Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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SAN Fabric monitoring

NOTE

Monitoring is not supported on Hosts. The upper limit to the number of HBA and CNA ports that can

be monitored at the same time is 32. The same upper limit applies if switch ports and HBA ports are

combined. You can select switch ports and adapter ports from a maximum of ten devices.

Fabric monitoring enables discovery of and data collection for the specified fabric and all

associated devices. The Management application enables you to view fabric monitoring status

through the Discover Fabrics dialog box. The following table illustrates and describes the icons that

indicate the current status of the discovered switches.

For Professional and Professional Plus, the default monitoring interval is 120 seconds (minimum

interval is 120 seconds).

Table 6 details the default and minimum monitoring intervals used to query the monitored

switches:

To change the monitoring interval, refer to “Configuring asset polling” on page 121.

TABLE 10 Monitor Icons

Icon Description

Displays when the switch is managed and the switch management status is okay.

Displays when the switch is managed and the switch management status is not okay.

Displays when the fabric is not managed.

TABLE 11 Monitor Intervals

SAN Size Default Minimum

Small 120 seconds (2 minutes) 60 seconds (1 minute)

Medium 900 seconds (15 minutes) 120 seconds (2 minutes)

Large 1800 seconds (30 minutes) 180 seconds (3 minutes)