Dell Brocade 5100 User's Guide

53-1002752-0114 December 2012®752Fabric WatchAdministrator’s GuideSupporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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80 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideExamples of the sysMonitor command8CPU and memoryWhen configuring CPU monitoring, specify a value i

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 8153-1002752-01 Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings8Configuring the system memory usage monito

82 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideSwitch monitoring8Switch status policy planningFabric Watch monitors the health of the switch under

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 8353-1002752-01 Switch monitoring8Implementing your switch status policyAfter you plan and define your switch statu

84 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideFRU monitoring8• Missing SFPs—Monitors the number of ports without SFPs.• Error Ports—Ports that ar

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 8553-1002752-01 FRU monitoring84. In the prompt that follows your current FRU configuration, you are asked to provi

86 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideFRU monitoring8Recommended FRU settingsTable 30 lists the recommended settings for field-replaceabl

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 8753-1002752-01Chapter9Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web ToolsIn this chapter•Fabric Watch Configuration Using W

88 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9NOTEUnless the switch is a member of the current Admin Do

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 8953-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools94. Click the Alarm Configuration tab.5. Select SNMP Trap,

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide xi53-1002752-01 TablesTable 1 Fabric Watch classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools99. Enter the highest boundary of the normal zone in the H

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 9153-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9• Click Custom Defined to specify new settings and procee

92 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9Configuring alarms for FRUs using Web ToolsConfiguration

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 9353-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9Fabric Watch alarm informationFrom Fabric Watch, you can

94 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9To display the alarms page, perform the following steps.1

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 9553-1002752-01Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools9To enable an e-mail alerts recipient, perform the followi

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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 9753-1002752-01 Chapter10Fabric Watch ReportsIn this chapter•Fabric Watch reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

98 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Switch Availability Monitor report10Switch Availability Monitor reportThe Switch Availability Monit

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 9953-1002752-01 Switch Health report102/12 LB 100 0 0 0 2/13

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100 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Switch Status Policy report10The final portion of the report, detailing port health, is not availa

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 10153-1002752-01 Port Detail report10Port Detail reportIf the Switch Health report shows marginal throughput or dec

102 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Port Detail report10219 VE HEALTHY 003:37 - - - - - - - - - - - - -220

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 10353-1002752-01 IndexAabove event triggers, 15access gateway mode, restrictions in Fabric Watch, 12action configur

104 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Ddata values, 11default settingsE_Port, 62environment class, 76Fabric class, 39FOP_Port and FCU_Po

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 10553-1002752-01 FRU classareas, 84configuration, 84recommended settings, 86specifying triggers for alarms, 85FRU c

106 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 relay host configurationdisplaying, 34removing, 34setting, 33resource classarea, 77default setting

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide xiii53-1002752-01 FiguresFigure 1 In-between buffer values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide xv53-1002752-01 About This DocumentIn this chapter•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xvi Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 What’s new in this document• Chapter 8, “System Monitoring,” describes how to configure system mem

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide xvii53-1002752-01 What’s new in this documentNew information• Added information about the four threshold types: abo

xviii Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 What’s new in this documentitalic text Provides emphasisIdentifies variablesIdentifies paths and

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide xix53-1002752-01 What’s new in this documentAdditional informationThis section lists additional Brocade and industr

Copyright © 2000, 2002-2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, Ne

xx Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 What’s new in this document2. Switch Serial NumberThe switch serial number and corresponding bar co

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 153-1002752-01Chapter1Fabric WatchIn this chapter•Fabric health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch overview1Fabric Watch overviewFabric Watch is an optional storage area network (SAN) hea

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 353-1002752-01Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings1Universal temporary license supportThe Fabric Watch licens

4 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Reasons to customize Fabric Watch settings1Time base configurationThe time base specifies the time in

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 553-1002752-01Class, area, and element hierarchy1Class, area, and element hierarchyFabric elements and events are o

6 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Switch monitoring components1The Performance Monitor class is divided into the following areas:• EE (

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 753-1002752-01Switch monitoring components1For complete information about port monitoring, including configuration

8 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Logical switch support1Switch policiesSwitch policies are a series of rules that define specific heal

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 953-1002752-01Fabric Watch event settings1MIB capability configuration parametersThe mibCapability option turns cer

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide iii53-1002752-01Document HistoryTitle Publication Number Summary of Changes DateFabric Watch User’s Guide 53-000155

10 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch notification types1Enabling e-mail alerts for the Changed threshold state in several ar

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 1153-1002752-01Fabric Watch audit messages1Locked port logFollowing an event, the port log locks to retain detailed

12 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch support in Access Gateway mode1Time bases specify the time interval between two samples

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 1353-1002752-01 Chapter2Fabric Watch ThresholdsIn this chapter•Threshold values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Threshold triggers2In-between buffer valuesThe below high threshold is the term used to configure “

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 1553-1002752-01 Threshold triggers2Above event triggerSet the Above event trigger for an element that requires only

16 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Time bases2Time basesTime bases specify the time interval between two samples to be compared. You c

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 1753-1002752-01 Fabric Watch alarm behavior2Figure 4 shows a sample graph of data obtained by Fabric Watch (the typ

18 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch alarm behavior2

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 1953-1002752-01 Chapter3Fabric Watch Threshold ComponentsIn this chapter•Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements

iv Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1001770-01 Updates to support Fabric OS v6.4.0: portThConfig,

20 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements3• Chapter 8, “System Monitoring”The Resource class and En

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2153-1002752-01 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements3Port Enables you to set additional thresholds specific to

22 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch classes, areas, and elements3

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2353-1002752-01Chapter4Fabric Watch ActivationIn this chapter•Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch . . . . . . .

24 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch4If the Fabric Watch license is not listed, continue to step 4

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2553-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch4In Figure 5, the MIB browser populated the left side of the s

26 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch4Trap Recipient's IP address in dot notation: [0.0.0.0] C

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2753-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch410. Expand the tree on the left to find the Fabric Watch OID

28 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch4Activating Fabric Watch using Web ToolsYou can open Web Tools

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2953-1002752-01 Chapter5Fabric Watch ConfigurationIn this chapter•Fabric Watch configuration tasks. . . . . . . . .

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide v53-1002752-01ContentsAbout This DocumentIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

30 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch configuration tasks5Set the following parameters for port monitoring:• Port type • Are

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 3153-1002752-01 Setting Fabric Watch custom and default values5Setting Fabric Watch custom and default valuesUse th

32 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 E-mail notification configuration5The Config Show menu lists each class for which you can provide a

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 3353-1002752-01 E-mail notification configuration5Sending a test e-mail message1. Enter 4 in the fwMailCfg menu to

34 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Notification configuration5The following message displays:Setting 192.168.39.118 as Relay Host..4.

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 3553-1002752-01 Notification configuration52. Enter the following command if you decide not to have notifications s

36 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Notification configuration5

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 3753-1002752-01 Chapter6Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance MonitoringIn this chapter•Fabric monitoring guidelin

38 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings6Fabric monitoring setting guidelinesIt is recomme

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 3953-1002752-01 Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings6Fabric class default settingsTable 4 provides def

vi Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Switch monitoring components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Fabric eve

40 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Security monitoring guidelines and default settings6Security monitoring guidelines and default sett

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 4153-1002752-01 Security monitoring guidelines and default settings6Security monitoring default settingsUse the Sec

42 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Security monitoring guidelines and default settings6SLAP failures (FSLAP) Monitors SLAP failuresUni

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 4353-1002752-01 SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings6SFP monitoring guidelines and default settingsThe SF

44 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings6SFP monitoring default settingsThe SFP default setti

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 4553-1002752-01 Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings6Performance monitoring guidelines and defaul

46 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 thConfig command6Table 11 provides default settings for areas in the End-to-End Performance Monitor

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 4753-1002752-01 thConfig command6TABLE 12 Configuration options for thConfig commandClass name Valid area types Thr

48 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 thConfig command6thConfig command examplesWith the exception of setting thresholds for the RX area

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 4953-1002752-01 thConfig command6Fabric Watch also monitors the Brocade Quad SFP (QSFP) and, as with the 16 Gbps SF

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide vii53-1002752-01Interfaces for activating Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Activating

50 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 thConfig command6Specifying the 16 Gbps SFP typeYou can use the sfpType operand to manage the actio

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 5153-1002752-01 thConfig command6Displaying the number of 16 Gbps SFP operational hoursTo show the number of hours

52 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes6Recommended settings for Fabric

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 5353-1002752-01 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes6Security Telnet violations X Vi

54 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes6

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 5553-1002752-01 Chapter7Port MonitoringIn this chapter•Port class areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Port class guidelines and default settings7NOTEOnly the Packet loss, State changes, and Utilization

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 5753-1002752-01 Port class guidelines and default settings7Physical port setting guidelinesIt is recommended that y

58 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Port configuration7Port configurationUse the portThConfig command to configure thresholds for Fabri

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 5953-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7NOTEThe execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or A

viii Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01Port class areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

60 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7• Set the buffer setting to 0 (the default is 100). Note that if yo

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 6153-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7NOTEYou cannot specify all for all classes but you can specify all

62 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7• Area: Class 3 (C3) DiscardsUnlike the other areas, take a conserv

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 6353-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7Signal loss Monitors the number of signal loss errors.Unit: ErrorsT

64 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelinesFOP_Port and FCU_P

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 6553-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7• Areas: Receive (Rx) Performance, Transmit (Tx) PerformanceRx and

66 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7TABLE 18 FOP_Port and FCU_Port class default settingsArea Descripti

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 6753-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7State changes (ST) Monitors state changes.Unit: ChangesTime Base: m

68 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 portThConfig command procedures7VE_Port class default settingsTable 19 provides default settings (p

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 6953-1002752-01 Port fencing7Setting the port persistence timePort persistence is used to transition a port into a

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide ix53-1002752-01Chapter 9 Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web ToolsIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Port fencing7NOTEThe execution of the portFencing command is subject to Virtual Fabric (VF) or Admi

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 7153-1002752-01 Port fencing7Enabling port fencing1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.2. Configure port th

72 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Recommended port configuration settings7Port fencing requirementsTo configure port fencing using th

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 7353-1002752-01 Recommended port configuration settings7TABLE 22 Recommended configuration for the Port classE=Erro

74 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide53-1002752-01 Recommended port configuration settings7FOP_Port and FCU_Port HOSTLink Loss X Errors Minute 0 15 0

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 7553-1002752-01 Chapter8System MonitoringIn this chapter•Environment monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

76 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideEnvironment monitoring8Environment monitoring setting guidelinesUse Environment Class default setti

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 7753-1002752-01 Resource class settings8Resource class settingsThe Resource class monitors flash memory. It calcula

78 53-1002752-01 Fabric Watch Administrator’s GuideSystem monitoring using the sysMonitor command8System monitoring using the sysMonitor commandUse th

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 7953-1002752-01 Examples of the sysMonitor command8Examples of the sysMonitor commandThe following sections provide