Supported Hardware And Software; What's New In This Document; New Information - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Supported hardware and software

This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 6.4.0 and all switches running Fabric OS
version 6.4.0. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for a complete list of supported
hardware and software products.

What's new in this document

This document contains information that was available at the time the product was released. Any
information that becomes available after the release of this document is captured in the release
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Chapter 8, "System Monitoring,"
using the sysMonitor command. This chapter also lists the switch status policy factors that
affect the health of the switch, describes how to set and view switch status policies, and
details how to configure FRUs.
Chapter 9, "Fabric Watch Reports,"
the methods of accessing each.
Appendix A, "Fabric Watch Configuration Using Legacy Commands,"
configure port thresholds and perform advanced configuration tasks using the fwConfigure
command.
A shift away from the interactive mode using fwConfigure and fwShow commands toward
command-driven configuration using the new commands listed below.
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thConfig command, used to configure Fabric class, Security class, SFP class, and
Performance class areas and actions.
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portThConfig command, used to configure the physical port and its subclasses, the
E_Port, FOP_Port, and FCU_Port areas and actions.
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sysMonitor command, used to configure the Resource class and Environment class areas
and actions.
Port fencing recommendations
FCU_Port (copper) information
describes how to configure system memory and CPU values
describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and
describes how to
Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide
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