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Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide
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How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
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Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
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Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
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Chapter 1, "About Fabric Watch,"
its use. It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration.
Chapter 2, "Fabric Watch Best Practices"
users should consider when configuring their implementation.
Chapter 3, "Fabric Watch components,"
associated with every monitored behavior.
Chapter 4, "Fabric Watch thresholds,"
buffer values and provides examples of various threshold settings.
Chapter 5, "Notification methods,"
can be applied to all of the classes. The methods include switch event (error) log, SNMP traps,
RAPI trap, port log lock, and e-mail alert.
Chapter 6, "Activating Fabric Watch,"
overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch through each
interface.
Chapter 7, "Fabric Watch default settings,"
you can use to rapidly deploy and monitor your fabric.
Chapter 8, "Fabric Watch Configurations,"
fencing (optional) and includes advanced configuration options.
Chapter 9, "Fabric Watch Reports,"
the methods of accessing each.
Appendix A, "Fabric Watch Commands"
commands are used in advanced configuration tasks.
provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits of
describes some of the modifications Fabric Watch
describes the components (class, area, and element)
explains the concept of high and low thresholds and
describes the various notification methods, not all of which
describes the Fabric Watch requirements, provides an
lists the default settings for all the classes which
describes how to configure thresholds and port
describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and
displays Fabric Watch commands. Many of these
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