Configuration Guide User guide

500 FastIron Configuration Guide

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Digital optical monitoring

You can configure your Brocade device to monitor optical transceivers in the system, either globally

or by specified ports. When this feature is enabled, the system will monitor the temperature and

signal power levels for the optical transceivers in the specified ports. Console messages and

Syslog messages are sent when optical operating conditions fall below or rise above the XFP, SFP,

and SFP+ manufacturer recommended thresholds.

Digital optical monitoring configuration limitations

A Brocade chassis device can monitor a maximum of 24 SFPs and 12 XFPs.

Enabling digital optical monitoring

To enable optical monitoring on all Brocade-qualified optics installed in the device, use the

following command.

Brocade(config)#optical-monitor

To enable optical monitoring on a specific port, use the following command.

Brocade(config)#interface ethernet 1/1

Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1)#optical-monitor

To enable optical monitoring on a range of ports, use the following command.

Brocade(config)#interface ethernet 1/1 to 1/2

Brocade(config-mif-e10000-1/1-1/2)#optical-monitor

Syntax: [no] optical-monitor

Use the no form of the command to disable digital optical monitoring.

Setting the alarm interval

You can optionally change the interval between which alarms and warning messages are sent. The

default interval is three minutes. To change the interval, use the following command.

Brocade(config)#interface ethernet 1/1 to 1/2

Brocade(config-mif-e10000-1/1-1/2)#optical-monitor 10

Syntax: [no] optical-monitor [<alarm-interval>]

For <alarm-interval>, enter a value between 1 and 65535. Enter 0 to disable alarms and warning

messages.

NOTE

The commands no optical-monitor and optical-monitor 0 perform the same function. That is, they

both disable digital optical monitoring.