Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Top Talker monitoring

NOTE

Top Talkers requires the Advance Performance Monitoring (APM) license on the device.

NOTE

Top Talkers requires Fabric OS version 6.2 or later.

NOTE

On the 16 - 8 Gig FC Port, 8 - 10 Gig Ethernet Port Switch, Top Talkers is only supported on the

16 - 8 Gig FC Ports.

Performance enables you to create Top Talker monitors on selected devices. Use Top Talkers to

display the connections which are using the most bandwidth on the selected device or port. Top

Talkers can be enabled on the device or one of the F_ports on the device. You can only use Top

Talkers to view real-time performance data. Data is only collected while the Top Talkers dialog box

is open; it is not persisted in the database.

You can have multiple Top Talker monitors configured at the same time. You can monitor up to 10

switches for Fabric mode Top Talkers and 32 ports and 10 switches for F_Port Top Talkers;

however, you can only monitor one device or port for each Top Talker you configure.

Configuring a fabric mode Top Talker monitor

NOTE

A fabric mode Top Talker and an end-to-end monitor cannot be configured on the same fabric. You

must delete the end-to-end monitor before you configure the fabric mode Top Talker.

NOTE

A fabric mode Top Talker and an F_port mode Top Talker cannot be configured on the same fabric.

You must delete the F_port mode Top Talker before you configure the fabric mode Top Talker.

To configure a fabric mode Top Talker monitor, complete the following steps.

1. Select the device or fabric on which you want to monitor Top Talker data.

NOTE

On the 16 - 8 Gig FC Port, 8 - 10 Gig Ethernet Port Switch, Top Talkers is only supported on the

16 - 8 Gig FC Ports.

2. Select Monitor > Performance > Top Talkers.

The Top Talkers - Fabric Mode for <Device_Name> dialog box displays.