Introduction To Fabric Watch - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

Administering Fabric Watch
This chapter contains the following sections:
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"Introduction to Fabric Watch,"
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"Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools"
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"Configuring Fabric Watch Thresholds"
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"Configuring Alarms for FRUs"
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"Displaying Fabric Watch Alarm Information"
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"Configuring Email Notifications"

Introduction to Fabric Watch

Fabric Watch is a Brocade optionally licensed feature that monitors the performance and status of
switches and can automatically alert you when problems arise, before they become costly failures.
Note
The Fabric Watch module is read-only if you do not own the switch. Owning ports on a switch is not
enough to enable Fabric Watch on that switch.
Fabric Watch tracks a number of SAN fabric elements, events, and counters. For example, Fabric Watch
monitors:
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Fabric resources, including fabric reconfigurations, zoning changes, and new logins.
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Switch environmental functions, such as temperature, power supply, and fan status, along with
security violations.
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Port state transitions, errors, and traffic information for multiple port classes as well as operational
values for supported models of Finisar "Smart" GBICs/SFPs.
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Performance information for AL_PA, end-to-end, and SCSI command metrics.
Fabric Watch lets you define how often to measure each switch and fabric element and allows you to
specify notification thresholds. Whenever fabric elements exceed these thresholds, Fabric Watch
automatically provides notification using several methods, including email messages, SNMP traps, and
log entries.
Note
To use the Fabric Watch feature, you must have a Fabric Watch license installed on the switch.
For detailed information regarding Fabric Watch, see the Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide.
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
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