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Port fencing 7 Recommended high port fencing thresholds It is recommend you use conservative thresholds to prevent false triggers. Examples for the Invalid Transmitted Words and Invalid CRCs are shown in Table 19. TABLE 19 Area High port fencing threshold recommendations High threshold (per minute) E_Ports High threshold (per minute) Storage FOP_Ports High threshold (per minute) Host FOP_Ports Default Invalid transmitted words (ITW) 40 80 1000 1000 Invalid cyclic redundancy check 20 40 1000 1000 error (CRC) Recommended low port fencing thresholds Set in-between thresholds to much lower values with an alerting action (RASlog, SNMP trap, or e-mail). Examples for the Invalid Transmitted Words and Invalid CRCs are shown in Table 20. These alerts will trigger when the count exceeds the low threshold. TABLE 20 Area Low port fencing threshold recommendations Low threshold (per minute) E_Ports Low threshold (per minute) Storage FOP_Ports Low threshold (per minute) Host FOP_Ports Default Invalid transmitted words (ITW) 25 25 25 1000 Invalid cyclic redundancy check 5 5 5 1000 error (CRC) Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command The portFencing command enables and configures the port fencing feature; it does not set the thresholds for port fencing. You must configure port thresholds with the portThconfig command before you can enable port fencing. Use the --disable option to disable port fencing for the specified areas on all ports of the specified port types. Use the --show option to display the configuration. The display includes the configured port types, error types, and port fencing status (disabled or enabled). Port fencing is disabled by default. You can configure a specified port type or a list of port types to enable port fencing for one or more areas. Use the all option to indicate 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

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About This Document	15
In this chapter	15
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Supported hardware and software	16
What’s new in this document	16
New information	16
Changed information	17
Removed information	17
Document conventions	17
Text formatting	17
Notes, cautions, and warnings	18
Key terms	18
Additional information	18
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
Fabric Watch threshold components	23
Switch monitoring components	23
Fabric events monitoring	23
Performance monitoring	23
Security monitoring	24
SFP monitoring	24
Port monitoring	24
System resource monitoring	26
Threshold monitoring using SNMP tables	27
MIB capability configuration parameters	27
Fabric Watch event settings	27
Types of event behaviors	28
Fabric Watch notification types	29
E-mail alert	29
SNMP traps	29
RASlog (switch event)	30
Locked port log	30
Fabric Watch audit messages	30
Data values	31
Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings	31
Monitoring	32
Threshold and action configuration	32
Event behavior configuration	32
Time base configuration	32
Alert configuration	33
Post-processing of messages	33
Fabric Watch Thresholds	35
In this chapter	35
Threshold values	35
High and low thresholds	35
Buffer values	35
Time bases	37
Time base set to none	37
Time base set to other than none	37
Threshold triggers	39
Above event trigger	39
Below event trigger	40
Changed event trigger	40
Fabric Watch alarm behavior	41
Fabric Watch Threshold Components	43
In this chapter	43
Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements	43
Classes	43
Class areas	43
Elements	44
Fabric Watch Activation	47
In this chapter	47
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch	47
Activating Fabric Watch using a Telnet session	47
Activating Fabric Watch using Web Tools	48
Activating Fabric Watch using SNMP	49
Fabric Watch Configuration	53
In this chapter	53
Fabric Watch configuration tasks	53
Setting Fabric Watch custom and default values	55
E-mail notification configuration	55
Showing e-mail configuration information	55
Disabling an e-mail alert	56
Enabling an e-mail alert	56
Sending a test e-mail message	57
Setting recipient e-mail address for e-mail alert	57
Setting the relay host IP address	58
Displaying the relay host configuration	58
Removing the relay host configuration	58
Notification configuration	59
Configuring alarm notifications	59
Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring	61
In this chapter	61
Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings	61
Fabric class areas	61
Fabric monitoring setting guidelines	62
Fabric class default settings	63
Security monitoring guidelines and default settings	64
Security class areas	64
Security monitoring setting guidelines	64
Security class default settings	65
SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings	67
SFP class areas	67
SFP monitoring setting guidelines	67
SFP class default settings	68
Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings	69
Performance Monitor class areas	69
Performance monitoring setting guidelines	69
Performance Monitor class default settings	69
Configuration options for thConfig command	71
Customizing thConfig command settings	72
Using the nosave command	72
thConfig command restriction	72
Example of thConfig command	73
Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security monitoring	74
Port Monitoring	77
In this chapter	77
Port class areas	77
Port class guidelines and default settings	79
Physical port setting guidelines	79
Port class default settings	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	87
Port configuration	88
Custom port settings	88
Using the nosave command	88
portThConfig command procedures	89
Port type: physical port	89
Port type: E_Port	90
Setting the port persistence time	94
Port fencing	94
Recommended high port fencing thresholds	95
Recommended low port fencing thresholds	95
Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command	95
Port fencing configuration using DCFM	96
Recommended port configuration settings	98
System Monitoring	101
In this chapter	101
Environment monitoring	101
Environment class area	101
Environment monitoring setting guidelines	102
Environment class default settings	102
Resource class settings	104
Resource class area	104
Resource class setting guidelines	104
Resource class default settings	104
System monitoring using the sysMonitor command	105
Canceling sysMonitor command configurations	105
Using the nosave command	105
Environment class settings	106
CPU and memory	107
Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings	108
Switch monitoring	109
Switch status policy planning	109
FRU monitoring	111
FRU class areas	111
Configuring FRUs	111
Specifying triggers for FRU alarms	112
Recommended FRU settings	113
Fabric Watch Reports	115
In this chapter	115
Fabric Watch reports	115
Switch Availability Monitor report	116
Generating a Switch Availability Monitor report	116
Switch Health report	117
Generating a Switch Health report	117
Switch Status Policy report	118
Generating a Switch Status Policy report	118
Port Detail report	119
Generating a Port Detail report	119
In this appendix	121
Port threshold configuration using the fwConfigure command	121
Setting port thresholds using the fwConfigure command	122
Refreshing a threshold configuration	124
Disabling a threshold configuration	124
Enabling a threshold	125
Enabling and disabling all port thresholds	125
Changing the threshold boundary level	126
Configuring port fencing using the fwConfigure command	129
Advanced options using the fwConfigure command	132
Changing the numerical values of notification methods	134

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Port fencing

Recommended high port fencing thresholds

It is recommend you use conservative thresholds to prevent false triggers. Examples for the Invalid

Transmitted Words and Invalid CRCs are shown in

Table 19

Recommended low port fencing thresholds

Set in-between thresholds to much lower values with an alerting action (RASlog, SNMP trap, or

e-mail). Examples for the Invalid Transmitted Words and Invalid CRCs are shown in

Table 20

. These

alerts will trigger when the count exceeds the low threshold.

Port fencing configuration using the portFencing command

The

portFencing

command enables and configures the port fencing feature; it does not set the

thresholds for port fencing. You must configure port thresholds with the

portThconfig

command

before you can enable port fencing.

Use the --

disable

option to disable port fencing for the specified areas on all ports of the specified

port types. Use the --

show

option to display the configuration. The display includes the configured

port types, error types, and port fencing status (disabled or enabled). Port fencing is disabled by

default.

You can configure a specified port type or a list of port types to enable port fencing for one or more

areas. Use the

all

option to indicate 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.

TABLE 19

High port fencing threshold recommendations

Area

High threshold

(per minute)

E_Ports

High threshold

(per minute)

Storage

FOP_Ports

High threshold

(per minute)

Host

FOP_Ports

Default

Invalid transmitted words (ITW)

1000

Invalid cyclic redundancy check

error (CRC)

1000

TABLE 20

Low port fencing threshold recommendations

Area

Low threshold

(per minute)

E_Ports

Low threshold

(per minute)

Storage

FOP_Ports

Low threshold

(per minute)

Host

FOP_Ports

Default

Invalid transmitted words (ITW)

1000

Invalid cyclic redundancy check

error (CRC)

1000