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About This Document In this chapter •How this document is organized xvii •Supported hardware and software xviii •What's new in this document xix •Document conventions xx •Additional information xxi •Document feedback xxiii How this document is organized This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as possible. This document contains the following components: • Chapter 1, "About Fabric Watch," provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits of its use. It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration. • Chapter 2, "Fabric Watch Best Practices" describes some of the modifications Fabric Watch users should consider when configuring their implementation. • Chapter 3, "Fabric Watch components," describes the components (class, area, and element) associated with every monitored behavior. • Chapter 4, "Fabric Watch threshold concepts," explains the concept of high and low thresholds and buffer values and provides examples of various threshold settings. • Chapter 5, "Fabric Watch activation," describes the Fabric Watch requirements, provides an overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch through each interface. • Chapter 6, "Fabric Watch basic configurations," describes how to configure thresholds using either the fwConfigure command or the portThConfig command and how to configure notification alerts and events. • Chapter 7, "Port fencing," describes how to configure the optional port fencing feature. • Chapter 8, "Advanced configuration" describes how to configure advanced configuration options and lists the advanced configuration options. • Chapter 9, "Fabric Watch Reports," describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and the methods of accessing each. • Chapter 10, "Switch and FRU configuration" lists the switch status policy factors that affect the health of the switch and describes how to set and view status policies. It also details how to configure FRUs. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xvii 53-1001342-01

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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
xvii
53-1001342-01
About This Document
In this chapter
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvii
Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xviii
What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xix
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xx
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xxiii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
This document contains the following components:
Chapter 1, “About Fabric Watch,”
provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits of
its use. It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration.
Chapter 2, “Fabric Watch Best Practices”
describes some of the modifications Fabric Watch
users should consider when configuring their implementation.
Chapter 3, “Fabric Watch components,”
describes the components (class, area, and element)
associated with every monitored behavior.
Chapter 4, “Fabric Watch threshold concepts,”
explains the concept of high and low thresholds
and buffer values and provides examples of various threshold settings.
Chapter 5, “Fabric Watch activation,”
describes the Fabric Watch requirements, provides an
overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch through each
interface.
Chapter 6, “Fabric Watch basic configurations,”
describes how to configure thresholds using
either the fwConfigure command or the portThConfig command and how to configure
notification alerts and events.
Chapter 7, “Port fencing,”
describes how to configure the optional port fencing feature.
Chapter 8, “Advanced configuration”
describes how to configure advanced configuration
options and lists the advanced configuration options.
Chapter 9, “Fabric Watch Reports,”
describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and
the methods of accessing each.
Chapter 10, “Switch and FRU configuration”
lists the switch status policy factors that affect the
health of the switch and describes how to set and view status policies. It also details how to
configure FRUs.