Dell PowerEdge M710 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 378

2 fmConfig For the perfMonitorShow and perfMonitorClear commands, the management of Filter Monitors (FLT class) is provided through the new fmConfig interface. While the legacy commands are still operational in the Fabric OS 6.4.0 release, their use is incompatible with the new fmConfig command. Once you use the new interface to configure and manage frame monitors, you can no longer use the old commands. When you execute fmConfig for the first time with --create, --addmonitor, --delmonitor, or --show, the command prompts for confirmation, because it implicitly enables the Frame Monitor feature and disables the legacy commands. Use the -force option to enable the new feature without confirmation. The legacy commands will be removed in a future release. Notes The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for details. The number of monitors supported per port is platform-specific. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information. This command requires an Advanced Performance Monitoring license. A Fabric Watch license is optional. Without a Fabric Watch license, you cannot use the alert mechanism, but you can still configure frame monitors and observe the counters. This command is not supported on virtual FC ports (VE/VEX_Port), EX_Port, mirror ports, GbE ports, and FCoE ports. Operands --create Creates a user-defined frame type to be monitored. A frame type is defined by a unique name and bit pattern. --change frame_type Modifies an existing frame type configuration. Specifies a name for the frame type. The name is a user-defined string of up to 10 characters. Strings exceeding the character limit are truncated. The string must be included in double quotation marks. Spaces are not permitted. This operand is required with all configuration and display options. Use the --change option to modify an existing frame type that you created earlier by changing, for example, the bit pattern, the ports where the frames should be monitored, or the alert mechanism. You can also use the --change option to modify one of the predefined frame types supported with this command. You can modify the ports where the frames should be monitored or change the default threshold and alert mechanism. You cannot change the bit pattern of a predefined frame type. Predefined frame types include the following: ABTS Specifies a frame of type ABTS (Abort Sequence Basic Link Service command) with a bit pattern of "4,0xff,0x81;12,0xff,0x00;20,0xff,0x00;" BA_ACC Specifies a frame of type BA_ACC (Abort Accept) with a bit pattern of "4,0xff,0x84;12,0xff,0x00;" IP Specifies a frame of type IP with a bit pattern of "12,0xFF,0x05;". SCSI Specifies a frame of type SCSI with a bit pattern of "12,0xFF,0x08;". SCSI_READ Specifies a frame of type SCSI Read with a bit pattern of "12,0xFF,0x08;4,0xFF,0x06;40,0xFF,0x08,0x28;". 346 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1001764-02