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Fabric Watch event settings 1 MIB capability configuration parameters The mibCapability option turns certain MIBs and associated SNMP traps on or off. If a specific MIB is disabled, the corresponding traps are also disabled. If any trap group is disabled, the corresponding individual traps are also disabled. Refer to the SW-MIB Objects chapter of the Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide for detailed information about the following SNMP tables that can be used to manage thresholds: • swFwClassAreaTable • swFwThresholdTable Fabric Watch event settings Fabric Watch uses two types of settings: factory default settings and user-defined custom settings. • Factory default settings are automatically enabled. These settings vary depending on hardware platform, and cannot be modified. • You can create custom configurations to suit your unique environment. You must first use the fwSetToCustom command to switch from default to custom settings, and then use the advanced configuration options provided with the portThConfig, thConfig, and sysMonitor commands to configure event behavior, actions, and time bases at the port level. Use the advanced configuration option provided with the portThConfig, thConfig, and sysMonitor commands to view and modify custom and default values for specified classes and areas in Fabric Watch. You can customize the information reported by Fabric Watch by configuring event behavior types, threshold values, time bases, and event settings. These area attributes are used to define and detect events in Fabric Watch. Fabric Watch notification types Fabric Watch provides event notifications in several different formats to ensure that event details are accessible from all platforms and operating systems. In response to an event, Fabric Watch can record event data as any (or all) 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 information about any error from any element, area, and class (only one e-mail recipient can be configured per class). The e-mail specifies the threshold and describes the event, much like an error message. You can configure multiple e-mail recipients per class using the fwMailCfg command. You must separate the e-mail addresss with a comma and include the complete e-mail address. For example, [email protected] is a valid email address; abc@12 is not. For a recipient to receive the e-mail, you must configure one of the following 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 9 53-1002752-01

Section	Page
Contents	5
Tables	11
Figures	13
About This Document	15
In this chapter	15
How this document is organized	15
Supported hardware and software	16
Deprecated hardware platform support	16
What’s new in this document	16
New information	17
Changed information	17
Removed information	17
Document conventions	17
Text formatting	17
Notes, cautions, and warnings	18
Key terms	18
Additional information	19
Other industry resources	19
Getting technical help	19
Document feedback	20
Fabric Watch	21
In this chapter	21
Fabric health	21
Fabric Watch overview	22
Role-based access control	22
Fabric Watch licensing	22
Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings	23
Event behavior configuration	23
Alert configuration	23
Time base configuration	24
Threshold and action configuration	24
Monitoring	24
Post-processing of messages	24
Class, area, and element hierarchy	25
Switch monitoring components	25
Fabric events monitoring	25
Performance monitoring	25
Security monitoring	26
SFP monitoring	26
Port monitoring	26
System resource monitoring	27
Switch policies	28
Logical switch support	28
Threshold monitoring using SNMP tables	28
MIB capability configuration parameters	29
Fabric Watch event settings	29
Fabric Watch notification types	29
E-mail alert	29
SNMP traps	30
RASlog (switch event)	30
Locked port log	31
Fabric Watch audit messages	31
Data values	31
Fabric Watch support in Access Gateway mode	32
Fabric Watch Thresholds	33
In this chapter	33
Threshold values	33
In-between buffer values	34
Threshold triggers	34
Above event trigger	35
Below event trigger	35
Audit and RASlog messages	35
Time bases	36
Time base set to none	36
Time base set to other than none	36
Fabric Watch alarm behavior	37
Fabric Watch Threshold Components	39
In this chapter	39
Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements	39
Classes	39
Class areas	39
Elements	40
Fabric Watch Activation	43
In this chapter	43
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch	43
Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session	43
Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP	44
Activating Fabric Watch using Web Tools	48
Fabric Watch Configuration	49
In this chapter	49
Fabric Watch configuration tasks	49
Setting Fabric Watch custom and default values	51
E-mail notification configuration	51
Showing e-mail configuration information	51
Disabling an e-mail alert	52
Enabling an e-mail alert	52
Sending a test e-mail message	53
Setting recipient e-mail address for e-mail alert	53
Setting the relay host IP address	53
Displaying the relay host configuration	54
Removing the relay host configuration	54
Notification configuration	54
Configuring alarm notifications	54
Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring	57
In this chapter	57
Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings	57
Fabric class areas	57
Fabric monitoring setting guidelines	58
Fabric class default settings	59
Security monitoring guidelines and default settings	60
Security class areas	60
Security monitoring default settings	61
SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings	63
SFP class areas	63
SFP monitoring default settings	64
Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings	65
Performance Monitor class areas	65
Performance monitoring setting guidelines	65
Performance Monitor class default settings	65
thConfig command	66
thConfig command examples	68
16 Gbps and QSFP monitoring	68
Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes	72
Port Monitoring	75
In this chapter	75
Port class areas	75
Port class guidelines and default settings	76
Physical port setting guidelines	77
Port class default settings	77
Port configuration	78
Custom port settings	78
Using the nosave command	79
portThConfig command procedures	79
Port type: physical port	79
E_Port subclass setting guidelines	81
E_Port class default settings	82
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines	84
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass default settings	85
VE_Port class default settings	88
Port type: E_Port, FOP_Port, or FCU_Port	88
Setting the port persistence time	89
Port fencing	89
Port fencing configuration	90
Port fencing configuration using BNA	91
Recommended port configuration settings	92
System Monitoring	95
In this chapter	95
Environment monitoring	95
Environment class area	95
Environment monitoring setting guidelines	96
Environment class default settings	96
Resource class settings	97
Resource class area	97
Resource class setting guidelines	97
Resource class default settings	97
System monitoring using the sysMonitor command	98
Using the nosave command	98
Examples of the sysMonitor command	99
Environment class settings	99
Resource class settings	99
CPU and memory	100
Examples of the CPU and memory commands	100
Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings	101
Switch monitoring	101
Switch status policy planning	102
FRU monitoring	104
FRU class areas	104
Configuring FRUs	104
Specifying triggers for FRU alarms	105
Recommended FRU settings	106
Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools	107
In this chapter	107
Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools	107
Opening the Fabric Watch window	107
System Monitoring using Web Tools	108
Fabric Watch threshold configuration using Web Tools	109
Configuring alarms for FRUs using Web Tools	112
Configuring alarm filters using Web Tools	112
Fabric Watch alarm information	113
E-mail notification using Web Tools	114
Fabric Watch Reports	117
In this chapter	117
Fabric Watch reports	117
Switch Availability Monitor report	118
Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report	118
Switch Health report	119
Generating a Switch Health report	119
Switch Status Policy report	120
Generating a Switch Status Policy report	120
Port Detail report	121
Generating a Port Detail report	121

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Fabric Watch event settings

MIB capability configuration parameters

The

mibCapability

option turns certain MIBs and associated SNMP traps on or off. If a specific MIB

is disabled, the corresponding traps are also disabled. If any trap group is disabled, the

corresponding individual traps are also disabled.

Refer to the

SW-MIB Objects

chapter of the

Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide

for detailed information

about the following SNMP tables that can be used to manage thresholds:

•

swFwClassAreaTable

•

swFwThresholdTable

Fabric Watch event settings

Fabric Watch uses two types of settings: factory default settings and user-defined custom settings.

•

Factory default settings are automatically enabled. These settings vary depending on hardware

platform, and cannot be modified.

•

You can create custom configurations to suit your unique environment.

You must first use the

fwSetToCustom

command to switch from default to custom settings, and

then use the advanced configuration options provided with the

portThConfig

thConfig

, and

sysMonitor

commands to configure event behavior, actions, and time bases at the port level.

Use the advanced configuration option provided with the

portThConfig

thConfig

, and

sysMonitor

commands to view and modify custom and default values for specified classes and areas in Fabric

Watch. You can customize the information reported by Fabric Watch by configuring event behavior

types, threshold values, time bases, and event settings. These area attributes are used to define

and detect events in Fabric Watch.

Fabric Watch notification types

Fabric Watch provides event notifications in several different formats to ensure that event details

are accessible from all platforms and operating systems. In response to an event, Fabric Watch can

record event data as any (or all) 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 information about any error from any element, area, and class

(only one e-mail recipient can be configured per class). The e-mail specifies the threshold and

describes the event, much like an error message. You can configure multiple e-mail recipients per

class using the

fwMailCfg

command. You must separate the e-mail addresss with a comma and

include the complete e-mail address. For example, [email protected] is a valid email address; abc@12

is not.

For a recipient to receive the e-mail, you must configure one of the following 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.