates to support Fabric OS v5.3.0, implementation of IPV6. June 2007 iv Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 5
Contents About This Document How This Document Is Organized ix Supported Hardware and Software x What's New in This Document x Document Conventions xi Text Formatting xi Notes values 12 Time bases 13 Event settings 16 Port persistence 18 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 6
19 RAPI trap 20 Port log lock 20 E-mail alert 20 Assigning notification methods 21 Switch policies 21 Interpreting event messages 21 Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch In this chapter 23 44 Configuring E-mail notifications 44 vi Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 7
Reports In this chapter 57 Types of Fabric Watch reports 57 SAM report 57 Switch health report 59 Switch status policy report 59 Port detail report 60 Viewing Fabric Watch reports 62 Viewing 81 Configuration files 81 Profiles 82 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide vii 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 8
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is an administrator's guide to help you use the Fabric Watch product to monitor and improve fabric health. This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 5.3.0 and all switches running Fabric OS v5.3.0. For a list of supported hardware for this release, see "Supported Hardware and Software - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 10
parts of procedures apply only to specific switches. This document does not support all 5.x Fabric OS versions. This document is specific to Fabric OS v5.3.0. To you change the default settings. See the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information on the Administrative Domains feature. • Web - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 11
guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically . CAUTION A caution alerts you to potential damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. WARNING A warning alerts you to potential - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 12
the Brocade Glossary. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary. Additional Information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that may be helpful. BROCADE - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 13
Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure • Mid-Mount Rack Kit Installation Procedure Brocade 7500 • Brocade 7500 Hardware Reference Manual • Brocade 7500 QuickStart Guide • Brocade 7500 Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure • Brocade Mid Sized Power Supply Replacement Procedure Brocade 7600 • Brocade 7600 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 14
) • Brocade 3250/3850 QuickStart Guide (for v4.x software) Brocade 200E • Brocade 200E Hardware Reference Manual (for v5.x software) For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through: http://www.amazon.com - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 15
Information - Technical Support contract number, if applicable - Switch model - Switch operating system version - Error numbers and messages received - supportSave command output - Detailed description of the problem and specific questions - Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 16
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Watch is an optional storage area network (SAN) health monitor software for Brocade switches running Fabric OS v2.2 or higher. It enables each switch to constantly monitor its SAN fabric for potential faults and to automatically alert you to problems long before they become costly failures. Fabric - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 18
event, Fabric Watch adds an entry to the internal event log for an individual switch, which stores up to 1024 error messages. • Lock port log Following an event SAN, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Introduction to fabric health Fabric health refers to the capability of the fabric to support - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 19
thresholds. You can configure Fabric Watch to provide notification before problems arise, such as reporting when network traffic through a port using the Port class and monitoring specific to a type of port using the E_Port class. Ports connected to another switch can trigger events based on either - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 20
switch resides and the internal environment of the switch. For example, an Environment-class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems problems or potential problems supported on VE, EX, and VEX ports. Port Enables you to set additional thresholds, specific breach your SAN security, switch - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 21
areas Area Description Fan Power Supply Temperature Refers to the speed of the fans inside the switch, in revolutions per minute. It is important that the fans spin quickly enough to keep . • A principal link has segmented from the fabric. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 5 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 22
Domain conflicts. • Segmentation of the principal link between two switches. SFP State Changes Indicates whether the state of the SFP changed. State of a WWN card has changed. Supported FRU areas depend on the type of Brocade switches. For nonmodular switches such as the Brocade 3250, 3850, 3900, - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 23
Channel frame. Invalid CRC messages occur when the number of CRC errors in Fibre Channel frames for specific source ID (S_ID) and destination ID (D_ID) pairs change. These messages can also be caused Transmit Performance area to tune your network. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 7 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 24
hardware problems can cause link failures. Link failures frequently occur due to a loss of synchronization. Check for concurrent loss of synchronization errors and, if applicable, troubleshoot those percentages) are not applicable to VE_Ports. 8 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 25
appears in the ERRLOG. A serial violation occurs when a secure switch detects an unauthorized serial port connection request. An SES violation occurs when an SES (SCSI Enclosed Services) request reaches a secure switch from an unauthorized WWN. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 9 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 26
threshold, the SFP is deteriorating. ELEMENTS Product Name defines an element as any fabric or switch component that the software monitors. Within each area, the number of elements is equivalent to the temperature area of the environment class. 10 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 27
threshold values, time bases, and event settings. You cannot change data values; these represent switch behavior that is updated by the software. EVENT BEHAVIOR TYPES Based on the number of port fails, it sends you another notification. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 11 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 28
, you can select the temperatures at which a potential problem can occur due to both overheating and freezing. You can compare high and low thresholds with a data value. The units of measurement are the same as that of the associated data. 12 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 29
a data value against a threshold boundary level. When the absolute value of the measuring counter exceeds the threshold boundary, an event is triggered. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 13 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 30
threshold of 2 is specified to trigger an event. A time base of minute is defined. An event occurs only if the rate of change in the specific interval (one minute in this example) is across the threshold boundary. It should be either higher than the high threshold limit or lower than the - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 31
this case, the calculated rate of change in the data value is always less than or equal to the high threshold of 2. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 15 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 32
the high threshold. Figure 6 shows an Above event trigger with a buffer zone. The Above event trigger occurs when the counter crosses 16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 33
can render it virtually useless. For example, this trigger type is appropriate for FRU failures. It is not appropriate for temperature monitoring. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 17 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 34
become a source of frequent event messages (the data can exceed the threshold range and return to a value within the threshold range). 18 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 35
The switch event (error) log holds up to 1024 entries. This error log stores event information but does not actively send alerts. Use the errShow command to view the log. Log entries can also trigger SNMP traps if the SNMP agent is configured. When the SNMP agent is configured to a specific error - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 36
a designated proxy switch. The host API automatically configures the proxy switch, based on firmware version. The switch forwards the information to a server and alerts the SAN manager to event within a minute; this prevents memory shortages. 20 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 37
31 allows all of the notification types. Switch policies Switch policies are a series of rules that define specific states for the overall switch. Fabric OS interacts with Fabric Watch using these Log, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 21 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 38
1 Interpreting event messages 22 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 39
of the current domain. However, the thresholds can be changed only if the local switch is a member of the current Admin Domain. For more information on the Administrative Domain feature, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Use telnet or Web Tools to activate Fabric Watch, as described next. Web - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 40
the license key exactly as it appears. switch:admin> licenseadd "R9cQ9RcbddUAdRAX" 4. To verify your Web browser, type the switch name or the IP address of the switch in the Address field (for OK. The Switch Explorer launches. 6. Click the Admin button on the switch panel. The Switch Admin view - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 41
details about Fabric Watch operations for each interface are provided later in this guide. User interfaces include: • "Telnet," next • "Web Tools" on the Fabric Watch View. • Upload and download the configuration file using the Configure tab on the Switch Admin screen. • View and configure the FRU - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 42
fabric and switch elements. • Query and modify threshold and alarm configurations. • Receive alarm notification via SNMP traps. • View and configure the mail database. NOTE The following instructions apply to MIB tree that you can navigate. 26 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 43
. Uploading and downloading a configuration file to multiple switches efficiently populates your SAN with consistent Fabric Watch settings. For details about configuration file usage, see Appendix , "Using Product Name with Configuration Files". NOTE A non-disruptive firmware download might fail if - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 44
2 Accessing Fabric Watch 28 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 45
29 • Configuring notifications 42 • Configuring switch status policy 46 • Configuring FRUs 48 , depending on the software version and the switch hardware. You can create custom threshold configurations to to a specific class and area, use the fwConfigure command from a telnet prompt - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 46
for configuration. The Quit menu item, which is the default, exits the fwConfigure menu. NOTE Switches with embedded ports or copper ports, the fwConfigure menu has 13 menu items. An additional menu 8/24 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled 30 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 47
the last event The last detected state of the element See Chapter 1, "Fabric Watch Concepts" for more details about classes and areas. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 31 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 48
but you want to monitor only 8 of them because the remaining 2 are experiencing performance problems. If you disable monitoring for an element, Fabric Watch does not display this information for 216 eportRXPerf216 8/24 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled 32 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 49
eportRXPerf221 8/29 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled inBetween Fri Oct 21 14:21:07 2005 0 Percentage(%)/min Informative 222 eportRXPerf222 8/30 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 33 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 50
behavior type 11 : change threshold alarm level 2 : change behavior interval 12 : change changed alarm 3 : change threshold boundary level 13 : change belowalarm 34 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 51
Index ThresholdName 216 eportRXPerf216 217 eportRXPerf217 218 eportRXPerf218 219 eportRXPerf219 220 eportRXPerf220 221 eportRXPerf221 BehaviorType Triggered 1 Triggered 1 Triggered 1 Triggered 1 Triggered 1 Triggered 1 BehaviorInt Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 35 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 52
alarm 3 : change threshold boundary level 13 : change belowalarm 4 : change custom unit 14 : change abovealarm 5 : change custom timebase 15 : change inBetween alarm 36 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 53
Custom The Fabric OS default settings User-defined settings Use the following commands to switch between custom and default values: - fwSetToCustom Sets the boundary and alarm level to 19). To calculate the values to specify in your alarms: Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 37 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 54
0 0 Percentage(%) Threshold alarmlevel is set at: Default Errlog-1, SnmpTrap-2, PortLogLock-4 RapiTrap-8, EmailAlert-16 Valid alarm matrix is 31 DefaultCustom Changed 0 0 Below 0 0 38 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 55
custom timebase 15 : change inBetween alarm 6 : change custom low 16 : apply threshold alarm changes 7 : change custom high 17 : cancel threshold alarm changes Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 39 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 56
your alarm setting configuration is in effect, remember to change the alarm level to Custom and then apply the alarm settings. 40 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 57
element. The change is volatile because this option is not saved to flash memory. Every time the switch is rebooted, this option is reset. This value is effective only when the behavior type is set column. The required notification methods Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 41 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 58
of an alarm condition through a notification. The tasks for configuring notifications using Fabric Watch are: • "Configuring alarm notifications" on page 43 42 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 59
the Fabric OS Command Reference and the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. CONFIGURING API NOTIFICATIONS In the Brocade Fabric OS API, notifications access critical information about a Brocade SAN. Using Fabric OS API, an application can query or control individual switches or the entire fabric. You - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 60
. 2. Type the number corresponding to the class for which the e-mail configuration should be displayed. Fabric Watch displays information such as: 44 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 61
test mail 1. Type 4 in the fwMailCfg menu (shown in Figure 21) to test the mail configuration for a specific class. The Config Show menu (shown in Figure 22) displays. 2. Select a class to test. If the e- displays: Email has not been sent. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 45 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 62
responsible for the specific class of switch using the following terms: • Healthy Every contributor is working and therefore healthy, or when the contributing parameter is not being tracked for switch status; when the switch status policy parameter is zero. 46 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 63
calculated based on the most severe status of all contributors. NOTE Policy parameters with a value of zero are not considered when calculating the switch status. See the Web Tools Administrator's Guide for more details about configuring status events using Web Tools. STEP 1: PLAN AND DEFINE YOUR - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 64
of thresholds does not apply. To configure FRUs: 1. Establish a telnet connection with a switch. 2. Log in using administrative privileges. 3. Enter the fwFruCfg command at the command prompt Slot 31 1 Power Supply 0 0 Fan 0 0 48 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 65
is 25. Configuring Fabric Watch using Web Tools To configure Fabric Watch using Web Tools, see the Web Tools Administrator's Guide. Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP NOTE The instructions given in this procedure apply to the AdventNet MIB browser. The procedure might vary if you use other MIB - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 66
navigated. 3. Start a telnet session with the switch, and enter the snmpMibCapSet command at the prompt swd77:admin> snmpmibcapset The SNMP Mib/Trap Capability has been set to support FE-MIB SW-MIB FA-MIB SW-TRAP FA-TRAP FA-MIB ( y, no, n): [no] 50 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 67
erases the whole line, sysDescr: [Fibre Channel Switch.] sysLocation: [End User Premise.] sysContact: [Field Support.] authTrapsEnabled (true, t, false, f): [false] ...done. swd77:admin> FIGURE 26 Configuring SNMP management host IP address Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 51 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 68
3 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 4. Enter the IP address for the switch in the Host field in the MIB browser. Enter the community string in the Community field. To for traps (see Figure 27). FIGURE 27 Trap Viewer listening for traps 52 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 69
find the Fabric Watch OID information. To find the OID, use the following hierarchy: SW-MIB, bcsi, commDev, fibrechannel, fcSwitch, sw, swFwSystem. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 70
screen similar to the one shown in Figure 29. FIGURE 29 Example OID tree 7. Obtain the specific identifier for the element that will be modified. To get the identifier, click the swFwThresholdTable and interested. Figure 29 shows a sample screen. 54 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 71
to each field before performing a get or write operation. For example, to get and modify information specific to the resFlash000 element, select one of the fields and append "83.1" in the Object ID field . d. Select Set from the Operations menu. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 55 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 72
3 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 56 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 73
enable you to track marginal or faulty ports that can affect throughput or the switch performance. You can run reports on the command line using a telnet session, U 0 0 0 100 1/1 U 0 0 0 100 1/2 U 0 0 0 100 1/3 U 0 0 0 100 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 57 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 74
number of faults experienced on the port The percentage of time that the port is inactive for reasons other than a fault. 58 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 75
on the WWN, Blade, and CP. For non-modular switches such as the Brocade 3250, 3850, 3900, 4100, and 5000, the WWN, Blade, and CP information is not displayed. Type the switchStatusPolicyShow command to generate a switch status policy report. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 59 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 76
ports. Example: Port detail report Port Detail Report Report time: 04/24/2007 03:40:10 AM Switch Name:geo_hi IP address:1080::8:800:200C:417A Port Exception report [by All] --------Port-Errors SFP-Errors OFFLINE 062:17 095 DP OFFLINE 062:17 60 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 77
on the switch status policy. STM SFP temperature is out of specifications SRX SFP receive power is out of specifications STX SFP transmit power is out of specifications SCU SFP current is out of specifications SVO SFP voltage is out of specifications Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 61 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 78
f fwPortDetailShow --s o Port failure rate report Switch health report Switch status policy report Port detail report To view WEB TOOLS To view Fabric Watch reports using Web Tools, connect to a switch using a web browser, and select the report button (shown in Figure 31). FIGURE 31 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 79
View window The Web Tools report view window contains choices to view the switch health, port detail, or SAM report. NOTE The switch status policy report is not available through Web Tools. Viewing reports To view the report tree in the window. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 63 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 80
at the top of the report. • Options-Select the type of report to generate by clicking one of the following options: 64 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 81
Viewing Fabric Watch reports 4 - Switch Health - SAM - Port Detail If you select the Port Detail option, you can filter the ports for which the report used to format the report screen. View schema Use this option to view the XML source code. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 65 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 82
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all of the default values used for the default Fabric Watch configuration settings when running Fabric OS v5.3.0 on the following Brocade switches: • Brocade 200E • Brocade 3250 • Brocade 3850 • Brocade 3900 • Brocade 4100 • Brocade 4900 • Brocade 5000 • Brocade 7500 • Brocade 7600 • Brocade 24000 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 84
hardware-dependent. Check the appropriate hardware reference manual for differences in environmental requirements. NOTE For threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Monitors switch fan speed in RPMs Unit: RPM Time Base In_range 68 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 85
Threshold state Power Supply Temperature Monitors power supply condition Monitors switch temperature in Celsius Unit: 1/0 (OK/FAULTY) Time Base Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 69 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 86
class. These defaults are hardware-dependent. Check the appropriate Hardware Reference Manual for differences in environmental requirements. TABLE 20 Fabric class threshold defaults Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative 70 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 87
to-end and AL_PA CRC counters are not supported on the Brocade 200E switch, 4100 switch, and 48000 director. Table 22 provides default In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 71 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 88
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative 72 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 89
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 73 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 90
Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range 74 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 91
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 75 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 92
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range 76 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 93
SFP class Table 29 provides default settings for areas in the SFP class. NOTE SFPs connected to GbE ports are not monitored. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 77 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 94
Out_of_range Out_of_range Informative Changed: 0 Below: 1 Above: 1 In-Between: 1 Informative Out_of_range Out_of_range Normal Changed: 0 Below: 1 Above: 1 In-Between: 0 Informative Out_of_range Out_of_range Normal 78 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 95
to defining custom thresholds to meet a specific objective. This section discusses some of or no practical value to the SAN administrator. • Consolidating multiple messages, generated the event setting is continuous, consider switching to triggered. A continuous event setting Guide 79 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 96
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file usage: configuration files and profiles. Configuration files You can manually edit the configuration file to ensure that the settings meet your needs. NOTE Fabric Watch supports non-disruptive configuration download. After downloading the configuration file, a reboot is not required. To custom - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 98
is most appropriate to your particular SAN needs. To configure Product Name with Web site at http://www.brocade.com/support/mibs_rsh/index.jsp 3. Open your configuration file download your updated configuration to your switch, enter the configDownload command. 82 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 99
17 class environment, 4 fabric, 4 FRU, 4 Performace Monitor, 4 port, 4 resource, 4 security, 4 SFP, 4 classes, 3 examples of, 3 subclasses, 3 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 commands configdownload, 81 configupload, 81 fwclassinit, 24 fwconfigreload, 81 fwconfigure, 25 fwfrucfg, 25 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 100
26 SNMP trap, 19 specifying a time base, 14 switch event (error) log entry, 19 switch policies, 21 switch status down, 47 healthy, 46 marginal, 47 switch status policy, 46 system requirements, 23 T Table, 25 using Fabric Watch configuration file, 81 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 101
V values, default, 67 W Web Tools capabilities, 25 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 85 53-0000438-01 - HP AA979A | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5 - Page 102
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Fabric Watch
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0