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53-1001770-01 ® 30 March 2010 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 2
service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners and product availability. Export of technical data contained in this document may please visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd. Brocade Communications Systems, - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 3
into steps, rewrote many sections to improve clarity. Added technical and editorial changes. April 2004 Updates to support Fabric OS v4.4.0 features and Brocade 3016 and 4100 switches. Rewrote Chapter 4, "Configuring Fabric Watch." September 2004 Renamed book. Combined the Introduction - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 4
-02 53-1000601-03 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001342-01 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 Summary of Changes Date Updates to support Fabric March 2008 OS v6.1.0. Reorganized many sections to improve clarity. Updates to support Fabric OS v6.2.0: Virtual Fabric, port - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 5
How this document is organized xv Supported hardware and software xvi What's new in Additional information xviii Other industry resources xix Getting technical help xix Document feedback xx Chapter 1 Fabric System resource monitoring 6 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 6
Watch settings 11 Monitoring 12 Threshold and action configuration 12 Event behavior configuration 12 Time base configuration 12 Alert configuration 13 Post-processing of messages 13 Fabric Watch 20 Fabric Watch alarm behavior 21 vi Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 7
39 Configuring alarm notifications 39 Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring In this chapter 41 Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings 41 Fabric class areas 41 Fabric monitoring setting guidelines 42 Fabric class default settings 43 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 8
guidelines 49 Performance Monitor class default settings 49 Configuration options for thConfig command 51 Customizing thConfig command subclass default settings 65 VE_Port class default settings 67 Port configuration 68 Custom port settings 68 Using the nosave command 68 portThConfig - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 9
and memory 87 Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings . . . 88 Switch monitoring 89 Switch status policy planning 89 FRU monitoring 91 FRU class areas 91 Configuring FRUs 91 Specifying triggers for FRU alarms 92 Recommended FRU settings 93 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 10
Fabric Watch Configuration Using Legacy Commands In this appendix 101 Port threshold configuration using Refreshing a threshold configuration 104 Disabling a threshold configuration 104 Enabling a Changing the threshold boundary level 106 Configuring port fencing using the fwConfigure command - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 11
16 Time base set to none 17 Event trigger 18 Example without an event 19 Above event trigger with buffer zone 20 Changed threshold 20 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP 29 Example OID tree 32 Fabric Watch Administrator - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 12
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49 End-to-End Performance Monitor class default settings 50 Configuration options configuration for the Port class 78 Environment class area 81 Environment configuration options using the fwConfigure command 113 Numerical values of notification methods 114 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 14
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Supported hardware and software xvi •What's new in this document xvi •Document conventions xvii •Additional information xviii •Getting technical Fabric Watch configuration. • Chapter Configuration," configurations. This chapter discusses configuration how to configure high and to configure high - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 16
advanced configuration tasks using the fwConfigure command. Supported hardware and software This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 6.4.0 and all switches running Fabric OS version 6.4.0. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for a complete list of supported hardware and - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 17
was removed: • Environment class, fan area (no longer supported). • Performance Monitor, the names of user-manipulated GUI elements guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 18
statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. and industry-specific documentation that you to register at no cost for a user ID and password. White papers, firmware. xviii Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 19
technical help Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately following the problem, and specific questions • Description of any troubleshooting the power supply bays • Brocade DCX-On the - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 20
and as much detail as possible about your comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement. xx Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 21
enables effective data transmission between networked devices. One of the more obvious criteria for fabric health is the condition of the network hardware. A switch or port failure can prevent data packets from reaching their destination. Network traffic can also influence fabric health. If the - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 22
configure Fabric Watch to provide notification before problems later use RBAC to determine which commands a user can issue. Each feature is associated with an support software, and support for optionally-licensed software that is enabled using license keys. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 23
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 3 53 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 24
end-to-end) Performance Monitor - monitors RX and TX performance between two devices. • Filter Performance Monitor - measures the number of frames transmitted through a port that match specific not supported on the configured thresholds and Manual for more information and for details - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 25
that takes the ports offline if the user-defined thresholds are exceeded. Supported port types include physical ports, E_Ports, manually enable port fencing. Refer to "Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command" on page 75 for instructions. When a port that has exceeded its user - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 26
environment and resource classes. Environment thresholds enable temperature monitoring, and resource thresholds enable monitoring of flash memory. • Configure memory or CPU usage parameters on the switch or display memory or CPU usage. Configuration of rules that define specific health states for the - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 27
depending on hardware platform, and cannot be modified. • For some Fabric Watch parameters, you can create custom configurations to suit your unique environment. The fwSetToCustom command allows you to switch from default to custom settings. The command assumes that a set of user-defined thresholds - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 28
not want notification during each sample period from the port hardware failure to the time of its repair, you can define been crossed. For specific configuration procedures, refer to the following chapters in this guide: • "Setting Fabric Manual. 8 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 29
configure e-mail alerts using one of the following methods: • Use the dnsConfig command to configure DNS settings to connect the switch to a DNS server. • In case a DNS server which minimizes memory use. SNMP traps In environments where you configured. When the SNMP agent is configured to a specific - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 30
events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and other configuration changes-in other words-critical changes user name, IP address, or type of management interface used to access the switch. NOTE Audit messages are generated for port fencing configuration changes - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 31
or second (samples are compared every second). This configurable field affects the comparison of sensor-based data with user-defined threshold values. See "Time bases" on , make some decisions surrounding the following major configuration tasks. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 11 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 32
incrementally, you should configure Fabric Watch to monitor configuration before you apply the threshold configuration to more switches or fabrics. NOTE You cannot configure different thresholds for server and storage ports, because threshold configuration the advanced configuration option provided - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 33
configuration When Fabric Watch is improperly configured few simple ways to improve the configuration. When large numbers of unimportant room temperature is probably incorrectly configured. • If the event setting configured on your switches. Post-processing of messages After you have configured - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 34
1 Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings 14 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 35
High and low thresholds 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 at which a potential problem can occur because of overheating or freezing. You can compare high and low - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 36
met until the data sensed falls below the low threshold value or above the high threshold value. FIGURE 2 A buffered data region 16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 37
every minute), or second (samples are compared every second). This configurable field affects the comparison of sensor-based data with user-defined threshold values. Time base set to none If you set following examples illustrate each point. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 17 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 38
event. A time base of minute is defined. An event occurs only if the rate of change in the specific interval (one minute in this example) is across the threshold boundary. It should be either higher than the is well above the high threshold. 18 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 39
to normal operation. The second event will not be triggered until the counter value falls below the high threshold and buffer values. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 19 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 40
render it virtually useless. For example, this trigger type is appropriate for FRU failures. It is not appropriate for temperature monitoring. 20 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 41
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 21 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 42
2 Threshold triggers 22 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 43
class and E_Port subclass. You can configure general port monitoring using the Port class and monitoring specific to a type of port using the Watch, is an area within the class Environment. For detailed information about how to configure areas, including recommended threshold and action settings - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 44
Includes information about the physical environment in which the switch resides and the internal environment of the switch. For example, an Environment-class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems with temperature. Configure the Environment class using the sysMonitor command. Fabric - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 45
you to set additional thresholds specific to different types of DCX Backbone with an FR4-18i blade, or the Brocade 7500, the E_Port services from one edge fabric to another. Configure the Port class using the portThConfig command. Manages your system's memory or CPU usage. Monitors flash memory - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 46
3 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements 26 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 47
the data center infracture; Brocade switches and directors enable monitoring of specific incidents and trigger an SNMP alert based on a user-defined threshold sending the alert to the dedicated SNMP trap receiver. Configuring SNMP threshold alerts for Fabric OS switches requires using Web Toos to - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 48
Watch using Web Tools You can open Web Tools on any workstation with a compatible Web browser installed. 1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the device in the Address field necessary. 5. Select Tasks > Manage > Fabric Watch. 28 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 49
configure fabric elements, receive SNMP traps generated by fabric events, and obtain the status of fabric elements through SNMP-based enterprise managers. NOTE The following instructions apply (4) in order to forward threshold alerts. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 29 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 50
Switch.] sysLocation: [End User Premise.] sysContact: [Field Support.] authTrapsEnabled (true, t, false, f): [false] SNMP community and trap recipient configuration: Community (rw): recipient Severity level : (0..5) [0] Community (ro): [common] 30 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 51
subnet area in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] 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 sensor, will generate traps. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 31 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 52
screen similiar to the one shown in Figure 9. FIGURE 9 Example OID tree 11. Obtain the specific identifier for the element that will be modified. To get the identifier, click the swFwThresholdTable and , see the Fabric OS MIB Reference. 32 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 53
. For complete information 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 Initialize all Fabric Watch classes fwClassInit Set the boundary and alarm level to custom - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 54
on page 85. Chapter 8, "System Monitoring" Show the overall switch status. Configure FRU state and notifications. switchStatusShow fwFruCfg Chapter 8, "System Monitoring" Chapter 8, on page 99. "Switch Availability Monitor report" on page 96. 34 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 55
to view the current e-mail configuration classes. The Config Show menu displays. Config Show Menu 1 : Environment class 2 : SFP class 3 : Port class 4 : Fabric class 5 : E-Port class 6 : F/FL Port (Optical) class 7 : Alpa Performance Monitor class 8 : End-to-End Performance Monitor class 9 : Filter - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 56
alerts for a specific class. The Environment is not 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 Manual - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 57
the e-mail configuration for a specific class. The Config Show menu displays. 2. Select a class to test. If the e-mail configuration for the sent. Check Mail configuration for Environment class! The e-mail address specified in the mail configuration receives a test e-mail 's Guide 37 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 58
the relay host configuration 1. Enter 6 in the fwMailCfg menu to display the relay host configuration menu. 1 Display Relay Host configuration 2 Set Relay Host IP 3 Remove Relay Host configuration 4 Quit 2. Enter 3 to remove the configuration. 38 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 59
Notification configuration 5 Notification configuration log file to make error message searches quicker and easier. Configuring alarm notifications 1. Ensure that notifications appear in the error alarm notifications are turned off, except for the Environment class and Resource class. 3. Verify or - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 60
5 Notification configuration 40 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 61
) details, zoning, and traffic. A Fabric class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems with interconnectivity. Fabric class areas Table 3 lists Product Name areas in the Fabric class and describes each area. Configure the Fabric class using the thConfig command. TABLE 3 Fabric class - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 62
occur whenever there is a change in zone configurations. Fabric monitoring setting guidelines It is recommended E_Port class areas. • Fabric logins In a large environment of numerous devices, this area is of no interest. can be configured to be recorded in the RASlog, which is - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 63
0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 In-Between: 0 Zoning Changes Monitors changes to currently enabled zoning configurations Unit: Zone changes Time Base: none Low: 0 High: 0 Buffer: 0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 43 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 64
Time Server (TS) which occur when an out-of-synchronization error has been detected. Security monitoring setting guidelines Use the Security class default settings for area and notification configuration. There is no reason to alter the default settings. 44 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 65
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 45 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 66
settings Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 3 In-Between: 0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 3 In-Between: 0 Threshold state Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range 46 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 67
fault. SFP performance monitoring is not supported on VE_Ports or VEX_Ports. NOTE SFPs Temperature Receive power (RXP) Transmit power (TXP) Current area events indicate hardware failures. Measures the amount SFP default settings. The default alarm configuration (log all alarms only to the error - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 68
Base: none Low: 2970 High: 3630 Buffer: 10 Monitors SFP Temperature Unit: Degrees C Time Base: none Low: -10 High: 85 Buffer: 3 Monitors transmit power in µWatts Unit: µWatts Time Base: none Low: 0 High: 5000 Buffer: 25 Monitors the insertion and removal of SFPs Unit: Changes Time Base: none - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 69
to the S_ID; user (EE performance monitor) 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 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 70
for areas in the End-to-End Performance Monitor class. TABLE 11 End-to-End Performance Monitor class default Below: 0 Above: 0 In-Between: 0 Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative 50 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 71
information about the ThConfig command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. TABLE 12 Class name Configuration options for thConfig command Valid area types Threshold Threshold action Configuration recommendation SFP Fabric Security Filter TXP - Transmit areas RXP - Receive areas - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 72
Manual configuration changes from being saved persistently. This option allows you to make and view changes without overwriting the saved configuration. thConfig command restriction The Fabric and Security classes are not supported in Access Gateway mode. 52 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 73
of thConfig command The following example shows how to display the default threshold and alarms configuration for the DC area of the Fabric class. Switch:admin> thconfig --show Fabric - Trigger : Below Action: None Buffer: Default: Value : 100 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 74
EMAIL_ALERT, F=Port Fence Trait Configuration Fabric E_Port downs X Fabric reconfig X Domain ID X changes Segmentation X Zone changes X Fabric logins X SFP Temperature X RX power X TX power X Current X Voltage X SFP state X changes End-to-End RX X Performance Performance TX - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 75
SNMP_Trap, P=Port_LOG_LOCK, M=EMAIL_ALERT, F=Port Fence Trait Configuration Security Telnet X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S security DB Illegal X Violations Minute 1 2 0 X E,S commands Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 55 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 76
6 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security monitoring 56 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 77
configuration 68 •portThConfig command procedures 69 •Port fencing 74 •Recommended port configuration Configure the Port class using the portThConfig command. You can find port setting guidelines and specific examples of portThConfig configuration hardware problem hardware problem hardware problems - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 78
. Occasionally these errors occur due to software gliches. Persistent errors occur due to hardware problems. The percentage of maximum bandwidth consumed in packet receipts. The state of the and Utilization areas are supported on the VE_Port. 58 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 79
the following sections and plan carefully before you begin configuring the port. • "Physical port setting guidelines" setting guidelines" NOTE E_Ports and VE_Ports are not supported in Access Gateway mode. Physical port setting guidelines Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 59 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 80
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative 60 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 81
a Brocade 48000 or a Brocade DCX Backbone with an FR4-18i blade, or the Brocade 7500, the E_Port class monitors the following additional set the alarm to fence the port. See "Port configuration" on page 68 for instructions. • Areas: Receive (Rx) and Transmit (Tx) 's Guide 61 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 82
In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range 62 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 83
Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 63 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 84
fence the port. See "Port configuration" on page 68 for instructions. In addition, set the alarm configurations to send alerts to both the and storage device ports. NOTE With the increased use of virtual environments, alerts from device ports are increasing more than ever in the Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 85
areas, take a conservative approach for the C3 Discards area. Use the default settings and configure the alarms for Above. The goal is to locate issues with the device or its Informative Informative Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 65 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 86
: Percentage (%) Time Base: minute Low: 0 High: 100 Buffer: 0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 In-Between: 0 Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Informative Informative 66 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 87
: 0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 In-Between: 0 Changed: 0 Below: 0 Above: 0 In-Between: 0 Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 67 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 88
command syntax is detailed in the Fabric OS Command Reference Guide. Before you configure thresholds, you must first identify and select the appropriate Manual for more information and for details about the portThConfig command. Using the nosave command The nosave command prevents the configuration - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 89
data for the specific E_Port, FOP_Port, or FCU_Port classes. See "Physical port setting guidelines" on page 59 for more information. Configuring a port with an Invalid CRC Count area Invalid Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) count errors can represent noise on the network or a potential hardware problem - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 90
Configuring an E_Port with an Invalid CRC Count area Invalid Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) count errors on a port can represent noise on the network or a potential hardware problem. --apply e-port -area itw -action_level cust -thresh_level cust 70 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 91
command procedures 7 Configuring an E_Port with --apply e-port -area crc -action_level cust -thresh_level cust Configuring an E_Port with a Link Reset area Link reset errors occur . See "Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command" on page 75 for instructions. 2. Apply the changes - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 92
2. Apply the changes. portthconfig --apply e-port -area los -action_level cust -thresh_level cust Configuring an E_Port with a Link Failure Count area Link failures frequently occur due to a loss -area rx -action_level cust -thresh_level cust 72 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 93
2. Apply the changes. portthconfig --apply port -area tx -action_level cust -thresh_level cust Configuring an E_Port with a Trunk Utilization area Trunk utilization is the percentage of utilization at the leave the default alarm settings at 0. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 73 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 94
the first error type that exceeded the threshold. The following error types are supported on port fencing: • Invalid Transmission Words (ITW) • Invalid Cyclic Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for details. The allowed threshold configuration settings are displayed on a per-class - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 95
all port types or all areas. NOTE Port fencing configuration on the VE_Port is supported on the FR4-18i router blade and the Brocade 7500 extension switch only. It is not supported on the Brocade 7800 extension switch or the DCX extension blade. Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 75 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 96
all Port fencing configuration using DCFM The Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) management application supports port fencing. Port period, the device firmware blocks the port, disabling transmit and receive traffic until you investigate, solve the problem, and manually unblock the port. Physical - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 97
configure port fencing using the DCFM management application, all Fabric OS devices must have Fabric Watch and must be running firmware Fabric OS 6.2 or later. Port fencing threshold areas supported "Device Configuration," of the Data Center Fabric Manager User Manual for detailed instructions on how - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 98
device. Recommended configuration for the Port class E=Error_Log, S=SNMP_Trap, P=Port_LOG_LOCK, M=EMAIL_ALERT, pf=Port Fence Trait Configuration Class Area Default Minute 0 100 0 X Packet Loss X (VE_Port) Errors Minute 0 10 0 X 78 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 99
configuration settings 7 TABLE 21 Recommended configuration for the Port class (Continued) Trait Configuration 100 0 X X X X X E E E E,S E,S E,S E,S,F pf E,S,F pf E E E E E E E,S E,S E,S E,S,F pf E,S,F pf E E E E E E Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 79 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 100
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about the internal temperature of the switch. You can configure the Environment class using the sysMonitor command. Environment class area Table 22 lists and describes the areas in the Environment class. TABLE 22 Environment class area Area Description Temperature Refers to the ambient - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 102
to alter them. The default alarm configuration, sending alerts to the error log and SNMP, is sufficient. Environment class default settings Table 23 provides default Environment class settings for all switches. Check the appropriate hardware reference manual for differences in actual environmental - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 103
monitoring 8 TABLE 23 Area Environment class default settings (Continued) Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Brocade 7500 Low 0 High: 75 Buffer: 10 Informative Out-of-range In-range Informative Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 83 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 104
memory. It calculates the amount of flash space consumed and compares it to a defined threshold. Resource class area Table 24 describes the Product Name Resource class area. Configure In-Between: 1 Informative Informative Out_of_range In_range 84 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 105
, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual. The following operations are supported by this command: • Configure thresholds for Fabric Watch event monitoring and reporting for the environment and resource classes. Environment thresholds enable temperature monitoring, and resource thresholds - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 106
specific examples for the Environment class, CPU, and memory. Environment class settings Temperature settings are switch-dependent and there is no need to alter them. The default alarm configuration Buffer: Custom: Value: 10 Default: Value: 10 86 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 107
is 50% for the Brocade 48000 and 75% for all other platforms. When used to configure memory monitoring the limit value must be greater than the low limit and smaller than the high limit : switch:admin > sysmonitor --apply mem -action_level cust Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 87 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 108
for Environment and Resource classes. TABLE 26 Recommended environment and resource class settings Trait Configuration E= Environment Temperature X Resource Flash X C None 0 Percentage None 0 Depends 10 X on switch type 90 0 X E,S E,S E,S E,S E,S E 88 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 109
Data Center Backbone causes the Fabric Watch switch status policy for power supplies to assume a policy setting of 2,1, as with the blades listed above. Use the switchstatuspolicyset command if you need to manually change the policy setting. Temperature thresholds, faulty temperature sensors. Fan - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 110
policies are saved in a nonvolatile memory, and therefore are persistent until changed. Viewing your switch status policy After you have defined and configured your switch status policy, view it more details about the Switch Status Policy Report. 90 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 111
switch. For the following switches, the slot and WWN areas are not supported: • Brocade 300, 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4100, 4900 Configure the FRU class using the fwFruCfg command TABLE 28 FRU class areas Area Indicates Fan Power supply Slot WWN State of a fan has changed. State of a power - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 112
values specified for a slot FRU will apply to all slots in the enclosure. swd123:admin> fwfrucfg The current FRU configuration: Alarm State Alarm Action Slot 31 1 Power Supply 0 0 Fan 0 0 WWN 0 0 Note that the value 0 for a parameter means that it is NOT used in the calculation - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 113
field-replaceable units (FRUs). TABLE 29 Recommended FRU settings E=ERROR_LOG, M=EMAIL_ALERT Class Area Absent Inserted On Off Faulty Changed Below Above In- between FRU Slot X Power Supply X Fan X WWN X X E X E X E X E Fabric Watch Administrator - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 114
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Fabric Watch Reports Chapter 9 In this chapter •Fabric Watch reports 95 •Switch Availability Monitor report 96 •Switch Health report 97 •Switch Status Policy report 98 •Port Detail report 99 Fabric Watch reports You can run reporting commands in Fabric Watch to get instant access to switch - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 116
2/1 U 0 0 0 100 2/2 U 0 0 0 100 2/3 LB 100 0 0 0 2/4 U 0 0 0 100 2/5 LB 100 0 0 0 2/6 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 96 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 117
of each port, based on the currently-configured policy settings. • High-level state of the switch, the power supplies and temperature monitor. • All ports 08/21/2006 05:23:22 PM Power supplies monitor Temperatures monitor Fans monitor WWN servers monitor Standby CP monitor HEALTHY HEALTHY HEALTHY - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 118
report. The current overall switch status policy parameters: Down Marginal PowerSupplies 2 1 Temperatures 2 1 Fans 2 1 WWN 0 1 CP 0 1 Blade 0 1 CoreBlade 0 1 Flash 0 1 MarginalPorts 2 1 FaultyPorts 2 1 MissingSFPs 0 0 98 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 119
:00 212 G HEALTHY 000:00 213 G HEALTHY 000:00 214 G HEALTHY 000:00 215 G HEALTHY 000:00 216 VE HEALTHY 061:19 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 99 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 120
period. PSC Port hardware state changed too often because of fabric reconfiguration. BLP Buffer limited port: the switch status changes when a port is in a buffer limited mode based on the switch status policy. STM SFP temperature is out of specifications. SRX SFP receive power is out of - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 121
command (which is being phased out). • Chapter 8, "System Monitoring" The Resource class and Environment class areas and actions are configured using the sysMonitor command. The FRU class actions are configured using the fwFruCfg command. The Fabric Watch classes and areas are provided in Chapter - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 122
configure. For example, if you enter 5, the menu corresponding to the E_Port class displays. switch:admin> fwconfigure 1 : Environment class 2 : SFP class 3 : Port class 4 : Fabric class 5 : E-Port class 6 : F/FL Port (Optical) class 7 : Alpa Performance Monitor class (not supported - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 123
the area that you want to configure, such as 7 for RXPerformance. 1 : Link loss 2 : Sync loss 3 : Signal loss (not supported) 4 : Protocol error 5 : . A string identifier assigned to the element. The user port number. The current data value contained by the Administrator's Guide 103 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 124
screen refreshes with the most recently updated monitoring information. After the screen refreshes, the same five options appear. Disabling a threshold configuration To stop monitoring a selected option, 2005 0 Percentage(%)/min Informative 104 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 125
Port threshold configuration using the fwConfigure command A Enabling For example, during an event such as an upgrade of a device or server, you might elect not to receive error messages for particular ports. When the --enable --port 9 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 105 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 126
configuration using the fwConfigure command Changing the threshold boundary level NOTE The allowed advanced settings are displayed on a per-class basis. Although port fencing is displayed for other areas, such as RX Performance, for which port fencing is not supported 's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 127
The threshold boundary section of the Advanced Configuration menu includes the threshold information for the are Fabric OS default settings; custom settings are user-defined. Fabric Watch displays the units of measurement Percentage(%) Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 107 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 128
A Port threshold configuration using the fwConfigure command 3. Enter 3 at the Select choice => prompt to change the threshold boundary level, and then enter => : (1..18) [18]9. 5. Enter 16 at the Select choice => prompt to apply the changes. 108 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 129
2. Navigate to a specific class and area with the fwConfigure command. switch:admin> fwconfigure 1 : Environment class 2 : SFP Enter the number from the list that corresponds to the class that you want to configure. Select 3 for Port class, 5 for E_Port class, or 6 for F/ Guide 109 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 130
prompt. 1 : refresh 2 : disable a threshold 3 : enable a threshold 4 : advanced configuration 5 : return to previous page Select an area => : (1..5) [5] 4 6. Select change Select custom by entering 2 at the Enter alarm level type = > prompt. 110 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 131
the number of errors per minute using the following substeps: a. From the advanced configuration section, select change custom high by entering 7 at the Select choice = > : Default 2 : custom Enter boundary level type => : (1..2) [1] 2 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 111 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 132
the customization options displayed at the end of the Advanced Configuration menu. With the exception of the last option, which exits advanced configuration mode, each option has a entire screen will refresh to display the updated information. 112 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 133
command A TABLE 32 Option Advanced configuration options using the fwConfigure command Effect element. The change is volatile because this option is not saved to flash memory. Every time the switch is rebooted, this option is reset. This value is Watch Administrator's Guide 113 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 134
A Advanced options using the fwConfigure command TABLE 32 Option Advanced configuration options using the fwConfigure command (Continued) Effect Input information change inBetween alarm matrix of 31 allows all of the notification types. 114 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 135
method a value, follow these steps: 1. From the area menu, select 4 (advanced configuration) from the area menu. 2. Add the numbers beside each state that you want to Default Errlog-1, SnmpTrap-2, PortLogLock-4 RapiTrap-8, EmailAlert-16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 115 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 136
is setat : Custom DefaultCustom Unit Percentage(%) Time base minuteminute Low 0 0 High 100 80 BufSize 0 0 Percentage(%) Threshold alarmlevel is set at: Custom . . . 116 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 137
8 : change custom buffer 18 : return to previous page 9 : apply threshold boundary changes 10 : cancel threshold boundary changes Select choice => : (1..18) [18]16 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 117 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 138
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buffer values, 15 C changed event trigger, 20 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 class environment, 24 fabric, 24 FRU, 24 Performace Monitor, 24 port, 25 resource, 25 security, 25 SFP, 25 class 3 discards area, configuring on an E_Port, 71 classes, description of, 24 command dnsConfig - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 140
e-mail address, 37 setting recipient mail address, 37 e-mail configuration, displaying, 35 e-mail notification configuration, 35 e-mail, testing a message, 37 end-to-end performance monitor class, default settings, 50 environment class area, 81 default settings, 82 monitoring, 81 recommended - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 141
synchronization count area, configuring on an E_Port, 72 M management information base (MIB), 7 memory configuration limits, 87 configuring the usage threshold physical port setting guides, 59 port class areas, 57 default settings, 59 guidelines and default settings, 59 port configuration, 68 invalid - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 142
, 76 enabling, 76 recommended high and low thresholds, 75 supported ports, 74 port log lock, 10 port monitoring configuration, 34 port persistence, 7 description of, 5 setting, 34 none, 17 transmit performance area, configuring on an E_Port, 73 122 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 143
triggered event behavior, 8 trunk utilization area, configuring, 73 V values buffer, 15 high and low threshold, 15 VE_Port class default settings, 67 W Web Tools, using to activate Fabric Watch, 28 Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide 123 53-1001770-01 - Dell PowerEdge M620 | Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide - Page 144
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