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About This Document

In this chapter

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
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How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
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Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
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What's new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
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Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
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Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
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Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
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Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Chapter 1, "Fabric Watch,"
It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration.
Chapter 2, "Fabric Watch Thresholds,"
buffer values and provides examples of various threshold settings.
Chapter 3, "Fabric Watch Threshold Components,"
element) associated with every monitored behavior.
Chapter 4, "Fabric Watch Activation,"
overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch through each
interface.
Chapter 5, "Fabric Watch Configuration,"
commands you can use to create custom threshold configurations. This chapter discusses
configuration files, setting the port persistence time, custom and default values, and e-mail
notifications.
Chapter 6, "Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring,"
high and low thresholds for Fabric Watch event monitoring for SFP, Fabric, Performance, and
Security classes using the thConfig command.
Chapter 7, "Port Monitoring,"
triggers, and actions on specified ports using the portThConfig command.
provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits of its use.
explains the concept of high and low thresholds and
describes the components (class, area, and
describes the Fabric Watch requirements, provides an
provides a comprehensive table that lists the
describes how to configure high and low thresholds, buffers,
describes how to configure
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