Introducing Fabric Watch - HP Surestore 6164 - Switch User Manual

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INTRODUCING FABRIC WATCH

Fabric Watch allows the SAN manager to monitor key fabric and switch
elements, making it easy to quickly identify and escalate potential
problems. The SAN manager monitors each element for out-of-boundary
values or counters, and provides notification when any exceed the defined
boundaries. The SAN manager can configure which elements, such as
error, status, and performance counters within a switch, are monitored.
Fabric Watch runs on switches with Fabric OS version a2.4.1or later, and
can be accessed through Web Tools, a Telnet interface, an SNMP-based
enterprise manager, or by modifying and uploading the Fabric Watch
configuration file to the switch.
Fabric Watch monitors the following elements:
• Fabric events (such as topology reconfigurations and zone changes)
• Switch environment (fans, power supplies, and temperature)
• Ports (state changes, errors, and performance)
• GBICs (for switches equipped with Finisar SMART GBICs
FTR-8519-3)
With Fabric Watch, each switch continuously monitors error and
performance counters against a set of defined ranges. This and other
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