Adding Standard Filter-Based Monitors - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

• HP StorageWorks 8/40 SAN Switch
• HP StorageWorks 400 Multi-Protocol Router
• HP StorageWorks DC SAN Backbone Director
• HP StorageWorks DC04 SAN Director Switch
For the HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Directors, the maximum number of filters is 12 per port in any
combination of standard filters and user-defined filters, except for the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48
Port 4Gb FC blade. For the HP StorageWorks SAN Director 48 Port 4Gb FC blade:
• The lower 16 ports (ports 0 through 15) have a maximum of 12 filter monitors per port and 15 offsets
per port for user-defined monitors.
• The middle 16 ports (ports 16 through 31) have a maximum of 6 filter monitors per port and 1 1 offsets
per port for user-defined monitors.
• The upper 16 ports (ports 32 through 47) do not support filter monitors.
The actual number of filters that can be configured on a port depends on the complexity of the filters. For
trunked ports, the filter is configured on the trunk master.
Virtual Fabrics considerations: Filter-based monitors are not supported on logical ISLs (LISLs), but are
supported on ISLs and extended ISLs (XISLs).
You can monitor filter-based performance using the perfMonitorShow command, as described in
"Displaying monitor
perfMonitorClear command, as described in

Adding standard filter-based monitors

You cannot add identical filter monitors to the same port. Two filter monitors are considered to be identical
when they have the same values for the following items:
• Filter monitor type
• Owner (Telnet, Web Tools, etc.)
• Alias
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter one of the following commands, depending on the type of monitor you want to add:
• perfAddReadMonitor to count the number of SCSI Read commands
• perfAddWriteMonitor to count the number of SCSI Write commands
• perfAddRwMonitor to count the number of SCSI Read and Write commands
• perfAddScsiMonitor to count the number of SCSI traffic frames
• perfAddIpMonitor to count the number of IP traffic frames
See the Fabric OS Command Reference for complete descriptions of these commands.
counters" on page 418. You can clear filter-based counters using the
"Clearing monitor counters" on page 420.
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