Stop Monitoring Of A Discovered Fabric; Seed Switch - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

3. Click Monitor.
4. Click OK.

Stop monitoring of a discovered fabric

NOTE
Monitoring is not supported on Hosts.
When you stop monitoring of a fabric, you stop discovery of and data collection for the specified
fabric and all associated devices.
To stop monitoring a fabric and all associated devices, complete the following steps.
1. Select Discovery > Setup.
2. Select the fabric you want to stop monitoring from the Discovered Addresses table.
3. Click Unmonitor.
4. Click OK.

Seed switch

The seed switch must be running a supported Fabric OS or M-EOS version and must be
HTTP-reachable.
Sometimes, the seed switch is auto-selected, such as when a fabric segments or when two fabrics
merge. Other times, you are prompted (an event is triggered) to change the seed switch, such as in
the following cases:
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If a fabric of switches running only Fabric OS 5.X or later is created due to segmentation, the
Management application continues to monitor that fabric, but if any switch with a later Fabric OS
version joins the fabric, an event is triggered informing you that the seed switch is not running the
latest firmware and you should change to the seed switch running the highest firmware.
ATTENTION
If a seed switch is segmented or merged, historical data such as offline zone DB, profile and reports,
and Firmware Download Profile can be lost. Segmentation of a seed switch does not result in
formation of a new fabric. If a merge occurs, the historical data is lost only from the second fabric.
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The monitor function fails if the fabric has user-defined Admin Domains created or if the fabric
is merged with another fabric already in the monitored state.
The Discover Setup dialog box displays.
If, during fabric discovery, the Management application detects that the seed switch is not
running a supported version, you are prompted to change the seed switch.
When one or more switches join the fabric or if the switch firmware is changed on any of the
switches in the fabric, the Management application checks to make sure that the seed switch
is still running a supported version. If it is not, then you are prompted to either upgrade the
firmware on the seed switch or to change the seed switch to a switch running a supported
firmware.
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