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Chapter Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch 2 In this chapter • Activating Fabric Watch 23 • Accessing Fabric Watch 25 Activating Fabric Watch Fabric Watch must be activated on each switch individually before use. NOTE If the Administrative Domain feature is enabled on the switch, the local switch must be a member of the current Admin Domain in order for the Fabric Watch feature to be fully usable: - CLI: Fabric Watch commands cannot be used, except the fwPortDetailShow command. It will still show filtered output in Admin Domain context even if the local switch is not a member of the current domain. - Web Tools: Web Tools allows view-only access to all threshold configuration values even if the local switch is not a member 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 Tools offers a user-friendly graphical interface that most users find convenient. After it is activated, configure Fabric Watch to monitor your system and its health, as described in Chapter 3, "Configuring Fabric Watch". ACTIVATING WITH TELNET To activate Fabric Watch using telnet commands: 1. Log in as admin. 2. Type licenseShow at the prompt to view a list of activated licenses. swd21:admin> licenseshow SedQyzdQbdTfeRzZ: Web license Zoning license bedR9dyyzzcfeSAW: Fabric license Scy9SbRQd9VdzATb: Fabric Watch license Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 23 53-0000438-01

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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
23
53-0000438-01
Chapter
2
Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch
In this chapter
Activating Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Accessing Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Activating Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch must be activated on each switch individually before use.
NOTE
If the Administrative Domain feature is enabled on the switch, the local switch must be a member
of the current Admin Domain in order for the Fabric Watch feature to be fully usable:
- CLI: Fabric Watch commands cannot be used, except the
fwPortDetailShow
command. It will still
show filtered output in Admin Domain context even if the local switch is not a member of the current
domain.
- Web Tools: Web Tools allows view-only access to all threshold configuration values even if the local
switch is not a member 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 Tools offers a user-friendly
graphical interface that most users find convenient.
After it is activated, configure Fabric Watch to monitor your system and its health, as described in
Chapter 3, “Configuring Fabric Watch”
.
ACTIVATING WITH TELNET
To activate Fabric Watch using telnet commands:
1.
Log in as admin.
2.
Type
licenseShow
at the prompt to view a list of activated licenses.
swd21:admin>
licenseshow
SedQyzdQbdTfeRzZ:
Web license
Zoning license
bedR9dyyzzcfeSAW:
Fabric license
Scy9SbRQd9VdzATb:
Fabric Watch license