Port Class Guidelines And Default Settings; Physical Port Setting Guidelines; Port Class Default Settings; Table 15 Port Class Default Settings - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

Port class guidelines and default settings

There are different recommendations and default settings for the physical port, the E_Port, and the
FOP_Port and FCU_Port. Please refer to the following sections and plan carefully before you begin
configuring the port.
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NOTE
E_Ports and VE_Ports are not supported in Access Gateway mode.

Physical port setting guidelines

For the physical port, use the default settings listed in
Invalid Transmission Words and Invalid CRC Count. For Invalid Transmission Words and Invalid CRC
Count, the alarms should be set at two points: a low boundary and a high boundary, with the goal to
alarm as the number of invalid words per minute rises above the low boundary and again as it rises
above the high boundary. it is recommended that you set the high boundary at 25 and set the
alarms to alert the error log any time this high boundary is exceeded.

Port class default settings

Table 15
TABLE 15
Area
Class 3 Discards
Invalid CRC Count
Invalid Transmission
Words
Link Failure Count
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"Physical port setting guidelines"
"E_Port subclass setting guidelines"
"FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines"
provides default settings for areas in the Port class.
Port class default settings
Description
Class 3 discards
frames due to
timeout or
destination
unreachable.
Monitors the
number of CRC
errors
Monitors the
number of invalid
words transmitted
Monitors the
number of link
failures

Port class guidelines and default settings

Table 15 for all areas and alarms except for
Default threshold Default alarm settings
settings
Unit: Errors Changed: 0
Time Base: minute Below: 0
Low: 0 Above: 0
High: 5 In-Between: 0
Buffer: 0
Unit: Errors Changed: 0
Time Base: minute Below: 0
Low: 0 Above: 0
High: 1000 In-Between: 0
Buffer: 100
Unit: Errors Changed: 0
Time Base: minute Below: 0
Low: 0 Above: 0
High: 1000 In-Between: 0
Buffer: 100
Unit: Errors Changed: 0
Time Base: minute Below: 0
Low: 0 Above: 0
High: 500 In-Between: 0
Buffer: 50
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Threshold state
Informative
Informative
Out_of_range
In_range
Informative
Informative
Out_of_range
In_range
Informative
Informative
Out_of_range
In_range
Informative
Informative
Out_of_range
In_range
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