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Title Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Publication Number 53-1001770-01 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-01 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002153-02 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01 Summary of Changes Date Updates to support Fabric OS v6.4.0: portThConfig, sysMonitor, thConfig, and portFencing commands (recommended for use in configuring class areas instead of the fwConfigure command); recommended class settings added. March 2010 Updates to support Fabric OS v7.0.0: • Removed deprecated commands: fwconfigure and fwshow. • Removed RAPI trap support. • Added information about "in- between" thresholds. • Updated portthconfig command recommendations. • Changed Port Fencing section. • Added the thMonitor command, which supports the SFP class. • Added information about 16 Gbps and QSFP SFPs. • Added packet loss monitoring enhancements for the VE_Port. • Removed support for "changed" action. • Removed support for "seconds" time base. • Added pause / continue feature. April 2011 Updated 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 power supply for the Brocade DCX 8510-8. • Chapter 9-Removed information regarding custom defined percentage values using Web Tools. December 2011 Very minor updates (this is the last release for Fabric Watch; being replaced by MAPS in next Fabric OS version) • Continuous alerting mode has been removed from Fabric Watch. • The ITW counter includes a physical coding sublayer (PCS) violation. ITW violations can occur due to an ITW violation, a PCS violation, or both. December 2012 iv Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1002752-01

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iv
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
53-1002752-01
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
53-1001770-01
Updates to support Fabric OS v6.4.0:
portThConfig, sysMonitor, thConfig, and
portFencing commands (recommended
for use in configuring class areas instead
of the fwConfigure command);
recommended class settings added.
March 2010
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
53-1002153-01
Updates to support Fabric OS v7.0.0:
Removed deprecated commands:
fwconfigure and fwshow.
Removed RAPI trap support.
Added information about “in-
between” thresholds.
Updated portthconfig command
recommendations.
Changed Port Fencing section.
Added the thMonitor command,
which supports the SFP class.
Added information about 16 Gbps
and QSFP SFPs.
Added packet loss monitoring
enhancements for the VE_Port.
Removed support for “changed”
action.
Removed support for “seconds”
time base.
Added pause / continue feature.
April 2011
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
53-1002153-02
Updated 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
power supply for the Brocade DCX
8510-8.
Chapter 9—Removed information
regarding custom defined
percentage values using Web Tools.
December 2011
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
53-1002752-01
Very minor updates (this is the last
release for Fabric Watch; being replaced
by MAPS in next Fabric OS version)
Continuous alerting mode has been
removed from Fabric Watch.
The ITW counter includes a physical
coding sublayer (PCS) violation. ITW
violations can occur due to an ITW
violation, a PCS violation, or both.
December 2012
Title
Publication Number
Summary of Changes
Date