Configuration Decisions; Monitoring - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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
to Chapter 3, "Fabric Watch components,"
and areas.
For example:
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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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WWN
for a description of all configurable Fabric Watch classes
Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide
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