HP StorageWorks 4/256 Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-10011 - Page 205
Administering Fabric Watch, In this Fabric Watch overview
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Chapter Administering Fabric Watch 13 In this chapter •Fabric Watch overview 177 •Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools 178 •Fabric Watch threshold configuration 179 •Configuring alarms for FRUs 182 •Fabric Watch alarm information 183 •E-mail notification 184 Fabric Watch overview Fabric Watch is an optional Brocade licensed feature that monitors the performance and status of switches. Fabric Watch can automatically alert you when problems arise, before they become costly failures. NOTE Fabric Watch is view-only if you do not own the switch. Owning ports on a switch is not enough to enable Fabric Watch on that switch. To use Fabric Watch, you must have a Fabric Watch license installed on the switch. Fabric Watch tracks a number of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. For example, Fabric Watch monitors: • Fabric resources, including fabric reconfigurations, zoning changes, and new logins. • Switch environmental functions, such as temperature, power supply, and fan status, along with security violations. • Port state transitions, errors, and traffic information for multiple port classes as well as operational values for supported models of Finisar "Smart" GBICs/SFPs. Fabric Watch lets you define how often to measure each switch and fabric element and allows you to specify notification thresholds. Whenever fabric elements exceed these thresholds, Fabric Watch automatically provides notification using several methods, including e-mail messages, SNMP traps, and log entries. For detailed information regarding Fabric Watch, see the Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 177 53-1001194-01