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- Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 1
5752 3-1002752-01 ® 14 December 2012 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 2
concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd. Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Corporate and Latin American Headquarters Brocade Communications Systems, - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 3
Introduction and Concepts chapters into a single chapter. Added support for Brocade 200E, Brocade 3014, and Brocade 48000. March 2005 Updates to support Fabric OS v5.1.0 features and Brocade 4900 and 7500 switches. November 2005 Updates to support Fabric OS v5.2.0 features and the FC4-16IP and - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 4
for Brocade 6505. Updates to support Fabric OS v7.0.1: • Chapter 1-Added universal temporary license support information. • Chapter 7-Added port fencing thresholds for state change and link reset areas. • Chapter 8-Added information about the switch status on the power supply for the Brocade DCX - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 5
chapter xv How this document is organized xv Supported hardware and software xvi Deprecated hardware platform support xvi What's new in this document xvi New Monitoring 4 Post-processing of messages 4 Class, area, and element hierarchy 5 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 6
6 SFP monitoring 6 Port monitoring 6 System resource monitoring 7 Switch policies 8 Logical switch support 8 Threshold monitoring using SNMP tables 8 MIB capability configuration parameters 20 Fabric Watch Activation In this chapter 23 vi Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 7
Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch 23 Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session 23 Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP 24 Activating Fabric Watch - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 8
79 CPU and memory 80 Examples of the CPU and memory commands 80 Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings . . . 81 Switch monitoring 81 Switch status policy planning 82 FRU monitoring 84 FRU class areas 84 Configuring FRUs 84 Specifying triggers for FRU alarms 85 Recommended - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 9
Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report 98 Switch Health report 99 Generating a Switch Health report 99 Switch Status Policy report 100 Generating a Switch Status Policy report 100 Port Detail report 101 Generating a Port Detail report 101 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide ix 53 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 10
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13 Table 14 Table 15 Table 16 Table 17 Table 18 Table 19 Table 20 Table 21 Table 22 Table 23 Table 24 Table 25 Table 26 Table 27 Table 28 Table class default settings 77 Recommended Environment and Resource class settings 81 Switch status policy factors 82 FRU class areas 84 Recommended FRU - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 12
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set to none 16 Event trigger 17 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 24 Example OID tree 27 Fabric Watch dialog box 88 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xiii 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 14
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About This Document In this chapter •How this document is organized xv •Supported hardware and software xvi •What's new in this document xvi •Document buffers, triggers, and actions on specified ports using the portThConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xv 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 16
switches running Fabric OS 7.0.0, but cannot load Fabric OS 7.1.0. • Brocade 4100 • Brocade 4900 • Brocade 5000 • Brocade 7500/7500E • Brocade 7600 • Brocade 48000 The following blades are not supported is captured in the release notes. xvi Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 17
threshold. • Added information about the thMonitor command, which supports the SFP class. • Added information about 10 Gbps, 16 Gbps and QSFP SFP support, including the new sfpType operand. • Added information about to enter at the GUI or CLI Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xvii 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 18
in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of increasing severity For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. For definitions of - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 19
, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately following the problem, and specific questions • Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results • Serial console and Telnet session logs • Syslog message logs Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide xix 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 20
Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual. 3. World Wide Name (WWN) Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of the chassis. If you cannot use the licenseIdShow command because the switch concern at Brocade and we Forward your feedback to: [email protected] Provide the title and version - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 21
customize Fabric Watch settings 3 •Class, area, and element hierarchy 5 •Switch monitoring components 5 •Logical switch support 8 •Fabric Watch event settings 9 •Fabric Watch notification types 9 • issues and helps you correct failures. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 1 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 22
. You can configure Fabric Watch to provide notification before problems arise, such as reporting when network traffic through a 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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 23
support The Fabric Watch license is available as a Universal Temporary or a regular temporary license, meaning the same license key can be installed on any switch use the fwSetToCustom command to switch from default to custom settings event is set to zero. Brocade recommends using either SNMP trap - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 24
specifies the time interval between two samples to be compared. The fwSetToCustom command allows you to switch from default to custom settings. Valid intervals are day, hour, or minute. See "Setting frequently and take the appropriate actions. 4 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 25
this section. Fabric events monitoring The Fabric class groups areas of potential problems arising between devices, such as zone changes, fabric segmentation, E_Port port ranges on a switch. See the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for details. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 26
Switch Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and security violations on the switch and takes action based on thConfig command. Use the thMonitor command to monitor the Brocade 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps SFP modules and 16 Manual for more information and for details - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 27
switches Supported port types include physical ports, E_Ports, optical F_Ports (FOP_Ports), copper F_Ports (FCU_Ports), 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 70 for instructions - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 28
third-party tools to view, browse, and manipulate Brocade switch variables remotely. Every Brocade switch and director supports SNMP. When an event occurs and its severity trap bit mask values • Loading Brocade management information bases (MIBs) 8 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 29
SW-MIB Objects chapter of the Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide for detailed information about the following SNMP tables that can of the following alarm options. E-mail alert An e-mail alert sends information about a switch event to a one or multiple specified e-mail address. An e-mail alert can send - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 30
high number of messages coming from a variety of switches, you might want to receive them in a having to log in to each switch individually as you would have configure the SNMP agent on the switch to send the trap to the thresholds. RASlog (switch event) Following an event, Fabric Watch adds - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 31
or type of management interface used to access the switch. NOTE Audit messages are generated for port fencing Configuration section of the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information. Data values A data can be used; mixed values are not supported. Fabric Watch compares the measured values to - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 32
Watch support in Time bases" on page 16 for more information. Fabric Watch support in Access Gateway mode Both the Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM 48 for configuration information. The following classes are not supported in Access Gateway mode: • Fabric • Security • E_Port (Port - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 33
behavior 17 Threshold values High and low threshold values are the values at which potential problems might occur. For example, in configuring a temperature threshold, you can select the temperatures apply to the thConfig and sysMonitor commands. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 13 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 34
Fabric Watch to monitor data values for one of the following conditions, the alarm setting must be set to a nonzero value. 14 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 35
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 36
value exceeds the threshold, Fabric Watch does not trigger an event if the rate of change is below the threshold limit. 16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 37
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 38
2 Fabric Watch alarm behavior 18 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 39
data. Table 1 on page 20 describes the classes into which Fabric Watch groups all switch and fabric elements. In some cases, classes are divided into subclasses. This additional level and actions are configured using the portThConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 19 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 40
or switch component a 64-port switch, each area switch in which eight ports are connected to another switch switch switch resides and the internal environment of the switch. For example, an Environment-class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems problems or potential problems not supported - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 41
: • E_Port class-Represents ports connected to another switch. • FOP_Port class - Represents fabric or fabric E_Port but terminates at the switch and does not propagate fabric services from one edge fabric to fault. SFP performance monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports. Note: SFPs connected to - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 42
3 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements 22 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 43
. See "Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session" for instructions on how to activate Fabric Watch using a Telnet session. • SNMP-Provides a receiver dedicated to monitoring the data center infrastructure; Brocade switches and directors enable monitoring of specific incidents and trigger an - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 44
the license key exactly as it appears. switch:admin> licenseadd "R9cQ9RcbddUAdRAX" 5. Enter the -based enterprise managers. NOTE The following instructions apply to the AdvantNet MIB browser. There if you have not already done so. First load the Brocade common MIB file, SW.mib. If this is successful, - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 45
> Manage > Switch Admin. 4. Click switch:admin> snmpConfig --set mibcapability The SNMP Mib/Trap Capability has been set to support switch:admin> 7. Enter the snmpConfig command to configure the SNMP management host IP address. switch Switch.] sysLocation: [End User Premise.] sysContact: [Field Support - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 46
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 Community field. To perform temperature sensor, will generate traps. 26 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 47
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 48
10.77.77.77 2. Press Enter. A browser window opens to open Web Tools. A Login dialog box opens. 3. Enter your username 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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 49
about any of these commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. TABLE 2 Fabric Watch configuration tasks Configuration task Command Location of procedure ". "Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring" on page 37 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 29 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 50
Buffer Set and display the switch status policy parameters. portFencing " on page 75 Show the overall switch status. switchStatusShow Configure FRU state and readings sensorShow Show switch temperature readings tempShow report" on page 101. "Switch Availability Monitor report" on page 98 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 51
default values 5 Setting Fabric Watch custom and default values Use the following commands to switch between custom and default values. These commands reset all thresholds for all classes: : FRU class 13 : Quit Select an item => : (1..13) [13] Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 31 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 52
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 53
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 33 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 54
4. Enter the Domain Name (example: Brocade.com). Displaying the relay host configuration log in to a particular switch to view the error messages that have been captured for that particular switch. You can parse the the following command. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1 The 1 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 55
the following command if you decide not to have notifications sent. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0 The 0 option turns the alarm notification off by using the fwAlarmsFilterShow command. switch:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow FW: Alarms are enabled Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 35 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 56
5 Notification configuration 36 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 57
traffic. A Fabric class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems with interconnectivity. Fabric class areas Table 3 lists IDs in a single fabric and the principal switch must assign another domain ID to a switch. Fabric logins (FLOGI) Activates when ports 's Guide 37 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 58
settings for the Fabric class. • Segmentation changes Segmentations only occur in the event of an entire switch failure. In this rare case, you can gather multiple reports from all the attached E_Ports of , which is the recommended practice. 38 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 59
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 60
violations (TV) Telnet violations which occur when a Telnet connection request reaches a secure switch from an unauthorized IP address. TS out of sync (TS) Time Server (TS) which occur when an out-of-synchronization error has been detected. 40 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 61
: 3 Below: 0 Above: 3 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 41 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 62
: Violations Time Base: minute Low: 1 High: 2 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 3 Below: 0 Above: 3 Below: 0 Above: 3 Threshold state Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range 42 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 63
malfunction fault. SFP performance monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports. When a port goes offline, the RXP and TXP area values of the SFP become zero. Brocade recommends non-zero low thresholds for RXP and threshold, the SFP is deteriorating. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 43 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 64
class issues are reported, review the error log for any supporting data for SFP issues. TABLE 8 Area SFP class default settings Out_of_range Out_of_range Out_of_range Out_of_range Out_of_range Out_of_range Out_of_range Informative Informative 44 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 65
and flow and to reallocate resources appropriately. NOTE Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports. Performance Monitor class areas Table 9 lists Product Name areas : 0 High: 0 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 45 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 66
an SNMP alarm. • Log a RASlog message. • Send an e-mail alert. For complete information about using the thConfig command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. 46 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 67
(no alerts). 1To change the default, provide an integer value. 2Valid custom action setting values include SNMP, RASlog, portlog, e-mail, or none. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 47 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 68
) switches and non-AG switches. NOTE Brocade 16 Gbps SFP. If the SFP crosses 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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 69
Brocade are affected. Logical switch considerations with QSFP NOTE logical switch. Temperature switches, then there will be separate action notifications for each logical switch. Monitoring the SFP and QSFP You can use the thMonitor command to enable Brocade following parameter: switch:admin> thmonitor - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 70
Gbps SFPs and 16 Gbps SFPs and QSFPs are listed in Table 13. switch:admin> thconfig --set sfp -area TXP --sfptype sfptype switch:admin> thconfig --apply sfp -area TXP --sfptype sfptype TABLE 13 16 2970 44 0 1 -5 3000 30 125 3 -5 2970 14 60 10 50 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 71
that the only supported timebase for this area is none. switch:admin> thconfig -- Enter the sfpshow command using the following parameter: switch:admin> sfpshow --health Fabric Watch monitors the SFP not enabled. • No license-the switch does not have the Fabric Watch license. • Unknown-Fabric - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 72
X mA None 0 50 1 X uV None 2970 3630 10 X Changes None 0 0 0 X KB/s None 0 0 0 X KB/s None 0 0 0 X Frames None 0 0 0 X EE EE EE EE EE 52 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 73
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 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 74
6 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes 54 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 75
a link failure occurs on a port or sends or receives NOS. Both physical and hardware problems can cause link failures. Link failures also frequently occur due to a loss of synchronization or A loss of signal usually indicates a hardware problem. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 55 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 76
errors occur due to software glitches. Persistent errors occur due to hardware problems. The percentage of maximum bandwidth consumed in packet receipts. The state of settings" NOTE E_Ports and VE_Ports are not supported in Access Gateway mode. 56 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 77
: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 57 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 78
time. The command syntax is detailed in the Fabric OS Command Reference Guide. Before you configure thresholds, you must first identify and select the appropriate FOP_Port, FCU_Port, and VE_Port are different. NOTE The FCU_Port, supported on Fabric Watch version 6.4.0 and later, is applicable to - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 79
in place. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for more information and for details about the portThConfig command network or a potential hardware problem. 1. Enter the portThConfig command using the following parameters: switch:admin> portthconfig --set port 's Guide 59 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 80
become effective: switch:admin> portthconfig areas: switch:admin hardware problem. following parameters: switch:admin> ,snmp, --buffer 0 switch:admin> portthconfig --set so they become effective. switch:admin> portthconfig --apply areas: switch:admin>portthconfig first enable the Brocade 10 Gbps SFP - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 81
class represents ports connected to another switch. NOTE If you are using a Brocade 48000 or DCX Backbone with an FR4-18i blade or the Brocade 7500, the E_Port class monitors the type: E_Port, FOP_Port, or FCU_Port" on page 68 for instructions. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 61 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 82
Low: 0 High: 500 Buffer: 50 Below: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range 62 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 83
Low: 0 High: 100 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 63 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 84
possible frame drops if left unchecked; therefore, set the alarm to fence the port. See "Port type: E_Port, FOP_Port, or FCU_Port" on page 68 for instructions. In addition, set the alarm configurations to send alerts to both the error log and SNMP. 64 Fabric Watch Administrator - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 85
and FCU_Port class: • Link Failure Count • Loss of Synchronization Count • Primitive Sequence Protocol Error • Invalid Transmission Word • Invalid CRC Count • Class 3 Discards Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 65 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 86
: 0 High: 100 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative 66 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 87
: 100 Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Unit: Errors Time Base: minute Low: 0 High: 500 Buffer: 50 Below: 0 Above: 0 Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 67 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 88
is usually found at less than one percent. Now there is support for configuring packet loss percentages in decimals. To set the high VE port, enter the portThConfig command using the following parameters: switch:admin> portthconfig --set ve-port -area PKTLOSS -highthreshold Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 89
port persistence time. switch:admin> portthconfig --show [port_type] 2. Set the port persistence time. switch:admin> fwSet supported on the Brocade DCX extension blade. TABLE 20 Port type Port fencing class and subclass areas Areas supported ) Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 69 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 90
switch. You can set different thresholds for Storage and Host FOP_Ports if they are on different switches Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide for 21 shows the recommended moderate, aggressive, and conservative thresholds for supported port fencing areas. 70 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 91
21 switch the switch and Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) Management application supports port fencing. Port fencing objects include the SAN, Fabrics, Directors, Switches (physical), Virtual Switches switch does not support port problem, and manually unblock the port. Physical fabrics, directors, switches - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 92
Port fencing threshold areas supported on BNA You can add, edit, view, or remove thresholds on the following area types using Brocade Network Advisor (BNA). Refer to Chapter 5, "Device Configuration," of the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual for detailed instructions on how to add, edit, view, and - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 93
0 50 0 500 50 5 0 0 0 45 0 45 0 5 0 40 0 20 0 75 0 75 0 50 0 500 50 100 0 10 0 5 0 75 0 X X X X X E X E X X X 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 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 73 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 94
85 0 5 0 500 50 5 0 100 0 15 0 45 0 45 0 5 0 80 0 40 0 85 0 85 0 5 0 500 50 5 0 100 0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 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 74 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 95
the internal temperature of the switch. You can configure the 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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 96
default settings Table 24 provides default Environment class settings for all switches. Check the appropriate hardware reference manual for differences in actual environmental requirements. NOTE Fabric Watch no longer supports fan monitoring. Event Manager (EM) now manages fan monitoring and the - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 97
settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Brocade 8000 Low: 0 High: 73 Buffer: 10 Brocade DCX Low: 0 High: 70 Buffer: 10 Brocade DCX-4S Low: 0 High: 75 : 0 Below: 3 Above: 3 Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 77 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 98
the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. The following operations are supported by the sysMonitor command: • • Configure memory or CPU usage parameters on the switch or display memory or CPU usage. Configuration options include and the switch reboots, your changes are lost. 78 53-1002752- - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 99
Environment class, CPU, and memory. Environment class settings Temperature settings are switch-dependent and there is no need to alter them. The default alarm using the following parameters: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show resource -area flash Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 79 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 100
valid only with the --config mem command. Three thresholds are supported for memory monitoring: • high_limit- Specifies an upper usage limit usage threshold Enter the sysMonitor command using the following parameters: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show cpu CPU Usage : 2% CPU Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 101
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 53-1002752 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 102
switch status policy for power supplies to assume a policy setting of 2,1. Brocade 6505 default policy The default Fabric Watch policy for the Brocade 6505 The default configuration for the Brocade 6505 is a 2 (DOWN manually change the power supply and Fan FRU units to 1,0. TABLE 28 Monitor Switch - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 103
command. The switchStatusPolicyShow command displays the following policy parameters that determine the overall switch status. NOTE FCoE and VE ports are not considered in marginal port or because of hardware faults, such as invalid SFPs. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 83 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 104
FRU areas depend on the type of Brocade switch. For the following switches, the slot and WWN areas are not supported: • Brocade 300, 5100, and 5300 switches • Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Data Center Backbone • Brocade Encryption Switch FRU class areas Table 29 lists Fabric Watch areas in the FRU - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 105
values and enter that value at the prompt. In this case, the values are 1, 8, and 16, respectively, and the total is 25. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 85 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 106
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 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 107
the Fabric Watch window To open the Fabric Watch window, perform the following steps. 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree and log in if necessary. 2. Select Tasks > Manage > Fabric Watch. to perform Fabric Watch operations using Web Tools. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 87 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 108
on the left side of the window, displays the available classes. Not all classes are available for all switches. The status bar at the bottom of the window provides you with a summary of recent actions, and values are exceeded, the alarm triggers. 88 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 109
to record the event in the Time Base field. 8. Enter the lowest boundary of the normal zone in the Low Boundary field. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 89 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 110
"Below" is called "Low Below" • "In Between" is called "High Below" The Low Above action alarm supports all port class types for these options: • CRC errors • Invalid words • Protocol errors • State change • Trunk and proceed to step 7. or 90 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 111
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 of all applicable elements. c. Click OK. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 91 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 112
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 to enable the Fabric Watch Alarm Filter?" 3. Click Yes. 92 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 113
a previously configured element from Fabric Watch Explorer (for instructions, refer to "Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual to either a fan or a fan FRU, depending on the switch model. TABLE 31 Field Alarm notification table fields Description Name State Guide 93 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 114
switch You must set up the e-mail notification recipient's DNS server and domain name on each switch switch, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Switch Administration window. 2. Select the Switch tab the e-mail server on a switch" on page 94. Fabric OS v7.1 supports up to five e-mail addresses - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 115
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 95 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 116
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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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 118
marginal or faulty ports that can affect throughput or switch performance. You can generate reports from the command U 0 0 0 100 2/7 U 0 0 0 100 2/8 U 0 0 0 100 2/9 U 0 0 0 100 2/10 T 100 0 0 0 2/11 T 100 0 0 0 98 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 119
marginal and faulty ports are included in the report. The following is an example of a switch health report. NOTE Switch health report details do not display the health status of GbE ports. Fabric Watch only 54:45 PM All ports are healthy Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 99 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 120
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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 121
to view more port detail information. 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 [by All] --------Port-Errors SFP-Errors--- 061:19 218 VE HEALTHY 061:19 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 101 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 122
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 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 123
71 C class environment, 20 fabric, 20 FRU, 20 Performace Monitor, 20 port, 21 resource, 21 security, 21 SFP, 21 classes, description of, 20 command dnsConfig, 9 errShow, 10 fmConfig, 5 fwclassinit, removed, 81 CPU and memory configuration, 80 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 103 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 124
23 notification types, 9 reports, 97 role-based access control, 2 support for virtual fabric, 8 switch monitoring components, 5 threshold component hierarchy, 5 thresholds, 89 Fabric Watch FOP_Port setting guidelines, 64 FRU alarms, configuring, 92 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 125
guidelines and settings, 45 recommended settings, 52 physical port setting guides, 57 port class areas, 55 default settings, 57 guidelines and configuring using BNA, 71 description of, 7 disabling, 71 enabling, 71 supported ports, 69 port log lock, 11 port monitoring configuration, 30 port - Dell Brocade 6520 | Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1 - Page 126
setting time base, 16 settings, customizing, 3 SFP support for 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps, 6 SFP class switch monitoring components, 5 switch policies, 8 switch status policy implementing, 83 viewing, 83 switch status policy configuration, 30 switch status policy planning, 81 switch Guide 53-1002752-01
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