Checking The Physical Health Of A Switch; Figure 42 Switch Report Window - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Displaying switch information

Checking the physical health of a switch

The Status button displays the operational state of the switch. The icon on the button displays the
real-time status of the switch.
If no data is available from a switch, the most recent background color remains displayed.
Any error-based status messages that is based on a per time interval cause the status to show
faulty until the entire sample interval has passed.
If the switch status is marginal or critical, information on the trigger that caused that status
displays in the Switch Information view.
Click the Status button to display a detailed, customizable switch status report, shown in
Note that this is a static report and not a dynamic view of the switch.
FIGURE 42
Use the following procedure to check the physical health of the switch.
1. Select a logical switch using the drop-down list under Fabric Tree section in the Switch Explorer
2. Click Status on the Switch View.
3. Optional: Click the underlined links in the left panel to display detailed information about ports
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window.
The selected switch displays in the Switch View. The icon on the Status button indicates the
overall status of the switch.
The detailed switch health report displays, as shown in
and Switch Availability Monitoring (SAM).
Figure 42.
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Figure 42.