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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

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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, Cautions, and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Key Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Brocade Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Optional Brocade features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Other Industry Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Getting Technical Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Chapter 1

Fabric Watch Concepts

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Fabric Watch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Introduction to fabric health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Fabric Watch components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Configuring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Event behavior types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Data values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Threshold values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Time bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Event settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Port persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Section	Page
Contents	5
About This Document	9
How This Document Is Organized	9
Supported Hardware and Software	10
What’s New in This Document	10
Document Conventions	11
Text Formatting	11
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings	11
Key Terms	12
Additional Information	12
Brocade Resources	12
Optional Brocade features	14
Other Industry Resources	14
Getting Technical Help	15
Document Feedback	15
Fabric Watch Concepts	17
In this chapter	17
Fabric Watch overview	17
Introduction to fabric health	18
Fabric Watch components	19
Classes	19
Areas	20
Elements	26
Configuring events	27
Event behavior types	27
Data values	28
Threshold values	28
Time bases	29
Event settings	32
Port persistence	34
Notification methods	35
Switch event (error) log entry	35
SNMP trap	35
RAPI trap	36
Port log lock	36
E-mail alert	36
Assigning notification methods	37
Switch policies	37
Interpreting event messages	37
Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch	39
In this chapter	39
Activating Fabric Watch	39
Activating with telnet	39
Activating with Web Tools	40
Accessing Fabric Watch	41
Telnet	41
Web Tools	41
SNMP-based enterprise managers	42
Configuration file	43
Configuring Fabric Watch	45
In this chapter	45
Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds	45
Step 1: Select the class and area to configure	45
Step 2: Configure thresholds	48
Step 3: Configure alarms	53
Step 4: Disable and enable thresholds by port (optional)	58
Configuring notifications	58
Configuring alarm notifications	59
Configuring SNMP notifications	59
Configuring API notifications	59
Configuring Port Log Lock actions	60
Configuring E-mail notifications	60
Configuring switch status policy	62
Step 1: Plan and define your switch status policy	63
Step 2: Implement your switch status policy	64
Step 3: View your switch status policy	64
Configuring FRUs	64
Configuring Fabric Watch using Web Tools	65
Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP	65
Generating Fabric Watch Reports	73
In this chapter	73
Types of Fabric Watch reports	73
SAM report	73
Switch health report	75
Switch status policy report	75
Port detail report	76
Viewing Fabric Watch reports	78
Viewing Fabric Watch reports using telnet	78
Viewing Fabric Watch reports using Web Tools	78
Default Threshold Values	83
In this appendix	83
Overview	83
Environment class	84
Fabric class	86
Performance Monitor class	87
Port class	88
Resource class	91
Security class	91
SFP class	93
Basic Fabric Watch Configuration Guidelines	95
Using Product Name with Configuration Files	97
In this appendix	97
Overview	97
Configuration files	97
Profiles	98

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