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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 151
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Defining switch policy
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4. Optional: Hold the pointer on the Action bar and click an action to perform one of the following
options:
• Refresh the information displayed in the report
• Customize the report
• View the data in raw XML format
• View the style sheet for the report
• View the XML schema for the report
Defining switch policy
The Switch Status Policy dialog box lets you define the values for what you consider a healthy
switch. The parameters for Switch Policy define whether the unit is listed as being “Healthy”,
“Marginal”, or “Down”.
Use this dialog box to set policy parameters for calculating the overall status of the switch. The
policy parameter values determine how many failed or faulty units of each contributor are allowed
before triggering a status change in the switch from “Healthy” to “Marginal” or “Down”. The
existence of policies such as WWN, CP, and Blade might differ from platform to platform. Numerical
and percentage values that are above “Marginal” are considered to be “Healthy.”
Any single contributor can force the overall status of the switch to “Marginal” or “Down”. For
example, assuming that the switch contributor values are set to the default values, if there is one
faulty port in a switch, then this contributor would set the overall switch status to “Marginal”. If two
ports were faulty, then this contributor would set the overall switch status to “Down”.
Percentages are configured from a maximum of 100%. For example, setting the Marginal value to 6
means the percentage is 94% and up; setting the Marginal value to 12 means the percentage is
88% and up.
NOTE
Entering the value zero (0) for a parameter means that it is NOT used in the calculation. In addition,
if the range of configurable values in the prompt is zero (0..0), the policy parameter is NOT applicable
to the switch.
To define the Switch Status Policy, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Web Tools main page.
2. Click Configure > Switch Status Policy.
The Switch Status Policy dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 31.
NOTE
The options available in the dialog box may differ, depending on the options available on your
switch, including CP, core blades, blades, and WWN.