Deployment Guide

Performance Monitor class areas....................................................... 55
Performance monitoring setting guidelines......................................... 55
Performance Monitor class default settings........................................ 55
thConfig command.......................................................................................... 56
thConfig command examples..............................................................57
16 Gbps SFP and QSFP monitoring................................................... 58
Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, and Security
classes.......................................................................................................62
Port Monitoring.......................................................................................................................65
Port class areas.............................................................................................. 65
Port class guidelines and default settings....................................................... 66
Physical port setting guidelines...........................................................67
Port class default settings................................................................... 67
Port configuration............................................................................................ 69
Custom port settings........................................................................... 69
Using the nosave command................................................................69
portThConfig command procedures................................................................69
Port type: physical port........................................................................70
E_Port subclass setting guidelines..................................................... 71
E_Port class default settings...............................................................72
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass setting guidelines........................ 74
FOP_Port and FCU_Port subclass default settings............................ 75
VE_Port class default settings............................................................ 78
Port type: E_Port, FOP_Port, or FCU_Port.........................................79
Setting the port persistence time.........................................................79
Port fencing .................................................................................................... 79
Port fencing configuration .................................................................. 80
Port fencing configuration using BNA................................................. 82
Port health and CRC monitoring..................................................................... 83
Recommended port configuration settings......................................................83
System Monitoring..................................................................................................................87
Environment monitoring.................................................................................. 87
Environment class area.......................................................................87
Environment monitoring setting guidelines......................................... 87
Environment class default settings......................................................87
Resource class settings.................................................................................. 88
Resource class area........................................................................... 88
Resource class default settings.......................................................... 89
System monitoring using the sysMonitor command........................................89
Using the nosave command................................................................90
Examples of the sysMonitor command............................................... 90
Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings......................92
Switch monitoring............................................................................................92
Switch status policy planning.............................................................. 93
FRU monitoring............................................................................................... 95
FRU class areas..................................................................................95
Configuring FRUs................................................................................95
Specifying triggers for FRU alarms..................................................... 96
Recommended FRU settings.............................................................. 97
Fabric Watch Configuration Using Web Tools........................................................................... 99
Using Web Tools to configure Fabric Watch...................................................99
Opening the Fabric Watch window..................................................... 99
Fabric Watch Administrators Guide
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