Perfaddeemonitor - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Command Reference Manual

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perfAddEEMonitor

perfAddEEMonitor
Adds an end-to-end monitor to a port.
SYNOPSIS
perfaddeemonitor [slot/]port SourceID DestID
DESCRIPTION
Use this command to add an end-to-end performance monitor to a port. The performance monitor counts
the number of words received, number of words transmitted, and number of CRC errors detected using
either of the following conditions:
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To monitor traffic from host A to device B, add a monitor on port 2, specifying 0x050200 as the SID and
0x010100 as the DID. The RX count equals the number of words from host A to device B, whereas the
TX count equals the number of words from device B to host A. The CRC count equals the total number of
CRC errors for both directions. Adding a monitor on port 1, specifying 0x010100 as SID and 0X050200
as the DID has a similar effect, except the RX and TX counts are interchanged.
To monitor traffic between one Initiator host and one target storage device connected to an Encryption
Switch, you must add two monitors because of the manner in which the real initiators or targets transfer
data to VIs and VTs. The first monitor would be added between the initiator SID and the virtual initiator
DID, and the second monitor would be set up between virtual target SID and the target DID. Refer to the
Examples section for details.
Identical monitors cannot be added to the same port. Two monitors are considered identical if they have
the same SID and DID values after applying the end-to-end mask.
Execution of this command displays a monitor number, which can be used to manipulate performance
monitors.
NOTES
This command requires an Advanced Performance Monitoring license.
This command is not supported on virtual FC ports (VE/VEX_Port), EX_Port, M (Mirror) ports, and GbE
ports.
On 8G (Condor 2-based) platforms, End-to-End monitors are supported only on F_Ports. On 16G
(Condor 3-based) platforms, End-to-End monitor are supported on both F_Ports and E_Ports. When
installing an end-to-end monitor on an E_Port, be sure to install the SID and DID in the ingress direction.
The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.
OPERANDS
This command has the following operands:
slot
port
SourceID
560
For frames received at the port, the frame SID is the same as and frame DID is the same as DestID;
both RX_COUNT and CRC_COUNT are updated accordingly.
For frames transmitted from the port, the frame DID is the same as SourceID and frame SID is the
same as DestID; both TX_COUNT and CRC_COUNT are updated accordingly.
For bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the port on which the
monitor is to be added, followed by a slash (/).
Specifies the number of the port on which the monitor is to be added, relative to its
slot for bladed systems. Use switchShow for a list of valid ports.
Specifies the 3-byte SID (Source ID) of the originator device. It should be in
"0xDDAAPP" format, where DD is domain ID, AA is area ID and PP is AL_PA ID.
For example, 0x050200 has a domain ID of 5, an area ID of 2, and an AL_PA ID of
0. SourceID and DestID both cannot be 0x000000.
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