In This Chapter; Fabric Monitoring Guidelines And Default Settings; Fabric Class Areas; Table 3 Fabric Class Areas - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring

In this chapter

Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings

The Fabric class groups areas of potential problems arising between devices, including interswitch
link (ISL) details, zoning, and traffic. A Fabric class alarm alerts you to problems or potential
problems with interconnectivity.

Fabric class areas

Table 3
class using the thConfig command.
TABLE 3
Area
Domain ID changes
Fabric logins
Fabric reconfigure
E_Port downs
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Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Security monitoring guidelines and default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Configuration options for thConfig command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Customizing thConfig command settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security monitoring 54
lists Product Name areas in the Fabric class and describes each area. Configure the Fabric
Fabric class areas
Description
Monitors forced domain ID changes. Forced domain ID changes occur when there is a
conflict of domain IDs in a single fabric and the principal switch has to assign another
domain ID to a switch.
Activates when ports and devices initialize with the fabric.
Tracks the number of reconfigurations of the fabric. Fabric reconfiguration occurs when:
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Two fabrics with the same domain ID are connected.
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Two fabrics are joined.
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An E_Port or VE_Port goes offline.
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A principal link segments from the fabric.
Tracks the number of times that an E_Port or VE_Port goes down. E_Ports and VE_Ports
go down each time you remove a cable or an SFP (where there are SFP failures or
transient errors).
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