Configuration Decisions; Monitoring - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual
Brocade fabric watch administrator's guide v6.3.0 (53-1001342-01, july 2009)
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Configuration decisions
Configuration decisions
Before you begin an implementation, make some decisions surrounding the following major
configuration tasks.
Monitoring
Do you want to monitor all class areas, or implement the monitoring in incremental stages? If you
monitor class areas incrementally, you should configure Fabric Watch to monitor the classes in the
following order:
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•
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Refer to
classes and areas.
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Step 1. Monitor Fabric class areas
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Domain ID changes
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Fabric logins
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Fabric reconfiguration
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Loss of E_Port
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Segmentation changes
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SFP state changes
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Zoning changes
Step 2: Monitor Port class areas:
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Invalid CRCs
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Invalid Transmission Words
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Link Failure Count
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Loss of Signal Count
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Loss of Sync Count
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Packet Loss
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Primitive Sequence Protocol Error
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Receive (RX) Performance
Step 3: Monitor FRU class areas:
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Slot
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Power supply
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Fan
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Chapter 3, "Fabric Watch components,"
for a description of all configurable Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide
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