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

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Host fault management

Fault management enables you to monitor your SAN using the following methods:

• Monitor logs for specified conditions and notify you or run a script when the specified condition

is met.

• Create event-based policies, which contain an event trigger and action.

• Configure E-mail event notification.

• Receive and forward Syslog messages from Fabric OS switches and Brocade HBAs, managed

using the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM).

HBA events

You can configure triggers and actions for the following event types that are:

• Product Audit Event — occurs when a target product is audited.

• Product Status Event — occurs when a device or connection changes to Up or Down.

• Product Threshold Alert Event — notifies you when a threshold alert has been reached.

You can configure event policies for events you want to monitor. A policy is the mechanism defined

by you that identifies the response to specific event types. You can customize the event

management policy using triggers and actions, which are explained in Chapter 7, “Fault

Management”.

Event policies

You can create policies for events you want to monitor. A policy is the mechanism defined by you

that identifies the response to specific event types. You can customize the event management

policy using triggers and actions, which are explained “Event policies” on page 267. This section

also provides information about the following topics:

Filtering event notifications

The application provides notification of many different types of SAN events. If a user wants to

receive notification of certain events, you can filter the events specifically for that user.

NOTE

The e-mail filter in the Management application is overridden by the firmware e-mail filter. When the

firmware determines that certain events do not receive e-mail notification, an e-mail is not sent for

those events even when the event type is added to the Selected Events table in the Define Filter

dialog box.

To configure event notifications, use the instructions in “Configuring e-mail notification” on

page 284.