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- HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 1
53-1002153-02 15 December 2011 ® Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.x - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 2
any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes .brocade.com/support/oscd. Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Corporate and Latin American Headquarters Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 130 Holger Way San - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 3
to support Fabric OS v4.4.0 features and Brocade 3016 and 4100 switches. Rewrote Chapter 4, "Configuring reset, and DCX4S. November 2008 Updates to support Fabric OS v6.3.0: portThConfig, portFencing, and sysMonitor commands and Brocade 8000 support. July 2009 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 4
state change and link reset areas. • Chapter 8-Added information about the switch status on the power supply for the Brocade DCX 8510-8. • Chapter 9-Removed information regarding custom defined percentage values using Web Tools. December 2011 iv Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 5
xv Supported hardware and software xvi Deprecated hardware platform support xvii What configuration 4 Event behavior configuration 4 Time base configuration 4 Alert configuration 4 Post-processing of messages 4 Class, area, and element hierarchy 5 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 6
9 MIB capability configuration parameters 9 Fabric Watch event settings 9 Triggered event behavior 10 Fabric Watch notification types 11 E-mail alert 11 SNMP traps 11 RASlog (switch event 12 Locked port log 12 Fabric Watch audit messages 12 Data values 13 Fabric Watch support in Access - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 7
Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch 25 Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session 25 Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP 26 Activating Fabric Watch using Web Tools 30 Fabric Watch Configuration In this chapter 31 Fabric - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 8
guidelines 79 Resource class default settings 79 System monitoring Switch monitoring 83 Switch status policy planning 84 FRU monitoring 86 FRU class areas 86 Configuring FRUs 86 Specifying triggers for FRU alarms 87 Recommended FRU settings 87 viii Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 9
Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report 100 Switch Health report 101 Generating a Switch Health report 101 Switch Status Policy report 102 Generating a Switch Status Policy report 102 Port Detail report 103 Generating a Port Detail report 103 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide ix - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 10
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settings 46 Performance Monitor class areas 47 Performance Monitor class default settings 47 End-to-End Performance Monitor class default settings 48 Configuration options for thConfig command 49 16 Gbps and QSFP configurable SFP types 53 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 12
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3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 In-between buffer values 16 Time base set to none 17 Event trigger 18 Above event trigger with buffer zone 19 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 26 Example OID tree 29 Fabric Watch dialog box 90 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xiii 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 14
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xv •Supported hardware and configurations. This chapter discusses configuration files, setting the port persistence time, custom and default configure high and low thresholds, buffers, triggers, and actions on specified ports using the portThConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 16
Switch Yes Brocade DCX, DCX-4S Supported blades: • FC8-16 port blade • FC8-32 port blade • FC8-48 port blade • FC8-64 port blade • FC10-6 port blade • FCOE10-24 DCX blade • FR4-18i router blade • FS8-18 encryption blade • FX8-24 DCX extension blade xvi Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 17
encryption blade • FX8-24 DCX extension blade Access Gateway? Deprecated hardware platform support The following hardware platforms are not supported in the Fabric OS 7.0.0 release. These platforms can interoperate with switches running Fabric OS 7.0.0, but cannot load Fabric OS 7.0.0. • Brocade - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 18
to configure "in-between" buffer values for thresholds that fall between the below high threshold and the above low threshold boundaries. Removed information • All references to deprecated fwconfigure and fwshow commands • Seconds timebase • "In-between" and "Changed" default alarm setting options - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 19
directly to products to warn of these conditions or situations. Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http://www.snia.org/education - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 20
://www.t11.org For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association website: http://www.fibrechannel.org Getting technical help Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. To - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 21
you. Forward your feedback to: [email protected] Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xxi 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 22
What's new in this document xxii Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 23
switch support 8 •Fabric Watch event settings 9 •Fabric Watch notification types 10 •Fabric Watch audit messages 11 •Data values 12 •Fabric Watch support in Access Gateway mode 12 Fabric detected issues and helps you correct failures. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 1 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 24
valid for the life of that platform and across firmware versions that are supported on that platform. Fabric OS includes basic switch and fabric support software, and support for optionally-licensed software that is enabled using license keys. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 25
, ensure that the notification setting for that event is set to zero. Brocade recommends using either SNMP trap alerting to your system management console or event log entry in conjunction with syslog forwarding configured on your switches. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 26
. The default settings are listed in these chapters as well. Post-processing of messages After you have configured thresholds and alerts, determine to where the messages will be sent. Then, monitor the messages frequently and take the appropriate actions. 4 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 27
frame monitor configuration, replacing deprecated advanced performance monitoring commands. Use the fmConfig command to configure, install, and display frame monitors across port ranges on a switch. See the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for details. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 5 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 28
the frame. Since the entire Fibre Channel frame header and many of upper protocol's header fall within the first 64 bytes of a frame, filter-based monitoring can measure different types of traffic transmitted through a port. NOTE Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 29
), and Virtual E_Ports (VE_Ports). NOTE Port fencing is not enabled by default. You must manually enable port fencing. Refer to "Port fencing configuration" on page 69 for instructions. When a port that has exceeded its user-defined thresholds is fenced by the software, the port is placed into - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 30
ports, power supplies, and flash memory. See "Switch status policy planning" on page 82 for information on configuring switch policies. See Chapter 10, "Fabric Watch Reports," for information on viewing the current switch policies using the Switch Status Policy report. Logical switch support Fabric - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 31
your unique environment. You must first use the fwSetToCustom command to switch from default to custom settings, and then use the advanced configuration options provided with the portThConfig, thConfig, and sysMonitor commands to configure event behavior, actions, and time bases at the port level - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 32
@12.com is a valid email address; abc@12 is not. For a recipient to receive the e-mail, you must configure one of the following settings: • Use the dnsConfig command to configure DNS settings to connect the switch the alarm • Source of the trap 10 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 33
managing SANs you may want to filter or audit certain classes of events to ensure that you can view and generate an audit log for what is happening on a switch, particularly for security-related event changes. These events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 34
. See "Setting the high threshold of the RX area of an EE monitor" on page 48 for configuration information. The following classes are not supported in Access Gateway mode: • Fabric • Security • E_Port (Port subclass) • VE_Port (Port subclass) 12 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 35
the values at which potential problems might occur. For example, in configuring a temperature threshold, you can select the temperatures at which a potential problem can occur because of overheating to the thConfig and sysMonitor commands. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 13 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 36
2 Threshold triggers In-between buffer values The below high threshold is the term used to configure "in between" buffer values, as shown in Figure 1. In this example, the high threshold value , the alarm setting must be set to a nonzero value. 14 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 37
message along with a RASlog message when the current threshold exceeds the high threshold limit configured for the following thresholds: • SCSI reservation • Class 3 discards (C3TXT0) • Switch memory usage • Switch flash usage • Switch CPU usage Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 15 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 38
are compared once an hour), minute (samples are compared every minute). This configurable field affects the comparison of sensor-based data with user-defined threshold values. Time base set to none If you set a time is below the threshold limit. 16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 39
only for the following transitions: • IN_RANGE to OUT_OF_RANGE • OUT_OF_RANGE to IN_RANGE No alarm is generated for INFORMATIVE to IN_RANGE (or IN_RANGE to INFORMATIVE). Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 17 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 40
2 Fabric Watch alarm behavior 18 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 41
the classes into which Fabric Watch groups all switch and fabric elements. In some cases, configured using the thConfig command. • Chapter 7, "Port Monitoring" The physical port and its subclass areas and actions are configured using the portThConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 42
into the following areas: EE (end-to-end) Performance Monitor, and Filter Performance Monitor. Note: Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX _Ports. Configure the Performance class using the thConfig command. 20 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 43
but terminates at the switch and does not propagate fabric services from one edge fabric to another. Configure the Port class using supported on VE_Ports. Note: SFPs connected to any GbE ports are not monitored. Configure the SFP class using the thConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 44
3 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements 22 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 45
"Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP" on page 24 for instructions on how to set up SNMP. • Web Tools-Provides a graphical user interface that can be launched from an Internet browser, which allows you to launch a Fabric Watch window to configure switch monitoring settings. Using Web Tools, you can - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 46
the license key exactly as it appears. switch:admin> licenseadd "R9cQ9RcbddUAdRAX" 5. Enter the licenseShow Brocade common MIB file, SW.mib. If this is successful, the system displays a screen similar to Figure 5. FIGURE 5 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 24 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 47
erases the whole line, sysDescr: [Fibre Channel Switch.] sysLocation: [End User Premise.] sysContact: [Field Support.] authTrapsEnabled (true, t, false, f): [false] SNMP community and trap recipient configuration: Community (rw): [Secret C0de] Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 25 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 48
Read/Write? (true, t, false, f): [true] . . . Committing configuration...done. sswitch:admin> 8. Enter the IP address for the switch in the Host field in the MIB browser. Enter the community string in the temperature sensor, will generate traps. 26 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 49
which you are interested. For detailed descriptions of the SNMP fields in both Telnet and Web Tools, see the Fabric OS MIB Reference. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 27 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 50
and password. 4. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree and log in if necessary. 5. Select Tasks > Manage > Fabric Watch. For information about how to configure Fabric Watch using Web Tools, refer to Chapter 9, "Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools". 28 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 51
classes fwClassInit Set the boundary and alarm level to custom or default. Note: These command resets all thresholds for all classes and cannot be configured on individual ports. fwSetToCustom fwSetToDefault Configure Fabric Watch e-mail alerts for all fwMailCfg classes. "Activating Fabric - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 52
75 Show the overall switch status. switchStatusShow Configure FRU state and notifications, and fwFruCfg monitor power supply, fan, and SFP FRUs " "Generating a Port Detail report" on page 101. "Switch Availability Monitor report" on page 98. 30 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 53
commands to switch between custom and default values. These commands reset all thresholds for all classes: • fwSetToCustom - Sets the boundary and alarm level to custom. • fwSetToDefault - Restores the boundary and alarm level to the default. E-mail notification configuration In environments - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 54
done. Email Alert is not enabled! The system returns to the fwMailCfg menu. NOTE To ensure that the mail server address and domain name are configured correctly, use the dnsConfig command. For more details, see the Fabric OS Command Reference. 32 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 55
uses the default value, configuration 2 Set Relay Host IP 3 Remove Relay Host configuration 4 Quit 2. Select 2 to set the relay host IP address. The following message displays: enter the Relay Host IP: 3. Enter the relay host IP address (example: 192.168.39.118). Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 56
make error message searches quicker and easier. Configuring alarm notifications 1. Ensure that notifications appear in the error log by using the following command. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1 The 1 option turns on the alarm notification. 34 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 57
configuration 5 2. Enter the following command if you decide not to have notifications sent. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0 The 0 option by using the fwAlarmsFilterShow command. switch:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow FW: Alarms are enabled Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 35 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 58
5 Notification configuration 36 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 59
alerts you to problems or potential problems with interconnectivity. Fabric class areas Table 3 lists Product Name areas in the Fabric class and describes each area. Although it is recommended that you leave the entire Fabric class in its default state (no alerts), you can configure the Fabric - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 60
't change the default settings for the Fabric class. • Segmentation changes Segmentations only occur in the event of an entire switch failure. In this zone changes can be configured to be recorded in the RASlog, which is the recommended practice. 38 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 61
zoning configurations Unit: Zone changes Time Base: none Low:0 High:0 Buffer: 0 Below:0 Above: 0 Threshold state Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 39 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 62
access request reaches a secure switch from an unauthorized IP address. Illegal command (IV) Commands permitted only to the primary Fibre Channel Switch (FCS) are executed on another switch. Incompatible security DB (ISB) Secure switches with different version stamps have been detected. Login - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 63
configuration. There is no reason to alter the default settings. TABLE 6 Area Security class area default settings Description Default threshold settings Default : minute Low: 1 High: 2 Buffer: 0 Monitors No FCS violations Unit: Violations Time Base: minute Low: 1 High: Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 64
TABLE 6 Area Security class area default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings SLAP failures (FSLAP) 3 Threshold state Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range 42 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 65
leave the entire SFP class in its default state (no alerts), you can configure the SFP class using the thConfig command. NOTE SFPs connected to GbE ports are not monitored. TABLE 7 Area SFP class areas Description Temperature Receive power (RXP) Transmit power (TXP) Current Voltage Measures the - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 66
supporting data for SFP issues. TABLE 8 Area SFP class default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Current Receive power (RXP) Voltage Temperature Transmit power (TXP) Power Informative 44 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 67
not supported on VE_Ports. Performance Monitor class areas Table 9 lists Product Name areas in the Performance Monitor class and describes each area. Although it is recommended that you leave the entire Performance Monitor class in its default state (no alerts), you can configure the Performance - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 68
classes or to display the configuration. It is recommended, however, that you use the default settings for these classes. If configured areas exceed the currently-effective the thConfig command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. 46 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 69
TABLE 12 Class name Configuration options for thConfig command Valid area types Threshold Threshold action Configuration recommendation Fabric ED - Number of E_Ports down FC - Fabric reconfiguration DC - Domain ID changes SC - Segmentation changes ZC - Zone changes FL - Fabric logins Default - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 70
a configured threshold, Fabric Watch generates an SNMP alarm, a RASlog message, and an e-mail alert for the following SFP areas: • Current • Voltage • Temperature • RXP • TXP • Power on Hours (Power on Hours is not supported on the 10 Gbps SFP or the QSFP) 48 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 71
the Brocade Quad SFP (QSFP) and, as with the 16 Gbps SFP, if configured thresholds switch:admin> thmonitor --disable brcdSfp To show the monitoring status of the SFP and QSFP, enter the thMonitor command using the following parameter: switch:admin> thmonitor --show Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 72
switch:admin> thconfig --apply sfp -area TXP --sfptype sfptype TABLE 13 16 Gbps and QSFP configurable SFP types SfpType Serial number Area Default Value 16GSWL HA 16GLWL HB QSFP HT 10GSWL KA 10GLWL KD Temperature (Centigrade) Voltage (mVoltage) RXP (uW) TXP (uW) Current (mAmp) Power - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 73
, the state is green. The SFP can also be in one of the following states: • Paused-health monitoring is not enabled. • No license-the switch does not have the Fabric Watch license. • Unknown-Fabric Watch cannot determine the state of the SFP. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 51 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 74
Configuration E=Error_Log, S=SNMP_Trap, P=Port_LOG_LOCK, M=EMAIL_ALERT, F=Port Fence Class Area Default Custom Unit Time Base Low Thresh High Thresh Buffer Default Custom Below Above Notes Fabric SFP End-to-End None 0 0 0 X EE EE EE EE EE 52 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 75
1 2 0 X E,S TS out-of-sync X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S No FCS X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S Incompatible X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S security DB Illegal commands X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 76
6 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes 54 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 77
default settings 56 •Port configuration 58 •portThConfig command procedures 59 •Port fencing 68 •Recommended port configuration or sends or receives NOS. Both physical and hardware problems can cause link failures. Link failures also frequently occur due Administrator's Guide 55 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 78
configuring the port: • "Physical port setting guidelines" • "E_Port subclass setting guidelines" • "FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines" • "VE_Port class default settings" NOTE E_Ports and VE_Ports are not supported class setting. 56 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 79
in the Port class. TABLE 16 Area Port class default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) Monitors Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 57 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 80
, and VE_Port are different. NOTE The FCU_Port, supported on Fabric Watch version 6.4.0 and later, 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 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 81
overwriting the saved configuration. CAUTION When you use --set with the --nosave option and the switch reboots, your changes are lost. portThConfig command procedures The following sections provides specific examples for the Port class. See "Port class guidelines and default settings" on page - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 82
. See "Monitoring the SFP and QSFP" on page 49 for instructions. NOTE You cannot specify all for all classes but you can specify all for all areas. switch:admin> portthconfig --pause | --continue -area -port 60 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 83
approach for the C3 Discards area. Use the default settings and configure the alarms for Above. The goal is to determine the high boundary at which the port would be fenced, so monitor the high boundary and change the settings accordingly. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 61 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 84
Packet Loss Use the default settings. E_Port class default settings Table 17 provides default settings for areas in 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range 62 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 85
E_Port class default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold minute Low: 0 High: 100 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Link reset Monitors the number of link resets sent by a given port (LR-Out) and received on a given port ( Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 86
is to avoid excessive link resets which can cause back pressure in the fabric. The Link Reset area is new; therefore, recommended settings are not available. Keep the default settings, monitor the results, and adjust your settings accordingly. 64 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 87
a conservative approach for the C3 Discards area. Use the default settings and configure the alarms for Above. The goal is to locate issues : 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 65 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 88
class default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm the trunk at the time of the last poll. Link reset Monitors the number of link resets sent by a given port (LR-Out) and received Out_of_range 66 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 89
found at less than one percent. Now there is support for configuring packet loss percentages in decimals. To set the high configured. Configuring the port persistence time to zero disables this feature. The default value for port persistence is 18 seconds. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 90
supported for Loss of Sync (LOS) and Link Failure (LF) areas. NOTE Port fencing configuration on the VE_Port is not supported on the Brocade Redundancy Checks (CRC) Invalid Transmission Words (ITW) Link Reset (LR) Protocol Error (PE) State Change (ST) Active Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 91
, or refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide for complete inThreshold recommendations for CRC errors and Invalid Words. You can configure a specified port type or a list of port types to enable port fencing for one or more areas. Use the all option to indicate all port types - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 92
for the Link Reset area: portFencing --disable fop_port -area LR Port fencing configuration using DCFM The Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) management application supports port fencing. Port fencing objects include the SAN, Fabrics, Directors, Switches (physical), Virtual Switches, Ports, as well - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 93
Manual for detailed instructions on how to add, edit, view, and remove thresholds. Recommended port configuration settings Table 22 lists the recommended settings for physical port, E_Port, FOP_Port, and FCU_Port for both the host device and the storage device. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 94
Default Custom Below Above Notes 7 Recommended port configuration settings TABLE 22 Recommended configuration for the Port class Trait Configuration Reset X X X X E,S X E,S X X E,S,F pf X E,S,F pf XE E XE E X X X X X E X E 72 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 95
Default Custom Below Above Notes Recommended port configuration settings 7 TABLE 22 Recommended configuration for the Port class (Continued) Trait Configuration Reset E,S E,S E,S E,S,F pf E,S,F pf E E E E E,S E,S E,S E,S,F pf E,S,F pf E E E E Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 73 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 96
7 Recommended port configuration settings 74 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 97
temperature of the switch. You can configure the Environment class switch might occur. NOTE Event Manager (EM) now manages fan monitoring; the switch status is calculated based on fan status reported by EM. You can use the fanShow command to view the fan status. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 98
to alter them. The default alarm configuration, sending alerts to the error log and SNMP, is sufficient. Environment class default settings Table 24 provides default Environment class settings for all switches. Check the appropriate hardware reference manual for differences in actual environmental - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 99
the Resource class. TABLE 26 Resource class default settings Flash Monitors the percentage of compact flash used Unit: Percentage (%) Time base: none Low: 0 High: 90 Buffer: 0 Below: 3 Above: 3 Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 77 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 100
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 --config with the --nosave option and the switch reboots, your changes are lost. 78 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 101
Environment class settings Temperature settings are switch-dependent and there is no need to alter them. The default alarm configuration, sending alerts to the error the following parameters: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show resource -area flash Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 79 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 102
: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show mem Used Memory: 171476k 34% Total Memory: 504344k Free Memory: 332868k Used Memory Limit: 60% Low Used Memory Limit: 40% High Used Memory Limit: 70% Polling Interval: 10 seconds No Of Retries: 1 Actions: snmp,raslog 80 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 103
DCX or the Brocade DCX-4S. For example, if the Down and Marginal configuration is 0 and 1 on the DCX, upon removal of the first core blade, Fabric Watch generates one RASlog for the switch status policy and the other RASlog for the error itself. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 81 53-1002153 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 104
properly reflect the switch status on the power supply. Fabric Watch users must manually update their default configuration for the minimum number of power supplies to three if they have installed more than 256 ports in an 8510-8 chassis. NOTE The presence of four or more FS8-18 encryption blades in - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 105
switch status policy After you have defined and configured your switch switch status. NOTE FCoE and VE ports are not considered in marginal port or faulty port calculations. • Power Supplies-The power supply thresholds detect absent or failed power supplies Administrator's Guide 83 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 106
DCX and Brocade DCX-4S. The Off state is not applicable to the power supply, slot, or WWN FRUs. 1. Establish a Telnet connection with a switch. 2. Log in using administrative privileges. 3. Enter the fwFruCfg command at the command prompt. The fwFruCfg command displays your current FRU configuration - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 107
alarm action. To accept the default value for each FRU, press Return. After you have configured a FRU alarm state and alarm swd123:admin> fwfrucfg The current FRU configuration: Slot Alarm State Alarm Action 1 1 Power Supply 1 1 Fan 1 1 SFP 1 Administrator's Guide 85 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 108
lists the recommended settings for field-replaceable units (FRUs). TABLE 30 Recommended FRU settings Class Area Absent Inserted On FRU Slot X Power Supply X Fan X WWN X Off Faulty X X X X E=ERROR_LOG, M=EMAIL_ALERT Below Above 86 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 109
• Configure Fabric Watch to identify unacceptable values (threshold traits). Opening the Fabric Watch window To open the Fabric Watch window, perform the following steps. 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Watch operations using Web Tools. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 87 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 110
for System Monitor, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. Select either Memory Usage or CPU usage. 3. Modify the values in the Trait Configuration tab. When these values are exceeded, the alarm triggers. 88 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 111
options. 6. Click Apply. Fabric Watch threshold configuration using Web Tools The Threshold Configuration tab enables you to configure event conditions. From this tab, you configure threshold traits, alarms, and e-mail configurations field. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 89 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 112
of alarm configuration information, labeled System Default and Custom Defined. You cannot modify the information in the System Default table. 5. In the Activate Level area: • Click System Default to use the system default settings and proceed to step 7. or 90 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 113
Explorer, select a class. You can set alarms for information on a switch only if that information is monitored by Fabric Watch for that switch; not all alarm options are available for all switches. 3. Select the Threshold Configuration tab. 4. Under Area Selection, select the area with the alarms - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 114
if you want to apply the changes to the switch. 8. Click OK to save the changes to the switch. Configuring alarm filters using Web Tools The Fabric Watch dialog box provides GUI support for the CLI command fwalarmsfilterset. This option is used to configure the alarm filtering for Fabric Watch. By - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 115
the Threshold Configuration tab. 3. Select a previously configured element from Fabric Watch Explorer (for instructions, refer either a fan or a fan FRU, depending on the switch model. TABLE 31 Field Alarm notification table fields Description Name State Administrator's Guide 93 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 116
the alert e-mail address on the switch, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Switch Administration window. 2. Select the Switch tab. 3. In the DNS Configuration area, in the DNS Server 1 field, enter the primary Domain Name Server IP address. You can enter the IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 format - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 117
Select the Email Configuration tab. 3. Optional: Enter the word "NONE" in the Recipient Email Address field. You can disable the e-mail notification without removing the e-mail addresses. 6. Click Apply. 7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for any additional FRU classes. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 118
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you to track marginal or faulty ports that can affect throughput or switch performance. You can generate reports from the command line using a : • Switch Availability Monitor report • Switch Health report • Switch Status Policy report • Port Detail report Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 97 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 120
FC ports. You can run reporting commands in Fabric Watch to get instant access to switch information. Although the switchShow command provides basic switch 0 100 1/11 U 0 0 0 100 1/12 EX 100 0 0 0 1/13 EX 100 0 T 100 0 0 0 98 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 121
Enter the switchStatusShow command to generate a Switch Health report. switch: admin Password: admin> switchstatusshow Switch Health Report Switch Name: Sat 240 IP address: 1080::8:800:200C:417A SwitchState: HEALTHY Duration: 01:10 Power supplies monitor Temperatures monitor Fans monitor - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 122
current overall switch status policy parameters: Down Marginal PowerSupplies Temperatures Fans Flash MarginalPorts 2 2 2 0 6.15% 1 1 1 1 2.25% FaultyPorts MissingSFPs 16.50% 20.00% 12.19% 10.89% ErrorPorts 20.10% Number of Ports: 512 20.96% 100 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 123
the status for physical and virtual FC ports. Generating a Port Detail report 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. . 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 Administrator's Guide 101 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 124
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. 102 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 125
of, 31 configuring email notifications, 96 Fabric Watch thresholds, 91 FRU alarms, 94 threshold alarms, Fabric Watch, 92 configuring alarm notifications, 36 configuring ports, 60 core blades, notification when removed, 83 CPU and memory configuration, 82 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 103 53 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 126
types, 11 reports, 99 role-based access control, 2 support for virtual fabric, 8 switch monitoring components, 5 threshold component hierarchy, 5 thresholds, 91 Fabric Watch configuration configuring e-mail alerts, 31 configuring the FRU state, 32 e-mail notification, 33 initializing Fabric - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 127
72 description of, 7 disabling, 72 enabling, 72 supported ports, 70 port log lock, 12 port monitoring configuration, 32 port persistence, 9 description of, 7 setting, 32 time setting, 69 port reports, how to create, 32 port settings, custom, 60 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 105 53-1002153-02 - HP SN3000B | Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v - Page 128
of, 50 monitoring, 50 support for, 6 R RASlog notification type, 12 RASlog, generation when core blade is removed, 83 RBAC, permissions required for Fabric Watch, 2 relay host configuration displaying, 36 removing, 36 setting, 35 resource class area, 79 default settings, 79 recommended settings
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