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Configuring Fabric Watch

A port is not considered disabled if one of the port thresholds is still enabled.

To enable all the thresholds for a port, at the command prompt enter:

Configuring notifications

You can be notified of an alarm condition through a notification. The tasks for configuring notifications

using Fabric Watch are:

•

”

Configuring alarm notifications

” on page 46

•

”

Configuring SNMP notifications

” on page 46

•

”

Configuring port log lock actions

” on page 47

•

”


” on page 47

•

”

Configuring email notifications

” on page 47

Configuring alarm notifications

When you use alarm notifications, error messages are sent to designated locations such as an error log,

SNMP trap view, or email. With an error log, you can log in to a particular switch to view the error

messages that have been captured for that particular switch. You can parse the log file to make error

message searches quicker and easier.

To ensure that notifications appear in the error log, use the following command:

The option

1

turns on the alarm notification.

If you decide not to have notifications sent, use the following command:

The option

0

turns the alarm notification off.

All alarms are suppressed when alarm notifications are turned off, except for the Environment class and

Resource class.

To verify or view your current alarm notifications, use the

fwAlarmsFilterShow

command.

Configuring SNMP notifications

In environments in which you have a high number of messages (for example, hundreds per day) coming

from a variety of switches, you might want to receive them in a single location and view them using a

graphical user interface (GUI). In this type of scenario, SNMP notifications might be the most efficient

notification method. You can avoid having to log on to each switch individually as you would have to do

for error log notifications.

SNMP notifications are configured using

snmpMibCapSet

, and within Fabric Watch, using alarms.

See ”

Step 3: Configure alarms

” on page 41for details about setting alarms.

For details about SNMP configuration, including traps, see the

agtCfgSet

cand

snmpConFig

commands in the

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x command reference guide

.


Port Log Lock freezes in time the port log dump output if an event is triggered.

See ”

Step 3: Configure

alarms

” on page 41 for details about configuring port log lock actions.

See ”

Fabric watch components

” on page 19 for more details about port log lock.

swd77:admin> fwconfigure --enable --port 9

swd77:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1

swd77:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0

swd77:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow

FW: Alarms are enabled

Section	Page
Contents	3
Intended audience	7
Related documentation	7
Document conventions and symbols	8
Table 1 Document conventions	8
HP technical support	9
HP-authorized reseller	9
Helpful web sites	9
An introduction to Fabric Watch	11
Fabric Watch overview	11
Introduction to fabric health	12
Fabric Watch concepts	13
Fabric watch components	13
Classes	13
Table 2 Fabric Watch classes	13
Areas	14
Environment class areas	14
Table 3 Environment class areas	14
Fabric class areas	15
Table 4 Fabric class sreas	15
FRU class areas	15
Table 5 FRU class areas	15
Performance monitor class areas	16
Table 6 Performance monitor class areas	16
Port class areas	16
Table 7 Port class areas	16
Resource class area	17
Table 8 Resource class area	17
Security class areas	17
Table 9 Security class areas	17
SFP class areas	18
Table 10 SFP class areas	18
Elements	19
Configuring events	19
Event behavior types	19
Continuous event behavior	19
Triggered event behavior	20
Data values	20
Threshold values	20
High and low thresholds	20
Buffer values	20
Figure 1 Threshold monitoring	21
Figure 2 A buffered data region	21
Time bases	21
Setting time base to none	21
Figure 3 Time base set to none	21
Specifying a time base	22
Figure 4 Event trigger	22
Figure 5 Example without an event	23
Event settings	23
Above event triggers	23
Figure 6 Above event trigger with buffer zone	23
Below event trigger	24
Changed event trigger	24
Figure 7 Changed threshold	24
In-Between triggers	24
Figure 8 In-Between trigger	24
Port persistence	25
Notification methods	25
Switch event (error) log entry	25
SNMP trap	25
RAPITrap	26
Port log lock	26
Email alert	26
Assigning notification methods	26
Table 11 Numerical values of notification methods	26
Switch policies	27
Interpreting event messages	27
Activating and accessing Fabric Watch	29
Activating Fabric Watch	29
Activating with telnet	29
Activating with Advanced Web Tools	29
Accessing Fabric Watch	29
Telnet	30
Advanced Web Tools	30
SNMP-Based enterprise managers	30
Configuration file	32
Configuring Fabric Watch	33
Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds	33
Step 1: Select the class and area to configure	33
Table 12 Element listing information - RXPerformance area menu	34
Step 2: Configure thresholds	35
1. refresh	35
2. disable a threshold	35
Figure 9 Disabling a threshold	36
3. enable a threshold	36
4. advanced configuration	37
Table 13 Element listing information - Advanced Configuration Menu	38
Table 14 Element listing information - threshold boundary menu	40
Step 3: Configure alarms	41
How to calculate values for alarms	41
Figure 10 Changing the threshold alarm level	43
Figure 11 Applying threshold alarm changes	43
Table 15 Advanced configuration options	44
Step 4: Disable and enable thresholds by port (optional)	45
Configuring notifications	46
Configuring alarm notifications	46
Configuring SNMP notifications	46
Configuring port log lock actions	46
Configuring email notifications	47
Figure 12 fwMailcfg Menu	47
1: Show Mail configuration information	47
Figure 13 Config show menu	47
Configuring switch status policy	49
Step 1: Plan and define your switch status policy	49
Table 16 Switch status policy monitor health factors	49
Step 2: Implement your switch status policy	50
Step 3: View your switch status policy	50
Configuring FRUs	50
Figure 14 fwFruCfg configuration	51
Configuring Fabric Watch using Web Tools	51
Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP	51
Figure 15 Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP	52
Figure 16 Enabling Fabric Watch Traps in SNMP	52
Figure 17 Configuring SNMP management host IP address	53
Figure 18 Example OID tree	54
Figure 19 Example swFwName screen	54
Default threshold values	57
Environment class	57
Table 17 Environment class threshold defaults	58
Fabric class	60
Table 18 Fabric Class threshold defaults	60
Performance monitor class	61
Table 19 AL_PA performance monitor class threshold defaults	61
Table 20 Customer-Defined performance monitor class threshold defaults	61
Table 21 End-to-End performance monitor class threshold defaults	62
Port class	62
Table 22 Port Class threshold defaults	62
Table 23 E-Port class threshold defaults	63
Table 24 F/FL-Port class threshold defaults	64
Resource class	65
Table 25 Resource class threshold defaults	65
Security class	66
Table 26 Security class threshold defaults	66
SFP class	68
Table 27 SFP Class Threshold Defaults	68
Basic Fabric Watch configuration guidelines	69
Using Fabric Watch with configuration files	71
Configuration files	71

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