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Chapter
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MAPS Elements and Categories
In this chapter
•MAPS structural elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
•MAPS monitoring categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MAPS structural elements
MAPS has the following structural elements: categories, groups, rules, and policies. Table 3
provides a brief description of each structural element.
MAPS monitoring categories
When you create rules, you specify an element to be monitored. MAPS provides the following
categories you can monitor:
• Switch Policy Status
• Port Health
• FRU Health
TABLE 3 MAPS structural elements
Element Description
Action The activity performed by MAPS if a condition defined in a rule evaluates to true.
For more information, refer to “MAPS actions” on page 27.
Category A grouping of similar elements that can be monitored (for example, “Security Violations”.
For more information, refer to “MAPS monitoring categories” on page 11.
Condition A true or false trigger created by the combination of a time base and a threshold value.
For more information, refer to “MAPS conditions” on page 26.
Element A value (measure or statistic) that can be monitored. This includes switch conditions, data traffic
levels, error messages, and other values. For a complete list of elements, refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
Group A collection of similar objects that you can monitor as a single entity. For example, a collection of
ports can be assembled as a group. For more information, refer to “MAPS groups overview” on
page 19.
Rule A direction associating a condition with one or more actions that must occur when the specified
condition is evaluated to be true. For more information, refer to “MAPS rules overview” on page 26.
Policy A set of rules defining thresholds for triggering actions MAPS is to take when that threshold is
triggered. When a policy is enabled, all of the rules in the policy are in effect. For more information,
refer to “MAPS policies overview” on page 22.