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5752 3-1002752-01 ® 14 December 2012 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 2
marks of their respective owners. Notice: This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty, expressed or implied, concerning any equipment, equipment feature, or service offered or to be offered by Brocade. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 3
. Updates to support Fabric OS v6.2.0: Virtual Fabric, port movement, fan monitoring behavior, link reset, and DCX4S. November 2008 Updates to support Fabric OS v6.3.0: portThConfig, portFencing, and sysMonitor commands and Brocade 8000 support. July 2009 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide iii - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 4
the Copyright section. Added support 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 5
technical help xix Document feedback xx Chapter 1 Fabric Watch In this chapter 1 Fabric health 1 Fabric Watch overview 2 Role-based access control 2 Fabric Watch licensing 2 Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings 3 Event behavior configuration 3 Alert configuration 3 Time base - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 6
monitoring 5 Performance monitoring 5 Security monitoring 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 9 Fabric Watch event settings 9 Fabric - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 7
host IP address 33 Displaying the relay host configuration 34 Removing the relay host configuration 34 Notification configuration 34 Configuring alarm notifications 34 Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring In this chapter 37 Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings 37 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 8
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 FRU - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 10
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40 Security class area default settings 41 SFP class areas 43 SFP class default settings 44 Performance Monitor class areas 45 Performance Monitor class default settings 45 End-to-End Performance Monitor class default settings 46 Configuration options for thConfig command 47 16 Gbps and - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 12
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Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 In-between buffer values 14 Above event trigger with buffer zone 15 Time base 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 14
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use to create custom threshold configurations. This chapter discusses configuration files, setting the port persistence time, custom and default values, and e-mail notifications. • Chapter 6, "Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring," describes how to configure high and low thresholds for - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 16
to using the command line interface. • Chapter 10, "Fabric Watch Reports," describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and the methods of accessing each report. Supported hardware and software Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 17
violation, or both. Changed information • Updated port fencing section and included moderate, aggressive, and conservative threshold settings. • Recommended settings for Port areas using the portThConfig command. • Buffer settings which now enable the user to configure "in-between" buffer values for - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 18
addresses Identifies document titles code text Identifies CLI output Identifies syntax examples For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. DANGER specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 19
no cost for a user ID and password. White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at: http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com Release notes - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 20
new in this document 2. Switch Serial Number The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label. For specific serial number locations, refer to the Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual. 3. World Wide Name (WWN) Use the licenseIdShow command to display the - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 21
overview 2 •Role-based access control 2 •Fabric Watch licensing 2 •Reasons to 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 •Fabric Watch - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 22
valid for the life of that platform and across firmware versions that are supported on that platform. Fabric OS includes 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 more - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 23
, ensure that the notification setting for that event is set to zero. Brocade recommends using either SNMP trap alerting to your system management console or event log entry in conjunction with syslog forwarding configured on your switches. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 24
to customize Fabric Watch settings Time base configuration The time base 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 Fabric Watch custom and - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 25
frame monitor configuration, replacing deprecated advanced performance monitoring commands. Use the fmConfig command to configure, install, and display frame monitors across port ranges on a switch. See the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for details. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 5 53 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 26
Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX _Ports. For complete information about performance monitoring, refer to "Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings" on page 45 Security monitoring The Security class monitors different security violations on the switch and takes - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 27
), 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. When a port that has exceeded its user-defined thresholds is fenced by the software, the port is placed into - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 28
browse, and manipulate Brocade switch variables remotely. Every Brocade switch and director supports SNMP. When an event occurs and its severity level is at or below the set value, the Event Trap traps (swFabricWatchTrap), are sent to configured trap recipients. Once the switch status policy changes - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 29
settings: • Use the dnsConfig command to configure DNS settings to connect the switch to a DNS server. • In case a DNS server is not available, e-mails can be forwarded through a relay host. You can configure the relay host IP address using the fwMailCfg command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 30
from the network device. You must also configure the SNMP agent on the switch to send the trap to the management station. You can configure SNMP notifications using the snmpConfig command and you can configure notifications using Fabric Watch. For information on configuring the SNMP agent using the - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 31
changes from an external source by the user name, IP address, or type of management interface used to access the switch. NOTE Audit messages are generated for port fencing configuration changes, whether port fencing is enabled or disabled. You can set up an external host to receive Audit messages - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 32
for more information. Fabric Watch support in Access Gateway mode Both the Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) license and the Fabric Watch license must be installed on the platform configured in Access Gateway (AG) mode to use the frame monitoring and end-to-end (EE) monitoring capabilities. The - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 33
which potential problems might occur. For example, in configuring a temperature threshold, you can select the temperatures at which a potential problem can occur portThConfig command. It does not apply to the thConfig and sysMonitor commands. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 13 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 34
is the term used to configure "in between" buffer values, as shown in Figure 1. In this example, the high threshold value is 5 and the buffer value is 1. Therefore, the "in-between" boundary value is 4. Enter the portThConfig command using the following parameters. portthconfig --set port -area crc - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 35
be generated until the value crosses the buffer region set above the lower threshold. Audit and RASlog messages 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 36
(samples are compared every minute). This configurable field affects the comparison of sensor-based data with user-defined threshold values. Time base set to none If you set a time base to none, Fabric Watch change is below the threshold limit. 16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 38
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, Security class, SFP class, and Performance class areas and actions are configured using the thConfig command. • Chapter 7, "Port Monitoring" The physical port and its subclass areas and actions are configured using the portThConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 19 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 40
into the following areas: EE (end-to-end) Performance Monitor, and Filter Performance Monitor. Note: Performance Monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX _Ports. Configure the Performance class using the thConfig command. 20 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 41
aspects of SFPs. An SFP class alarm alerts you to an SFP malfunction fault. SFP performance monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports. Note: SFPs connected to any GbE ports are not monitored. Configure the SFP class using the thConfig command. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 21 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 42
3 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements 22 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 43
IP address of the switch: telnet switch After you enter this command, respond to the prompts for a username and password. 3. Enter the licenseShow command to determine if the Fabric Watch license is installed. switch:admin> licenseshow edzbzQStu4ecS: Fabric Watch license Performance Monitor license - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 44
, where key is the Fabric Watch license key. License keys are case-sensitive, so type the license key exactly as it appears. switch:admin> licenseadd "R9cQ9RcbddUAdRAX" 5. Enter the licenseShow command to verify successful activation. If the license is not listed, verify that you typed the key - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 45
-U> erases the whole line, sysDescr: [Fibre Channel Switch.] sysLocation: [End User Premise.] sysContact: [Field Support.] authTrapsEnabled (true, t, false, f): [false] SNMP community and trap recipient configuration: Community (rw): [Secret C0de] Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 25 53-1002752 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 46
Read/Write? (true, t, false, 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 set operations, enter the write community in the Write Community - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 48
1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the device in the Address field: http://10.77.77.77 or https://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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 49
, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. TABLE 2 Fabric Watch configuration tasks Configuration task Command Location of procedure Initialize all Fabric Watch classes fwClassInit Set the boundary and alarm level to custom or default. Note: These command resets all thresholds for all - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 50
"Port Monitoring" on page 55 "Setting the port persistence time" on page 69 "Port fencing" on page 69 "System monitoring using the sysMonitor command" on page 78. "System Monitoring" on page 75 Show the overall switch status. switchStatusShow Configure FRU state and notifications, and fwFruCfg - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 51
session, perform the following steps. 1. Enter the fwMailCfg command at the prompt. The fwMailcfg menu displays. 1 : Show Mail Configuration Information 2 : Disable Email Alert 3 : Enable Email Alert 4 : Send Test Mail 5 : Set Recipient Mail Address for Email Alert 6 : Relay Host IP Configuration - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 52
done. Email Alert is not enabled! The system returns to the fwMailCfg menu. NOTE To ensure that the mail 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 53
Relay Host configuration 2 Set Relay Host IP 3 Remove Relay Host configuration 4 Quit 2. Select 2 to set the relay host 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 54
parse the log file to make error message searches quicker and easier. Configuring alarm notifications 1. Ensure that notifications appear in the error log by using the following command. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1 The 1 option turns on the alarm notification. 34 Fabric Watch Administrator - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 55
Notification configuration 5 2. Enter the following command if you decide not to have notifications sent. switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0 The 0 by using the fwAlarmsFilterShow command. switch:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow FW: Alarms are enabled Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 35 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 56
5 Notification configuration 36 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 57
and default settings 43 •Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings 45 •thConfig command 46 •Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes . . 52 Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings The Fabric class groups areas of potential problems arising - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 58
't change the default settings for the Fabric class. • Segmentation changes Segmentations only occur in the event of an entire switch failure. In this zone changes can be configured to be recorded in the RASlog, which is the recommended practice. 38 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 59
class default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Domain ID changes Monitors forcible DOMAIN ID changes Loss of E_Port Monitors E_Port and VE_Port status Fabric logins (FLOGI) Monitors host device fabric logins Fabric reconfiguration Monitors configuration - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 60
(HV) A browser access request reaches a secure switch from an unauthorized IP address. Illegal command (IV) Commands permitted only to the primary Fibre Channel Switch (FCS) are executed on another switch. Incompatible security DB (ISB) Secure switches with different version stamps have been - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 61
default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state DCC violations (DV) HTTP violations (HV) Illegal commands (IV) Incompatible security DB (ISB) Login violations (LV) Invalid Certifications (IC) No-FCS Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 41 53-1002752- - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 62
default settings TABLE 6 Area Security class area default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings : 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 63
and default settings The SFP class groups areas that monitor the physical aspects of SFPs. An SFP class alarm alerts you to an SFP 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 64
settings The SFP default settings are shown in Table 8. The default alarm configuration (log all alarms only to the error log) is sufficient. It is recommended that you do not allow alerts to go out as SNMP traps. If other Port class issues are reported, review the error log for any supporting - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 65
) configuration triggers these messages, so you can use the Transmit Performance area to tune your network. Performance monitoring setting guidelines It is recommended that you leave the entire Performance Monitor Class and End-to-End Performance Monitor Class area settings in their default state - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 66
provides default settings for areas in the End-to-End Performance Monitor class. TABLE 11 Area End-to-End Performance Monitor class default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state End-to-end receive performance (RX performance) End-to-end transmit - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 67
entire Performance Monitor Class and End-to-End Performance Monitor Class area settings in their default state (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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 68
monitor The thConfig command provides the ability to monitor thresholds for frame monitoring and end-to-end (EE) performance on both Access Gateway (AG) switches and non-AG switches. NOTE Both the APM license and the Fabric Watch license must be installed on the platform configured in AG mode to use - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 69
can use the thMonitor command to enable Brocade's 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps SFP and 16 Gbps QSFP. By default, the 16 Gbps SFP and QSFP are disabled. To enable or start the monitoring of the SFP and QSFP, enter the thMonitor command using the following parameter: switch:admin> thmonitor --enable brcdSfp To - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 70
switch:admin> thconfig --set sfp -area TXP --sfptype sfptype switch:admin> thconfig --apply sfp -area TXP --sfptype sfptype TABLE 13 16 Gbps and QSFP configurable SFP types SfpType Serial number Area Default 3000 30 125 3 -5 2970 14 60 10 50 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 71
the thConfig command using the following parameter. Note that the only supported timebase for this area is none. switch:admin> thconfig -- health monitoring is not enabled. • No license-the switch does not have the Fabric Watch license. • Unknown-Fabric Watch cannot determine the state of - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 72
settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security classes Trait Configuration E=Error_Log, S=SNMP_Trap, P=Port_LOG_LOCK, M=EMAIL_ALERT, F=Port Fence Class Area Default Custom Unit Time Base Low Thresh High Thresh Buffer Default Custom Below Above Notes Fabric SFP End-to-End Performance - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 73
for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes 6 TABLE 14 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security classes (Continued) Trait Configuration E=Error_Log, S=SNMP_Trap, P=Port_LOG_LOCK, M=EMAIL_ALERT, F=Port Fence Class Area Default Custom Unit Time Base Low Thresh High - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 74
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Port class guidelines and default settings 56 •Port configuration 58 •portThConfig command procedures 59 •Port fencing 69 •Recommended port configuration settings 72 Port class port. A loss of signal usually indicates a hardware problem. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 55 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 76
begin configuring the port: • "Physical port setting guidelines" • "E_Port subclass setting guidelines" • "FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines" • "VE_Port class default settings" NOTE E_Ports and VE_Ports are not supported in Access Gateway mode. 56 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 77
is convenient if you have determined that changes you plan to make to the default settings for the subclasses are the same for certain areas. In this case, 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 78
Buffer: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 Link reset Monitors the number of link resets sent by a given port (LR-Out) supported on Fabric Watch version 6.4.0 and later, is applicable to copper ports. The portThConfig command follows a transaction model. When you configure thresholds and actions with the --set - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 79
port. Configuring all physical ports to monitor invalid CRC counts Invalid Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) count errors on a port can represent noise on the network or a potential hardware problem. 1. Enter the portThConfig command using the following parameters: switch:admin> portthconfig --set port - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 80
the buffer to 0 (the default is 100). 2. Apply the new custom settings so they become effective. switch:admin> portthconfig --apply port -area itw -action cust -thresh_level custom 3. To display the port threshold configuration for the Port class and all areas: switch:admin>portthconfig --show port - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 81
cause serious fabric-wide issues if not detected early. The E_Port 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 following additional ports and creates monitors for - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 82
take a conservative approach for the C3 Discards area. Use the default settings and configure the alarms for Above. The goal is to determine the high 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 83
procedures 7 TABLE 17 Area E_Port class default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Signal loss Monitors the number of Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 63 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 84
Leave the Buffer setting to 0 (the default). Set the alarm configurations to send alerts to both the error log and SNMP. These settings are the same 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 85
Performance, Transmit (Tx) Performance Rx and Tx Performance areas are used to monitor the bandwidth utilization of the device ports in the fabric. Set the high boundary to 85 percent and the alarms to Above and In-Between conditions. The same levels should be set the default settings and configure - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 86
procedures TABLE 18 Area FOP_Port and FCU_Port class default settings Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) Monitors Informative Out_of_range Informative Informative 66 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 87
FCU_Port class default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold trunk at the time of the last poll. Link reset Monitors the number of link resets sent by a given port (LR-Out) and received Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 67 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 88
less than one percent. Now there is support for configuring packet loss percentages in decimals. To set the high threshold for packet loss for a VE port, enter the portThConfig command using the following parameters: switch:admin> portthconfig --set ve-port -area PKTLOSS -highthreshold -value 0.60 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 89
and can be configured. Configuring the port persistence time to zero disables this feature. The default value for port persistence is 18 seconds. 1. Use the fwSet --port -persistence command to set the port persistence time. switch:admin> portthconfig --show [port_type] 2. Set the port persistence - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 90
fencing configuration You must configure port thresholds with the portThConfig command before you can enable port fencing using the portFencing command. See "portThConfig command procedures" on page 59 for example port configurations, or refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide for - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 91
is disabled by default. 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the portFencing --disable command. For example, to disable port fencing on an FOP_Port for the Link Reset area: portFencing --disable fop_port -area LR Port fencing configuration using BNA The Brocade Network Advisor - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 92
(Fabric OS only) Refer to Chapter 5, "Device Configuration," of the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual for detailed instructions on how to add, edit, view, and remove thresholds. Recommended port configuration settings Table 22 lists the recommended settings for physical port, E_Port, FOP_Port, and - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 93
Default Custom Below Above Notes Recommended port configuration settings 7 TABLE 22 Recommended configuration for the Port class Trait Configuration Performance Percentage TX Performance X Percentage State Changes X Changes Link Reset E Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 73 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 94
Default Custom Below Above Notes 7 Recommended port configuration settings TABLE 22 Recommended configuration for the Port class (Continued) Trait Configuration Performance X Percentage TX Performance X Percentage State Changes X Changes Link Reset Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 95
environment and resource monitoring settings 81 •Switch monitoring 81 •FRU monitoring 84 Environment monitoring The Environment class provides information about the internal temperature of the switch. You can configure the Environment class using the sysMonitor command. Environment class area - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 96
, is sufficient. Environment class 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 97
8 TABLE 24 Area Environment class default 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 Buffer: 10 Default alarm settings Threshold state Below: 3 Above: 3 Informative - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 98
command Use the sysMonitor command to configure temperature and system resource settings at the chassis level. For detailed information about the sysMonitor command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. The following operations are supported by the sysMonitor command: • Configure - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 99
Environment class settings Temperature settings are switch-dependent and there is no need to alter them. The default alarm configuration, sending alerts sysMonitor command using the following parameters: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show resource -area flash Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 79 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 100
command. Three thresholds are supported for memory monitoring: • high_limit- Specifies an upper usage limit for memory as percentage of available memory. This value must be greater than the value set Enter the sysMonitor command using the following parameters: switch:admin> sysmonitor --show mem - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 101
command, plan your switch status policy. Determine your system requirements and the factors that affect its monitors. NOTE Based on the configuration of the core blade component of the switch status policy, Fabric Watch generates two RASlogs when a core blade is removed either on the Brocade - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 102
reflect the switch status on the power supply. Fabric Watch users must manually update their default configuration for the minimum number of power supplies to three if they have installed more than 256 ports in an 8510-8 chassis. NOTE The presence of four or more FS8-18 encryption blades in the - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 103
switch status policy, implement it using the following procedure. 1. Enter the switchStatusPolicySet command to configure each policy. Each policy has two parameters that can be configured: Marginal and Down. 2. Set faults, such as invalid SFPs. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 83 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 104
DCX and Brocade DCX-4S. The Off state is not applicable to the power supply, slot, or WWN FRUs. 1. Establish a Telnet connection with a switch. 2. Log in using administrative privileges. 3. Enter the fwFruCfg command at the command prompt. The fwFruCfg command displays your current FRU configuration - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 105
alarm action. To accept the default value for each FRU, press Return. After you have configured a FRU alarm state and alarm will apply to all slots in the enclosure. swd123:admin> fwfrucfg The current FRU configuration: Slot Alarm State Alarm Action 1 1 Power Supply Guide 85 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 106
lists the recommended settings for field-replaceable units (FRUs). TABLE 30 Recommended FRU 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 107
Fabric Watch to alert you to errant values. • Configure Fabric Watch to identify unacceptable values (threshold traits). Opening 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 108
the date and time the module was last updated. System Monitoring using Web Tools The Fabric Watch license must be installed to view and modify the System Monitor details. Select Monitor > System Monitor to display the System Monitor. When switch exceeds the configured usage limit, an alarm triggers - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 109
tab. 3. Select the Trait Configuration subtab. 4. In Fabric Watch Explorer, select a class. 5. Under Area Selection, select an area from the list. This sets the units in the Units field. The module displays two columns of trait information, labeled System Default and Custom Defined. You cannot - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 110
the list. NOTE The module displays two tables of alarm configuration information, labeled System Default and Custom Defined. You cannot modify the information in the System Default table. 5. In the Activate Level area: • Click System Default to use the system default settings and proceed to step - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 111
configure element-specific alarm settings, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. In Fabric Watch Explorer, select a class. You can set alarms for information on a switch indices of all applicable elements. c. Click OK. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 91 53-1002752-01 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 112
if you want to apply 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 fwalarmsfilterset. This option is used to configure the alarm filtering for Fabric Watch. By - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 113
configuration report, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. Select the Threshold Configuration tab. 3. Select a previously configured element from Fabric Watch Explorer (for instructions or a fan FRU, depending on the switch model. TABLE 31 Field Alarm notification table - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 114
you must set up the e-mail notification recipient's DNS server and domain name. Refer to "Configuring the e-mail server on a switch" on page 94. Fabric OS v7.1 supports up to five e-mail addresses. E-mail addresses must not exceed 128 characters. NOTE You must execute the fwalfilterset 1 command to - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 115
Web Tools 9 To enable an e-mail alerts recipient, perform the following steps. 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. Select the Email Configuration tab. 3. Select a FRU class in the Fabric Watch Explorer tree. 4. Click Enable. 5. Enter the e-mail address of the recipients in the Recipient Email - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 116
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faulty ports that can affect throughput or switch performance. You can generate reports from the command line using a Telnet session or by using • Switch Availability Monitor report • Switch Health report • Switch Status Policy report • Port Detail report Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 97 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 118
throughput or switch performance. You can generate reports from the command line using a Telnet session or by using Web Tools. The examples in this chapter use the command line interface. Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 119
and virtual FC ports. Generating a Switch Health report 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the switchStatusShow command to generate a Switch Health report. switch: admin Password: admin> switchstatusshow Switch Health Report Switch Name: Sat 240 IP address: 1080::8:800 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 120
also contains information on the WWN, Blade, and CP. Generating a Switch Status Policy report 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the switchStatusPolicyShow command to generate a Switch Status Policy report. The current overall switch status policy parameters: Down Marginal - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 121
report 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the fwPortDetailShow command to generate a Port Detail report. See Table 32 for additional commands 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 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - 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 M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 123
of, 29 configuring email notifications, 94 Fabric Watch thresholds, 89 FRU alarms, 92 threshold alarms, Fabric Watch, 90 configuring alarm notifications, 34 configuring ports, 58 core blades, notification when removed, 81 CPU and memory configuration, 80 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 103 53 - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 124
performance monitor class default settings, 45 port class, 57 VE_Port, 68 disabling Fabric Watch threshold alarms, 91 displaying alarms, Fabric Watch, 93 E E_Port default settings, 62 E_Port setting guidelines, 61 e-mail alert, 9 how to disable, 32 how to enable, 32 setting recipient e-mail address - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 125
, 84 I interface types, 23 invalid CRC area, configuring, 59 IP address, setting for notification, 33 L licenseAdd key command, 24 locked port log notification type, 11 M management information base (MIB), 9 memory configuration limits, 80 configuring the usage threshold, 81 MIBs, using remotely - Dell Brocade M5424 | Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Page 126
settings, 52 SNMP components of, 8 using to activate Fabric Watch, 24 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 temperature, displaying, 30 sysMonitor command
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