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• 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 percent. For example, setting the Marginal value
to 6 means the percentage is 94 percent and up; setting the Marginal value to 12 means the
percentage is 88 percent 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.
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.
Defining switch policy
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