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

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SAN End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .793
Configuring an end-to-end monitor pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .793
Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a real-time graph. . . .795
Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a historical graph. . . .795
Refreshing end-to-end monitor pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .795
Deleting an end-to-end monitor pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .796
SAN Top Talker monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .796
Configuring a fabric mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . .796
Configuring an F_port mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . .798
Deleting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799
Pausing a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799
Restarting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799
Bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800
Supported configurations for bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . .800
How bottlenecks are reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801
Limitations of bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801
Enabling bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .801
Configuring bottleneck alert parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .803
Inheriting alert parameters from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .804
Copying alert parameters from one switch or port to another804
Displaying bottleneck statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805
Displaying hosts that could be affected by an F_ or FL_Port
bottleneck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .805
Disabling bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806
Thresholds and event notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806
Creating a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806
Editing a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .809
Duplicating a threshold policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .810
Assigning a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811
Deleting a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811
SAN Connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .812
Enabling connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .813
Disabling connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .814
Changing connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .814
Chapter 28 Frame Monitor
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815
Frame Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .815
Frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .816
Frame Monitoring requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .817
Creating a custom frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Editing a frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .819
Assigning a frame monitor to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .819
Finding frame monitor assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820
Removing a frame monitor from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .820
Removing a frame monitor from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .821