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

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Policy Monitor overview

Fabric policy monitors

Enables you to set the following policy monitors on fabrics.
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Check zoning status—Enables you to determine if zoning is enabled or disabled on the fabric.
Zoning plays a key role in the management of device communication. When you enforce
zoning, devices not in the same zone cannot communicate. Zoning provides protection from
disruption in the fabric (putting bounds on the scope of RSCNs). The best practice is always
enabling zoning.
Rule Violation Fix—If the report shows a violation, the SAN Administrator can use the Zoning
dialog box (Configure > Zoning > Fabric) to fix the violation. Refer to Zoning.
For example, if you use the policy monitor to make sure that the zoning status is enabled, you
can fix the violation through the Zoning dialog box by locating the target fabric, defining a zone
configuration, and activating the zone configuration.
Check that all zones belong to at least one zone config—Enables you to determine if there are
any orphaned zones in the fabric zone database.
Too many orphaned zones can fill up zone database and complicate other ongoing
administrative tasks.
Rule Violation Fix—If the report shows a violation, the SAN Administrator can use the Zoning
dialog box (Configure > Zoning > Fabric) to fix the violation. Refer to Zoning.
For example, the SAN Administrator can fix the violation through the Zoning dialog box using
one of the following methods
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Defining new zone configuration and moving the orphaned zones to the new zone
configuration.
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Moving the orphaned zones to existing zone configuration.
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Cleaning up unused orphaned zones.
Check the number of initiator ports zoned to each storage port—Enables you to determine the
total number of initiator ports zoned to each storage port.
When too many initiators share the same connection (share the bandwidth of the storage
port), congestion can occur.
Rule Violation Fix—If the report shows a violation, the SAN Administrator must make sure the
initiator port limit is under the recommended number.
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