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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 14-1
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Chapter
14
Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring
This topic contains procedures for the Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring licensed feature:
Based on Brocade Frame Filtering technology and a unique performance counter engine, Advanced
Performance Monitoring is a comprehensive tool for monitoring the performance of networked storage
resources. It supports direct-attach, loop, and switched fabric Fibre Channel SAN topologies by:
• Monitoring transaction performance from source to destination.
• Reporting cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error measurement statistics.
• Measuring Brocade InterSwitch Link (ISL) Trunking performance and resource usage.
Further features are provided through Web Tools:
• Measuring device performance by port, arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA), and logical unit
number (LUN).
• Comparing IP versus SCSI traffic on each port.
• Providing a library of predefined graphs.
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The SilkWorm 200E switch running Fabric OS v5.0.1 does not display AL_PA measurements for end-
to-end monitors. It provides port CRC reports through Web Tools.
The SilkWorm 4100 switch running Fabric OS v4.4.0 does not display AL_PA measurements for end-
to-end monitors. It provides port CRC reports through Web Tools.