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53-1002999-01 9 September 2013®Flow Vision Administrator’s GuideSupporting Fabric OS v7.2.0

x Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Brocade Flow Vision terminologyThe following terms are used in this document.Notice to the readerThis

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Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 153-1002999-01Chapter1Flow Vision In this chapter •Overview of Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flows1FlowsA flow is a set of Fibre Channel (FC) frames or packets that share similar traits, such as

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 353-1002999-01Flows1When creating or viewing a flow, you can specify any combination of the three features in the fl

4 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flows1Flow frametype parametersFrame monitoring can be done for a variety of frames using predefined -

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 553-1002999-01Flows1Numbers of flows supportedFlow Vision supports a maximum of 512 flows on chassis-based platforms

6 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Vision references1The following example displays all the existing flows on the switch. switch:adm

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 753-1002999-01Flow Vision references1Firmware upgrading and downgrading and Flow VisionThere are no restrictions on

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8 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Vision references1

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 953-1002999-01ChapterX2Flow MonitorIn this chapter •Overview of Flow Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Monitor management2Flow Monitor management The following sections describe how to manage the Flo

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 1153-1002999-01Flow Monitor management2Creating an inactive flow in Flow MonitorTo create an inactive Flow Monitor f

12 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Monitor management2Viewing Flow Monitor flowsTo display Flow Monitor flows, enter flow --show fl

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 1353-1002999-01Flow Monitor examples2Resetting Flow Monitor flow statisticsTo clear the statistics for a Flow Monito

14 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Monitor examples2| I/O Count | I/O Per Sec.(IOPS) | I/O bytes Transferred | I/O bytes Per Sec. |

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Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 1753-1002999-01Flow Monitor examples2Ingress or egress Top Talker monitor You can use the learn flow (“*”) parameter

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide iii53-1002999-01ContentsAbout This DocumentIn this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

18 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Monitor examples2switch:admin> flow --show egresstt==========================================

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 1953-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2NOTEYou cannot create a learned flow in a trunk group.The fol

20 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2In Figure 3, the physical devices are A, B, and C, and have t

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 2153-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Definition: IngrPort(219),SrcDev(10:00:00:05:1e:e8:e2:00),Dst

22 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Backbone-to-edge To monitor a flow from Device C to Device A

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 2353-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Edge-to-backbone To monitor a flow from Device A to Device C

24 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Monitoring FC router fabrics using proxy IDs The following ex

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 2553-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2DCX_Backbone128:admin> switchshow |grep Port Index Slot Po

26 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Edge-to-edge through an egress port To monitor a flow from De

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 2753-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Backbone-to-edge To monitor a flow from Device C to Device A

iv Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Chapter 2 Flow MonitorIn this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Monitoring Fibre Channel routed fabrics2Edge-to-backbone To monitor a flow from Device A to Device C

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 2953-1002999-01Flow Monitor references2Flow Monitor referencesThe following sections provide additional information

30 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Monitor references2• Learning is supported on 16 Gbps F_Ports only.• Only one learned flow is su

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 3153-1002999-01Chapter3Flow GeneratorIn this chapter •Overview of Flow Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator management3Flow Generator flows are defined using a combination of the source device (

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 3353-1002999-01Flow Generator management3Parameter usage exceptions • If the srcdev and ingrport parameters are both

34 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator management3When a flow is activated, traffic is generated by the ingress port or sourc

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 3553-1002999-01Flow Generator management3Definition: IngrPort(1/9),SrcDev(0x010900),DstDev(0x01c100)Flow Generator (

36 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator management3Notes on displaying the status of a Flow Generator flow• If you want to see

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 3753-1002999-01Flow Generator management3Resetting Flow Generator flow statistics To manually clear the frame count

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide v53-1002999-01SIM-Port attributes and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Sending tra

38 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator examples3Changing a flow frame payload patternAssigning a frame payload pattern explic

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40 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator references3Flow Generator referencesThe following sections provide additional informat

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 4153-1002999-01Flow Generator references3switchshowEntering switchshow generates output showing which ports are set

42 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Generator references3• SIM-Ports cannot be configured as any of the following port types; these

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 4353-1002999-01Flow Generator references3Flow Generator and MAPSMAPS can be used to monitor SIM-Port traffic thresho

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Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 4553-1002999-01Chapter4Flow Mirror In this chapter •Overview of Flow Mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4Figure 10 provides a diagram of a mirrored flow with the ingrPort mirroring th

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 4753-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4The following example creates a Flow Mirror flow named “Flow1” that monitors a

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48 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4Viewing Flow Mirror flows The following sections describe the different ways y

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 4953-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4In the verbose information view, the first output line lists the flow name and

50 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4The following example shows the frame rates for the Flow Mirror flow named “fm

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 5153-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4| 040200 | 040f00 | 8058 | ffff | SOFi3 | EOFt | ELSframe | ---- | Rx | Jul 12

52 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Flow Mirror management4Deleting Flow Mirror flowsTo delete a Flow Mirror flow, enter flow --delete fl

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 5353-1002999-01Troubleshooting using Flow Mirror4Troubleshooting using Flow MirrorThe following use cases describe h

54 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01Troubleshooting using Flow Mirror4FIGURE 11 A Flow Mirror revealing a slow drainswitch:admin> flow

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 5553-1002999-01Flow Mirror references4Flow Mirror referencesThe following sections provide additional information ab

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Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 5753-1002999-01IndexAAccess Gateways, flow monitoring on, 29activatingFlow Generator flows, 33Flow Mirror flows, 47F

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide vii53-1002999-01About This DocumentIn this chapter•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

58 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01creatingFlow Generator flows, 32Flow Mirror flows, 46Flow Monitor flows, 10customizingFlow Generator

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide 5953-1002999-01supported functionality, 45time block view, 49viewing flows, 48–51Flow Monitor, 9–30backward compatib

60 Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01MMAPSFlow Generator and, 43Flow Monitor and, 29Flow Vision and, 6SIM ports, 43mirrored flowsactivatin

viii Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide53-1002999-01- Brocade 6520 switch - Brocade 6547 embedded switch- Brocade 7800 extension switch- Brocade VA-40F

Flow Vision Administrator’s Guide ix53-1002999-01Command syntax conventionsCommand syntax in this manual follows these conventions:Notes, cautions, an