Mib Capability Configuration Parameters; Fabric Watch Event Settings; Fabric Watch Notification Types; E-Mail Alert - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

MIB capability configuration parameters

The mibCapability option turns certain MIBs and associated SNMP traps on or off. If a specific MIB
is disabled, the corresponding traps are also disabled. If any trap group is disabled, the
corresponding individual traps are also disabled.
Refer to the SW-MIB Objects chapter of the Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide for detailed information
about the following SNMP tables that can be used to manage thresholds:
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Fabric Watch event settings

Fabric Watch uses two types of settings: factory default settings and user-defined custom settings.
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You must first use the fwSetToCustom command to switch from default to custom settings, and
then use the advanced configuration options provided with the portThConfig, thConfig, and
sysMonitor commands to configure event behavior, actions, and time bases at the port level.
Use the advanced configuration option provided with the portThConfig, thConfig, and sysMonitor
commands to view and modify custom and default values for specified classes and areas in Fabric
Watch. You can customize the information reported by Fabric Watch by configuring event behavior
types, threshold values, time bases, and event settings. These area attributes are used to define
and detect events in Fabric Watch.

Fabric Watch notification types

Fabric Watch provides event notifications in several different formats to ensure that event details
are accessible from all platforms and operating systems. In response to an event, Fabric Watch can
record event data as any (or all) of the following alarm options.

E-mail alert

An e-mail alert sends information about a switch event to a one or multiple specified e-mail
address. An e-mail alert can send information about any error from any element, area, and class
(only one e-mail recipient can be configured per class). The e-mail specifies the threshold and
describes the event, much like an error message. You can configure multiple e-mail recipients per
class using the fwMailCfg command. You must separate the e-mail addresss with a comma and
include the complete e-mail address. For example, abc@12.com is a valid email address; abc@12
is not.
For a recipient to receive the e-mail, you must configure one of the following settings:
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Factory default settings are automatically enabled. These settings vary depending on hardware
platform, and cannot be modified.
You can create custom configurations to suit your unique environment.
Use the dnsConfig command to configure DNS settings to connect the switch to a DNS server.
In case a DNS server is not available, e-mails can be forwarded through a relay host. You can
configure the relay host IP address using the fwMailCfg command.

Fabric Watch event settings

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