Page 1: Fabric Watch
53-1001188-01 November 24, 2008 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.2.0...
Page 2 Copyright © 2008 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, the Brocade B weave logo, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, Secure Fabric OS, SilkWorm, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B wing logo and Tapestry are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries.
Page 3 Document History Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0001559-02 New document May 2000 Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000198-02 January 2002 Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000186-02 March 2002 Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000504-02 April 2003 Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000524-02 April 2003 Fabric Watch User’s Guide...
Page 4 Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000438-01 Updates to support Fabric June 2007 OS v5.3.0, implementation of IPV6. Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000601-01 Updates to support Fabric September 2007 OS v6.0.0 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000601-02 Updates to support Fabric March 2008...
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Contents About This Document In this chapter ......... . . xv How this document is organized .
Page 6 Configuration decisions ........8 Monitoring ......... . . 8 Thresholds .
Page 7 Chapter 5 Notification methods In this chapter ......... . . 27 Fabric Watch notification .
Page 8 Threshold configuration ........57 Selecting the class and area......57 Configuring thresholds for classes and areas .
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Page 11 Figures Figure 1 Threshold monitoring ..........27 Figure 2 A buffered data region .
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Page 13 Tables Table 1 Product Name classes ..........12 Table 2 Environment class areas .
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Page 15: About This Document
About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized ........xv •...
Page 16: Supported Hardware And Software
• Appendix B, “Port fencing types,” lists the set of port fencing types that are available with Brocade Fabric OS version 6.2. • The index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located. Supported hardware and software This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 6.2.0 and all switches running Fabric OS version 6.2.0 including: •...
Page 17: What's New In This Document
What’s new in this document The following Information was added: • Virtual Fabric Support • Ability to monitor switch health on 8 logical switches. • Ability to configure thresholds and alarm matrix for ports belonging to a particular logical switch. •...
Page 18: Document Conventions
Document conventions This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats. Text Formatting The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows: bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI italic text Provides emphasis...
Page 19: Key Terms
Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary. Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful.
Page 20: Getting Technical Help
Getting technical help Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available: 1. General Information • Switch model • Switch operating system version •...
Page 21: Document Feedback
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Page 23: In This Chapter
Chapter About Fabric Watch In this chapter • Fabric health concepts ......... . . 1 •...
Page 24: Fabric Watch Overview
Fabric Watch overview Fabric Watch overview Fabric Watch is an optional storage area network (SAN) health monitor that allows you to enable each switch to constantly monitor its SAN fabric for potential faults and automatically alerts you to problems long before they become costly failures. Fabric Watch tracks a variety of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters.
Page 25: Fabric Watch Alarm Notifications
Fabric Watch alarm notifications Fabric Watch alarm notifications Fabric Watch provides the following types of automatic notifications: • A continuous alarm provides a warning message whenever a threshold is breached; it continues to send alerts until the condition is corrected. For example, if a switch exceeds its temperature threshold, Fabric Watch activates an alarm at every measurement interval until the temperature returns to an acceptable level.
Page 26: Fabric Watch Audit Messages
Fabric Watch audit messages Fabric Watch audit messages Fabric Watch events caused by configuration value changes are tagged as Audit messages. NOTE Audit messages are generated for port fencing configuration changes, whether port fencing is enabled or disabled. You can set up an external host to receive Audit messages so you can easily monitor unexpected changes.
Page 27: Switch Policies
Switch policies Switch policies Switch policies are a series of rules that define specific health states for the overall switch. Fabric OS interacts with Fabric Watch using these policies. Each rule defines the number of types of errors that transitions the overall switch state into a state that is not healthy. For example, you can specify a switch policy so that if a switch has two port failures, it is considered to be in a marginal state;...
Page 28: Port Fencing
Port fencing Port fencing A port that is consistently unstable can harm the responsiveness and stability of the entire fabric and diminish the ability of the management platform to control and monitor the switches within the fabric. Port Fencing is a Fabric Watch enhancement that takes the Port class, E_Port class, F/FL_Port class, and Link Reset ports offline if the user-defined thresholds are exceeded.
Page 29: Chapter 2 Fabric Watch Best Practices
Chapter Fabric Watch Best Practices In this chapter • Fabric Watch default settings ........7 •...
Page 30: Configuration Decisions
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? Refer Chapter 3, “Fabric Watch components,” for a description of all configurable Fabric Watch classes and areas.
Page 31: Thresholds
Configuration decisions Thresholds Before you begin to configure thresholds, decide if you want to have different levels of alerts for E_ports and F/FL_Ports and configure the ports individually. Always set up thresholds one fabric at a time and test the configuration before you apply the threshold configuration to more switches or fabrics.
Page 32: Post-Processing Of Messages
Configuration decisions Notification methods Fabric Watch alerts can be sent using one of the following notification methods, which are described in detail in “Fabric Watch event notifications” on page 3. We recommend using either SNMP trap alerting to your system management console or event log entry in conjunction with Syslog forwarding configured on your switches.
Page 33: In This Chapter
Chapter Fabric Watch components In this chapter • Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements ......11 •...
Page 34: Table 1 Product Name Classes
Classes Table 1 describes the classes into which Fabric Watch groups all switch and fabric elements. TABLE 1 Product Name classes Class Description Environment Includes information about the physical environment in which the switch resides and the internal environment of the switch. For example, an Environment-class alarm alerts you to problems or potential problems with temperature and power.
Page 35: Areas
Areas Areas While classes represent large groupings of information, areas represent the information that Product Name monitors. For example, switch temperature, one of the values tracked by Fabric Watch, is an area within the class Environment. The tables in this section describe all of the areas monitored by Fabric Watch, organized by their associated classes.
Page 36: Fru Class Areas
Areas TABLE 3 Fabric class areas (Continued) Area Description Segmentation Changes Tracks the cumulative number of segmentation changes. Segmentation changes occur because of one of the following: • Zone conflicts. • Incompatible link parameters. During E_Port and VE_Port initialization, ports exchange link parameters, and incompatible parameters result in segmentation.
Page 37: Performance Monitor Class Areas
Areas Performance Monitor class areas Table 5 lists Product Name areas in the Performance Monitor class and describes each area. TABLE 5 Performance Monitor class areas Area Indicates Customer Define Values for customer-defined performance areas. For more information on this area, see the Fabric OS Command Reference.
Page 38: Resource Class Area
Areas TABLE 6 Port class areas (Continued) Area Indicates State Changes The state of the port has changed for one of the following reasons: • The port has gone offline. • The port has come online. • The port is testing. •...
Page 39 Areas TABLE 8 Security class areas (Continued) Area Indicates Invalid Timestamps Invalid timestamps which occur if a time interval becomes too great from the time a packet is sent to the time it is received, and the switch rejects it. Login Violation Login violations which occur when a secure fabric detects a login failure.
Page 40: Sfp Class Areas
Elements SFP class areas Table 9 lists Product Name areas in the SFP class and describes each area. NOTE SFPs connected to GbE ports are not monitored. TABLE 9 SFP class areas Area Description Temperature Measures the physical temperature of the SFP, in degrees Celsius. A high temperature indicates that the SFP might be in danger of damage.
Page 41: Chapter 4 Fabric Watch Thresholds
Chapter Fabric Watch thresholds In this chapter • Threshold values ..........19 •...
Page 42: Figure 1 Threshold Monitoring
Threshold values FIGURE 1 Threshold monitoring Figure 2 shows how to limit the number of event notifications using a buffer. When you specify a buffer, events cannot occur below the high threshold and above the low threshold. Event notification occurs only where the arrows indicate. The event criteria are continued to be met until the data sensed falls below the low threshold value or above the high threshold value.
Page 43: Time Bases
Time bases Time bases Time bases are time periods within Fabric Watch. This configurable field impacts the comparison of sensor-based data with user-defined threshold values. Time base set to none If you set a time base to none, Fabric Watch compares a data value against a threshold boundary level.
Page 44: Figure 4 Event Trigger
Time bases Example1: Triggering an event Figure 4 shows a sample graph of data obtained by Fabric Watch (the type of data is irrelevant to the example). A high threshold of 2 is specified to trigger an event. A time base of minute is defined.
Page 45: Threshold Event Settings
Threshold event settings FIGURE 5 Example without an event Threshold event settings This section describes how Fabric Watch compares a fabric element’s data value against a threshold value to determine whether or not to trigger an event. It describes how a specified buffer zone affects event triggering.
Page 46: Below Event Trigger
Threshold event settings FIGURE 6 Above event trigger with buffer zone Below event trigger The Below event trigger generates an event when a data value becomes less than the low threshold boundary. When a buffer is defined, the event will be triggered only when the value goes below the lower threshold.
Page 47: In-Between Event Triggers
Threshold event settings In-between event triggers Fabric Watch event triggers are usually set to notify the user of a warning or failure condition, but there is an exception. You can define the In-Between event trigger to receive a notification of fault recovery.
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Page 49: Chapter 5 Notification Methods
Chapter Notification methods In this chapter • Fabric Watch notification ........27 •...
Page 50: Rapi Trap
Fabric Watch notification An SNMP trap forwards the following information to an SNMP management station: • Name of the element whose counter registered an event • Class, area, and index number of the threshold that the counter crossed • Event type •...
Page 51: Event Configuration
Event configuration NOTE To send e-mail alerts, the switch must be connected to a DNS server. Use the dnsConfig command to configure DNS settings. In case a DNS server is not available, e-mails can be forwarded through a relay host. The relay host IP can be configured using the fwMailCfg command. Enabling e-mail alerts for the Changed threshold state in several areas can quickly result in a significant amount of e-mail.
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Page 53: Chapter 6 Activating Fabric Watch
Chapter Activating Fabric Watch In this chapter • Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch ......31 Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch This section provides a brief overview of the available user interfaces for activating Fabric Watch.
Page 54: Fabric Watch And Web Tools
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch If the Fabric Watch license is not listed, continue to step 4; otherwise, you are ready to use Fabric Watch. 4. Enter the license key with the licenseAdd key command, where key is the Fabric Watch license key.
Page 55: Fabric Watch And Snmp
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch Fabric Watch and SNMP You can integrate Fabric Watch with existing enterprise systems management tools, such as SNMP. The Fabric Watch Management Information Base (MIB) lets system administrators configure fabric elements, receive SNMP traps generated by fabric events, and obtain the status of fabric elements through SNMP-based enterprise managers.
Page 56 Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch 6. Start a Telnet session, and enter the snmpConfig -set mibcapability command at the prompt to set the SNMP MIB capability. NOTE Currently, setting the SNMP MIB capability can only be done from the CLI. switch:admin>...
Page 57 Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch Trap Recipient's IP address in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] Community (ro): [FibreChannel] Trap Recipient's IP address in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] SNMP access list configuration: Access host subnet area in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] Read/Write? (true, t, false, f): [true] Access host subnet area in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] Read/Write? (true, t, false, f): [true] Access host subnet area in dot notation: [0.0.0.0]...
Page 58: Using The Configuration File Interface
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch FIGURE 10 Example OID tree 11. Obtain the specific identifier for the element that will be modified. To get the identifier, click the swFwThresholdTable and swFwThresholdEntry directory, and run a get operation on swFwName. A list of elements appears in which each element is preceded by an identifier. Remember the numeric portion of the identifier, which appears before the “==>”...
Page 59: Figure 11 Example Swfwname Screen
Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch FIGURE 11 Example swFwName screen In this example, 83.1 is the numeric identifier for the element referenced as resFlash000. Traverse the fields beneath swFwClassAreaTable and swFwThresholdTable, appending the numeric identifier from the previous step to each field before performing a get or write operation.
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Page 61: Chapter 7 Fabric Watch Default Settings
Chapter Fabric Watch default settings In this chapter • Fabric Watch default settings ........39 •...
Page 62: Environment Class Default Settings
Class default settings Environment class default settings Table 10 provides default Environment class settings for all switches. Check the appropriate hardware reference manual for differences in actual environmental requirements. NOTE Fabric Watch no longer supports fan monitoring. Event Manager (EM) now manages fan monitoring and the switch status is calculated based on the fan status reported by EM.
Page 63 Class default settings TABLE 10 Environment class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Brocade 48000 Low: 0 High: 60 Buffer: 10 Brocade DCX Low: 0 High: 70 Buffer: 10 Brocade DCX-4S Informative Low: 0 Out-of-range High: 70 In-range...
Page 64 Class default settings TABLE 10 Environment class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Monitors switch fan Unit: RPM Changed: 0 Informative speed in RPMs Time Base: none Above: 3 Out_of_range Below: 3 Out_of_range Brocade 300 In-Between: 1 In-range...
Page 65: Fabric Class Default Settings
Class default settings Fabric class default settings Table 11 provides default settings for areas in the Fabric class. TABLE 11 Fabric class default settings Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Domain ID Changes Monitors forcible Unit: D_ID Changes Changed: 0 Informative DOMAIN ID changes...
Page 66: Performance Monitor Class Default Settings
Class default settings Performance Monitor class default settings Table 12 provides default settings for areas in the AL_PA Performance Monitor class. TABLE 12 Performance Monitor class default settings Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings AL_PA Invalid CRCs Monitors the number Unit: Errors Changed: 0...
Page 67: Port Class Default Settings
Class default settings Port class default settings Table 15 provides default settings (per minute) for areas in the Port class. TABLE 15 Port class default settings Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Invalid CRC Count Monitors the number Unit: Errors Changed: 0 Informative...
Page 68 Class default settings TABLE 15 Port class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Receive Performance Monitors receive rate, Unit: Percentage (%) Changed: 0 Informative by percentage Time Base: minute Below: 0 Informative Low: 0 Above: 0 Informative High: 100...
Page 69: E_Port Class Default Settings
Class default settings E_Port class default settings Table 16 provides default settings for areas in the E_Port class. Port fencing can only be enabled or disabled for the following areas for the E_Port class: • Link Failure Count • Loss of Synchronization Count •...
Page 70 Class default settings TABLE 16 E_Port class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Receive Performance Monitors the receive Unit: Percentage (%) Changed: 0 Informative rate, by percentage Time Base: minute Below: 0 Informative Low: 0 Above: 0 Informative...
Page 71: F/Fl_Port Class Default Settings
Class default settings F/FL_Port class default settings Table 17 provides default settings for areas in the F/FL_Port class. Port fencing can only be enabled or disabled for the following areas for the F/FL_Port class: • Link Failure Count • Loss of Synchronization Count •...
Page 72: Resource Class Default Settings
Class default settings TABLE 17 F/FL_Port class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold Default alarm settings Threshold state settings Loss of Signal Count Monitors the number Unit: Errors Changed: 0 Informative of signal loss errors Time Base: minute Below: 0 Informative Low: 0 Above: 0...
Page 73: Security Class Default Settings
Class default settings Security class default settings Table 19 provides default settings for areas in the Security class. TABLE 19 Security class default settings Area Description Default threshold settings Default alarm Threshold state settings API Violations Monitors API violations Unit: Violations Changed: 0 Informative Time Base: minute...
Page 74 Class default settings TABLE 19 Security class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold settings Default alarm Threshold state settings Login Violations Monitors login Unit: Violations Changed: 0 Informative violations Time Base: minute Below: 0 Informative Low: 1 Above: 3 Out_of_range High: 2 In-Between: 0...
Page 75: Table 20 Sfp Class Threshold Default Settings
Class default settings TABLE 19 Security class default settings (Continued) Area Description Default threshold settings Default alarm Threshold state settings Telnet Violations Monitors Telnet Unit: Violations Changed: 0 Informative violations Time Base: minute Below: 0 Informative Low: 1 Above: 3 Out_of_range High: 2 In-Between: 0...
Page 76: Sfp Class Default Settings
Class default settings SFP class default settings Table 20 provides default settings for areas in the SFP class. NOTE SFPs connected to GbE ports are not monitored. TABLE 20 SFP class default settings Area Description Default threshold settings Default alarm settings Threshold state Current Monitors SFP current Unit: mA...
Page 77: Chapter 8 Fabric Watch Configurations
Chapter Fabric Watch Configurations In this chapter • Fabric Watch configuration ........55 •...
Page 78: Configuration Files
Fabric Watch configuration Configuration files When you activate Fabric Watch, it uses the default settings described in “Fabric Watch Best Practices” on page 7. You cannot alter these default settings; if the default values do not suit your specific needs, configure Fabric Watch to use more appropriate settings. When you configure the new settings for Fabric Watch, your switch stores the settings in the configuration file.
Page 79: Threshold Configuration
Threshold configuration Threshold configuration Before you configure thresholds, you must first identify and select the appropriate class and areas, If you want a basic configuration, accept the default configuration settings. Selecting the class and area During your planning activities, you should determine exactly which elements or monitors you want to configure, and in which class they reside.
Page 80 Threshold configuration 3. Type the number from the list that corresponds to the class that you want to configure. For example, if you type 5, the menu corresponding to the E_Port class displays. : Link loss : Sync loss : Signal loss : Protocol error : Invalid words : Invalid CRCS...
Page 81: Configuring Thresholds For Classes And Areas
Threshold configuration where: Index A numeric identifier assigned to the element ThresholdName A string identifier assigned to the element Port The user port number CurVal The current data value contained by the element Status Monitoring status, either enabled or disabled LastEvent The last event setting that triggered an event.
Page 82 Threshold configuration Disabling a threshold configuration To stop monitoring a selected option, use the disable a threshold option, as follows: 1. Type 2 at the Select choice => prompt. The system generates output, which varies based on the class and area you selected. 2.
Page 83: Configuring Port Fencing
Threshold configuration Select threshold index => : (216..223) [216] 218 Index ThresholdName Port CurVal Status LastEvent LasteventTime LastVal LastState ============================================================================= 216 eportRXPerf216 8/24 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled inBetween Fri Oct 21 14:21:01 2005 0 Percentage(%)/min Informative 217 eportRXPerf217 8/25 0 Percentage(%)/min enabled inBetween Fri Oct 21 14:21:07 2005 0 Percentage(%)/min Informative...
Page 84 Threshold configuration 3. Type the number from the list that corresponds to the class that you want to configure. Select 3 for Port class, 5 for E_Port class, or 6 for F/FL Port (Optical) class. For each class that you select, Fabric Watch provides a list of the areas of the class available for configuration.
Page 85 Threshold configuration 8. Verify that the alarm matrix displays the Above Custom as 32, and then change the Threshold alarm level to custom by typing 11. : change behavior type 11 : change threshold alarm level : change behavior interval 12 : change changed alarm : change threshold boundary level 13 : change below alarm...
Page 86 Threshold configuration 12. Change the Threshold boundary level to custom by typing 3, and then select custom by typing 2 at the Enter boundary level type. 1: change behavior type 11 : change threshold alarm level : change behavior interval 12 : change changed alarm : change threshold boundary level 13 : change below alarm...
Page 87: Advanced Configuration Options
Advanced configuration options Advanced configuration options To customize Fabric Watch monitoring to suit your environment, use the advanced configuration options, which are listed in Table Table 21 describes the customization options displayed at the end of the Advanced Configuration menu. With the exception of the last option, which exits advanced configuration mode, each option has similar behavior.
Page 88 Advanced configuration options TABLE 21 Advanced configuration options Option Effect Input information change above alarm Changes the notification method for The required notification methods above event occurrences for this method, but only affects the custom column. change below alarm Changes the notification method for The required notification methods below event occurrences for this method, but only affects the custom...
Page 89: Changing The Threshold Boundary Level
Advanced configuration options Changing the threshold boundary level NOTE The allowed advanced settings are displayed on a per-class basis. Although Port Fencing is displayed for other areas, such as RX Performance, for which Port Fencing is not supported, you will not be able to set or apply the changes on such areas.
Page 90 Advanced configuration options where: Index A numeric identifier assigned to the element ThresholdName A string identifier assigned to the element BehaviorType Frequency of alarm notifications BehaviorInt The element behavior interval, in seconds 2. Refer to the following system output to customize high threshold boundary for RXPerformance. The threshold boundary section of the Advanced Configuration menu includes the threshold information for the selected area.
Page 91 Advanced configuration options 3. Type 3 at the Select choice => prompt to change the threshold boundary level, and then type 2 at the Enter boundary level type = > prompt to specify that this is a custom value, as shown in the following system output.
Page 92: Changing The Behavior Type
Advanced configuration options Changing the behavior type There are two behavior types: • Triggered A triggered behavior type signals you once after a threshold has been crossed. Triggered is the default behavior type signal for all class areas. • Continuous A continuous behavior type signals you continuously after a threshold has been crossed.
Page 93: Notification Configuration
Notification configuration Notification configuration You can be notified of an alarm condition through a notification. There are a number of methods through which you can be notified and they are discussed in this section. Alarm notification configuration Alarms act as a signal or alert that notifies you when a threshold has been crossed. NOTE The allowed alarm types are displayed on a per-class basis.
Page 94: Notification Value Configuration
Notification configuration Notification value configuration You can specify a particular notification method that you want Fabric Watch to use by assigning it a value. The value is the sum of the alarm matrix values; for example, PortFencing-32, SnmpTrap-2, and Errlog-1 (32+2+1=35). Table 22 shows the numerical values for each notification method.
Page 95 Notification configuration Errlog-1, SnmpTrap-2, PortLogLock-4 RapiTrap-8, EmailAlert-16 PortFencing - 32 Valid alarm matrix is 63 Enter above alarm matrix => : (0..63) [0] 35 Index ThresholdName BehaviorType BehaviorInt 216 eportRXPerf216 Triggered 217 eportRXPerf217 Triggered 218 eportRXPerf218 Triggered 219 eportRXPerf219 Triggered 220 eportRXPerf220 Triggered 221 eportRXPerf221...
Page 96: Snmp Notification Configuration
Notification configuration 220 eportRXPerf220 Triggered 221 eportRXPerf221 Triggered 222 eportRXPerf222 Triggered 223 eportRXPerf223 Triggered Threshold boundary level is setat : Custom DefaultCustom Unit Percentage(%) Percentage(%) Time base minuteminute High BufSize Threshold alarmlevel is set at: Custom 4. Type 16 at the Select choice => prompt to apply the threshold alarm level changes. Unless you apply the value, it does not take effect.
Page 97: Api Notification Configuration
Notification configuration API notification configuration In the Brocade Fabric OS API, notifications are triggered programatically. The Brocade Fabric OS API is an application programming interface (API) that provides the method for any application to access critical information about a Brocade SAN. Using Fabric OS API, an application can query or control individual switches or the entire fabric.
Page 98 Notification configuration Showing mail configuration information 1. Type 1 in the fwMailCfg menu to view the current e-mail configuration classes. The Config Show menu displays. Config Show Menu ____________________________ : Environment class : SFP class : Port class : Fabric class : E-Port class : F/FL Port (Optical) class : Alpa Performance Monitor class...
Page 99 Notification configuration Enabling an e-mail alert 1. Type 3 in the fwMailCfg menu to enable e-mail alert for a specific class. The Config Show menu displays. 2. Select a class for which Fabric Watch should enable e-mail alerts. The following confirmation message displays: Email Alert is enabled! If the class does not have an e-mail configuration (there is no e-mail address assigned to the class), the following error message displays:...
Page 100 Notification configuration Setting recipient mail address for e-mail alert 1. Type 5 in the fwMailCfg menu to specify the recipient to whom Fabric Watch should send the e-mail alert for a class. The configShow menu displays. 2. Select a class. The following prompt displays: Mail To: [NONE] Enter the e-mail address of the person responsible for the specific class of alerts.
Page 101: Switch Status Policy Configuration
Switch status policy configuration Removing the relay host configuration 1. Type 6 in the fwMailCfg menu to display the relay host configuration menu. 1 Display Relay Host configuration 2 Set Relay Host IP 3 Remove Relay Host configuration 4 Quit 2.
Page 102: Switch Status Policy Planning
Switch status policy configuration Switch status policy planning Before entering the switchStatusPolicySet command, plan your switch status policy. Determine your system requirements and the factors that affect its monitors. Table 23 lists the monitors in a switch and identifies the factors that affect their health. Note that not all switches use the listed monitors.
Page 103: Implementing Your Switch Status Policy
Switch status policy configuration Implementing your switch status policy After you planned and defined your switch status policy, implement it using the following procedure. 1. Enter the switchStatusPolicySet command to configure each policy. Each policy has two parameters that can be configured: Marginal and Down. 2.
Page 104: Fru Configuration
FRU configuration FRU configuration The configuration of FRUs is an exception to the procedures described thus far in this chapter. FRUs are monitored using state values, as opposed to the quantitative values used to monitor the rest of the fabric. As a result of the qualitative nature of this monitoring, the concept of thresholds does not apply.
Page 105 FRU configuration Specifying triggers for alarms You can specify triggers for any number of alarm states or alarm actions. The first prompt enables you to select which FRU states trigger events. 1. Add the numbers beside each state (for the states you want to include). 2.
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Page 107: In This Chapter
Chapter Fabric Watch Reports In this chapter • Fabric Watch reports ..........85 Fabric Watch reports You can run reporting commands in Fabric Watch to get instant access to switch information.
Page 108: Switch Availability Monitor (Sam) Report
Switch Availability Monitor (SAM) report Switch Availability Monitor (SAM) report The switch availability monitor (SAM) report lets you see the uptime and downtime for each port. It also enables you to check if a particular port is failing more often than the others. NOTE SAM report details do not display the health status of GbE ports.
Page 109: Switch Health Report
Switch Health report 2/11 2/12 2/13 2/14 2/15 3/10 Switch Health report The Switch Health report lists the following information: • Current health of each port, based on the currently-configured policy settings. • High-level state of the switch, the power supplies and temperature monitor. •...
Page 110: Switch Status Policy Report
Switch Status Policy report WWN servers monitor HEALTHY Standby CP monitor HEALTHY Standby CP monitor HEALTHY Core blade monitor HEALTHY Blades monitor HEALTHY Flash monitor HEALTHY Marginal ports monitor HEALTHY Faulty ports monitor HEALTHY Missing SFPs monitor HEALTHY All ports are healthy The final portion of the report, detailing port health, is not available without a Fabric Watch license.
Page 111: Port Detail Report
Port Detail report Port Detail report If the Switch Health report shows marginal throughput or decreased performance, use the Port Detail report to see statistics on each port. The Port Detail report is a Fabric Watch licensed product. You can also see port details by health. For example, you can see only healthy ports, only marginal ports, only faulty ports, or only offline ports.
Page 112: Table 25 Port Detail Report Columns
Port Detail report HEALTHY 061:19 HEALTHY 061:19 HEALTHY 061:19 HEALTHY 003:37 HEALTHY 002:48 HEALTHY 061:19 HEALTHY 061:19 HEALTHY 061:19 NOTE Output of the Port Detail Report depends on the ports that belong to the current Admin Domain context. If a port does not belong to the current Admin Domain, nothing other than port number is displayed for that port.
Page 113: Appendix A Fabric Watch Commands
Appendix Fabric Watch Commands In this appendix The following table displays the Fabric Watch commands. Many of these commands are used in advanced configuration. For more information about how to use these commands, refer to Chapter 8, “Fabric Watch Configurations”. Fabric Watch command Description fanShow...
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Page 115: Port Fencing Types
Appendix Port fencing types The following table lists and describes the set of port fencing types that are available in M-EOS and Fabric OS v6.2.0. Fencing Type Violation Subtype Description Firmware Class / Area FOS Support Security Port Binding The login server detects a Security/DCC DCC check disables the Port Binding violation when...
Page 116 Port fencing types Fencing Type Violation Subtype Description Firmware Class / Area FOS Support Protocol ISL Segmentation An E_Port has segmented, exceeding the threshold limit. Security ISL Security Error The attached switch This is similar to previously placed in the Authentication Invalid Attachment state subtype.
Page 117 Index classes examples of subclasses above event triggers commands activating Fabric Watch configdownload alarms configUpload continuous configupload triggered fwclassinit API notification method fwconfigreload area snmpConfig environment class configuration file capabilities fabric class configuration switch status policy FRU class continuous event behavior performance monitor class port class resource class...
Page 118 Fabric Watch setting time base activation SFP class areas components SNMP description of capabilities interface types configuring for notification notification methods using to activate Fabric Watch thresholds SNMP notifications fencing, port types SNMP trap FRU class areas switch status down healthy marginal switch status policy configuration...

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Chapter 6 Activating Fabric Watch

Chapter 7 Fabric Watch Default Settings

Chapter 8 Fabric Watch Configurations

Chapter 9 Fabric Watch Reports

Appendix A Fabric Watch Commands

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