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user's guide version 2.2 Fabric Watch www.hp.com - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 2
other brands, product or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify products of services of their respective owners enhanced product usage. Note Denotes significant concepts or operating instructions. CAUTION Denotes a hazard that can cause hardware or - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 3
CONTENTS Revision History 5 Preface 7 About This Guide 7 Related Publications 8 Getting Help 8 Getting Software Updates 9 1 Introducing Fabric Watch 11 Threshold Behavior Models 12 Range Threshold 12 Rising/Falling Threshold 13 Change Monitor Threshold - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 4
Threshold Area Values 25 A Telnet Commands 27 Telnet Commands 28 fwClassInit 28 fwConfigReload 29 fwConfigure 30 fwShow 33 Glossary 35 Index 39 4 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 5
Revision History July 2001 First release. 5 - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 6
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PREFACE Fabric Watch is supported for switches using the Fabric Operating System, version a2.4.1 or later. About This Guide This guide describes the Fabric Watch software and how to install it, and provides detailed information for using thresholds to manage switch functions. The information is - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 8
, version 2.4 Available only on CD MIB Reference Manual, version 2.3 Available only on CD QuickLoop User's Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD Web Tools User's Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD Zoning User's Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD Information about fibre channel - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 9
Getting Software Updates Firmware and software updates are found at the http://www.hp.com web site. New switch firmware can be installed from the following host operating systems: • UNIX • Windows NT • Windows 2000 • Windows 98 • Windows 95 Preface 9 - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 10
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WATCH Fabric Watch allows the SAN manager to monitor key fabric and switch elements, making it easy to quickly identify and escalate potential problems. The SAN manager monitors each element for out-of-boundary values or counters, and provides notification when any exceed the defined boundaries. The - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 12
. A range threshold can also generate events while the value is outside the limits or when it re-enters the prescribed range. 12 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 13
Temperature as an example of a range threshold is illustrated in Figure 1. 90 80 70 60 Temp 50 (Celsius) 40 30 20 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Time Interval Raw Count: 40 81 81 69 40 0 21 40 Events (t): Started Above -- In-between -- Below In-between -- High Threshold Boundary: 80 - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 14
usually used to indicate state changes, such as zoning changes. Because change monitor thresholds include no boundaries, no illustration is provided. 14 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 15
2 USING FABRIC WATCH Fabric Watch provides the following information about each out-of-boundary condition discovered: • Name of threshold • Current value of element counter • Unit of measurement (for example, degrees Celsius, RPM, or unit of time) • Time base for counter, used to compute rate of - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 16
switch. You can then ensure a uniform configuration throughout the fabric by distributing the configuration file to all switches in the fabric. 16 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 17
Profiles Classes The configuration file can be uploaded and downloaded through either Web Tools (the Config Admin tab in the Switch Admin window), or the Telnet commands configUpload and configDownload. After downloading the file back to the switch, you must either reboot the switch or use the - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 18
logins (FLOGI). Monitors insertion/removal of GBIC. Monitors switch temperature. Monitors operation of switch fans. Monitors status of each power supply. 18 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 19
Table 1. Fabric Watch Classes and Areas (continued) Class Area Description Port Link failure count Monitors link failure for each port. Loss of synchronization count Monitors port sync loss. Loss of signal count Monitors port signal loss. Primitive sequence protocol error Monitors port - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 20
GBIC) Temperature Receiver power Transmitter power Monitors GBIC temperature. Monitors GBIC receiver power. Monitors GBIC transmitter power. Current Monitors GBIC current. 20 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 21
Threshold Naming Conventions All threshold names consist of the following three items, with no separators: • Abbreviation for the class name (alpha characters, lower case), as follows: Class Abbreviation Fabric fabric Environmental env Port port E_Port eport F/FL_Port (Optical) fopport - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 22
, or in-between event. • Above Counter is above the upper boundary. Must be preceded by a start, below, or in-between event. 22 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 23
• Exceeded Counter is below the lower boundary or above the upper boundary. Accompanies a below or above event. • Changed Counter value has changed. • In-between Counter falls below the upper boundary minus buffer, or rises above the lower boundary plus buffer. Must be preceded by an above or below - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 24
event can generate one or more alarms. Fabric Watch supports three types of alarms: SNMP trap, error log entry Port Log This alarm freezes the switch port log to retained detail information about a problem, and is typically used in conjunction with the error log entry. Configuring Thresholds and - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 25
in the configuration file. Boundaries The following boundary information can be modified: • Unit string Represents unit value. Only the default unit strings are supported by Fabric Watch. • Time base Time period within which a specified event is measured. Can be from one second to one day. Shorter - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 26
to SNMP agent. • PORT-LOG-LOCK Freezes port log to preserve log information generated at time of event, for diagnostic purposes. 26 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 27
A TELNET COMMANDS The Telnet commands are available through the shell admin account. To use a Telnet command, log into the relevant switch with administrative privileges, enter the command along with any required operands, and press Enter. Note Fabric Watch can be accessed simultaneously from - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 28
classes under Fabric Watch: sw:admin> fwClassInit gbicRegister: re-register 0x0 0x10f6c260 fwClassInit: Fabric Watch initialized See Also fwConfigReload fwConfigure fwShow 28 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 29
fwConfigReload Reloads the Fabric Watch configuration. Synopsis fwConfigReload Availability Administrator Description Use to reload the Fabric Watch configuration. This command should be used only after downloading a new Fabric Watch configuration file from a host. Operands None Example To reload - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 30
GBIC change Temperature Fan Power supply Link failure count Loss of synchronization count Loss of signal count Primitive sequence protocol error 30 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 31
Class Area Port Invalid transmission word Invalid CRC count Receive performance Transmit performance State changes E_Port Link failure count Loss of synchronization count Loss of signal count Primitive sequence protocol error Invalid transmission word Invalid CRC count Receive - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 32
/01/2000 0 C Informative 1 : refresh 2 : disable a threshold 3 : enable a threshold 4 : advanced configuration 5 : return to previous page Select choice => : (1..5) [5] See Also fwClassInit fwConfigReload fwShow 32 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 33
fwShow Displays the thresholds monitored by Fabric Watch. Synopsis fwShow Availability All users Description Use to display the thresholds monitored by Fabric Watch. If no parameters are entered, a summary of all thresholds is displayed and printed. If a valid threshold name is entered as a - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 34
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switch. Requires successful arbitration by a port before a circuit is established. Supports up to 126 devices and 1 fabric attachment. Similar to a "shared bandwidth E_Ports. Connectionless service between ports with notification of delivery or nondelivery. Connectionless service between ports - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 36
for the switch in a fabric. Usually automatically assigned by the switch, but can also be assigned manually. Can be any value between 1 and 239. Error Detect Timeout Value. The time that the switch connected or has not yet assumed a specific function in the fabric. Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 37
Gateway GBIC Hardware translative mode ISL Isolated E_Port LIP L_Port Multicast N_Port NL_Port PLDA POST R_A_TOV Hardware that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation for both hardware and software. Gigabit Interface Converter. A removable serial transceiver module - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 38
to the same zone configuration. When a zone configuration is in effect, all valid zones in that configuration are also in effect. 38 Fabric Watch User's Guide - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 39
INDEX A alarms adding or deleting 26 configuring 24 error log entry 24 locking port log 24 SNMP trap 24 B boundaries definition of 12 modifying 25 C change monitor thresholds 14 classes definition of 17 list of classes and areas 17 classes with list of areas E_Port 19 Environmental 18 F/FL_Port ( - HP Surestore 6164 | Fabric Watch User's Guide - Page 40
13 S simultaneous access 27 SNMP using to access Fabric Watch 16 SNMP trap 24 support, technical 8 T technical support 8 Telnet accessing Fabric Watch by 16 committing configuration message 27 Telnet commands discussion of 15 W Web Tools using to access Fabric Watch 16 40 Fabric Watch User's Guide
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user’s guide
version 2.2
Fabric Watch
www.hp.com