Host Policy Monitors - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Policy Monitor overview
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Host policy monitors

Enables you to set the following policy monitor on Host devices.
Check for redundant connections to attached fabrics—Enables you to determine if there are at
least the minimum number of configured physical connections between the host and the attached
fabric.
To prevent a single point of failure, the host should have a redundant connection to the attached
fabric. Available hosts include both automatic hosts and manual hosts.
Depending on how you discover the hosts, there are recommended configurations you should
complete to avoid inaccuracy.
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Rule Violation Fix—If the report shows a violation, the SAN Administrator can add a redundant host
connection to the attached fabrics. Note that if a host is attached to multiple fabrics, and only
some of the fabrics violate the policy, the report only lists the fabrics that failed.
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Check if the product is configured to send Upload Failure Data Capture to an FTP server—
Enables you to determine if Upload Failure Data Capture is enabled on the selected switches,
that the configured FTP Server is accessible, and that you have write permission to the
directory.
Upload Failure Data Capture enables you to collect switch data periodically. This assists you to
troubleshoot switch failure.
Rule Violation Fix—If the report shows a violation, the SAN Administrator can change the
Upload Failure Data Capture configuration through the Upload Failure Data Capture dialog box
(Monitor > Technical Support > Upload Failure Data Capture). Refer
data capture" on page 919.
Fabric discovery (refer to"Host port mapping overview"
Make sure there are Brocade HBAs on the host.
Make sure to configure the host port mapping.
Host adaptor discovery (refer
Make sure there are Brocade HBAs on the host.
VM Manager discovery (refer
Make sure there are Brocade HBAs on the host.
Make sure you discover the associated fabrics.
to"Host discovery" on page 66)
to"VM Manager Discovery"
to"Enabling upload failure
on page 293)
on page 75)
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