Fmconfig - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

fmConfig

Manages frame monitor configuration.
Synopsis fmConfig --create frame_type -pat bit_pattern [-port port_list] [-nosave] [-highth value][-timebase
time_base][-action actions] [-force]
fmconfig --change frame_type [-pat bit_pattern][-highth value] [-timebase time_base] [-action
actions]
fmconfig --show [frame_type] [-port port_list | -all][-force]
fmconfig --addmonitor frame_type -port port_list [-nosave][-force]
fmconfig --delmonitor frame_type -port port_list [-nosave][-force]
fmconfig --delete frame_type [-force]
fmconfig --clear frame_type -port port_list
fmconfig --save frame_type
fmconfig --help
Description Use this command to configure, install, and display frame monitors across port ranges on a switch.
This command supports predefined and user-defined names for frame types defined by their
offset, bit mask, and frame values. For each frame type you can configure a threshold and specify
one or more alert mechanisms, such as RAS log, SNMP trap and email.
Frame monitors count the number of frames transmitted through a port that match specific values
in the first 64 bytes of the frame. Since the entire Fibre Channel frame header and many upper
protocol (e.g. SCSI) headers fall within the first 64 bytes of a frame, frame monitors can detect
different types of traffic transmitted through a port. Each frame monitor keeps a timestamp of its
last refresh. It also keeps a generation count, which is incremented each time the monitor is
cleared.
Frame monitors generate alerts whenever the frame count for a certain frame type crosses the
threshold configured for that frame type. You can configure high thresholds for every frame type,
specify actions to be taken when the threshold is exceeded, and configure how often the data are
sampled. When you create a new frame type without specifying the events, a generic filter monitor
configuration for generating events is applied.
The fmConfig command supports basic Fabric Watch configurations for frame monitors. Use
thConfig with the FILTER class for more advanced configurations.
This command enhances and replaces the following legacy commands:
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Fabric OS Command Reference
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