Introduction - HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch User Manual

Using Fabric Watch

Introduction

When you activate Fabric Watch, the software begins to run and uses default
settings. You cannot alter the default settings. To customize Fabric Watch, you
must assign custom settings and configure Fabric Watch to use those settings.
Fabric Watch lets you monitor:
1. If a value changes.
2. If a value exceeds a limit.
3. If a value exceeds an acceptable range.
To use Fabric Watch, you must:
Note:
Note:
command to 1. For more information, refer to
Note:
Using chapters (chapters 3 through 8) in this book.
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Choose elements that you want to monitor.
Place limits on the acceptable values of those elements (configure threshold
boundaries).
This step only applies to preceding items 2 and 3.
Choose how frequently Fabric Watch identifies unacceptable values
(configure threshold behaviors).
Choose if and how Fabric Watch alerts you to errant values (configure
alarms).
Alarms will only occur after you configure the fwalarmsfilterset
Enable the thresholds that you configured.
For step-by-step instructions for how to use Fabric Watch, refer to the UI-specific
fwalarmsfilterset on page 180.
Fabric Watch Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide