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

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Launching Fabric Watch

Use Fabric Watch as an health monitor that allows you to enable each switch to constantly monitor

its SAN fabric for potential faults and automatically alerts you to problems long before they become

costly failures.. For more information about Fabric Watch, refer to the Fabric Watch Administrator’s

Guide. For more information about Fabro OS access gateway, switches, and directors, refer to the

documentation for the specific device.

To launch Fabric Watch, complete the following steps.

NOTE

You must have Fabric Watch privileges for the selected device to launch Fabric Watch. If you do not

have Fabric Watch privileges, you will need to enter those credentials to launch Fabric Watch.

NOTE

You must have the Fabric Watch license for the selected device.

On the Connectivity Map, right-click the Fabric OS device you want to monitor and select Fabric

Watch > Configure.

Fabric Watch displays.

1. Select a Fabric OS device.

2. Select Monitor > Fabric Watch > Configure.

Fabric Watch displays.