Fault Management Overview - Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual

Fault Management
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Fault management overview

Fault management enables you to monitor your managed SAN and IP networks using the following
methods:
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Fault management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1255
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Event notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1256
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Defining filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1258
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SNMP traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1261
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SNMP informs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1274
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Syslogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1275
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Event action definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1280
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Pseudo events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1295
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Event custom reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1306
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Event custom report schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1314
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Event logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317
Listen, forward, and process SNMP traps for SAN and IP devices, which eliminates the need to
poll devices for events.
Receive and forward Syslog messages from Fabric OS switches, IP devices, and Brocade
adapters — HBAs and CNAs are managed using the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) Agent.
Manage pseudo events.
Configure the following event actions:
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Logging policy
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E-mail alerts
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Scripts
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Broadcast to clients
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Special events handling
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Run supportSave (SAN only)
Monitor audit logs and event logs for specified conditions.
Support application events.
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