Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.0.0 (53-1000601-01, October 2007)

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Chapter

Configuring Fabric Watch

In this chapter

•Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

•Configuring notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

•Configuring switch status policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

•Configuring FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

•Configuring Fabric Watch using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

•Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

This chapter describes the procedures used to configure Fabric Watch. This chapter does not

explain Fabric Watch terminology and concepts; see Chapter 1, “Fabric Watch Concepts” for these.

Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds

After it is activated, Fabric Watch automatically uses a set of default factory settings that might vary

from system to system, depending on the software version and the switch hardware. You can

create custom threshold configurations to suit your unique environment.

Both the factory default and user-customized Fabric Watch settings are individually maintained.

You cannot change the default values. During Fabric Watch configuration, you can select whether

Fabric Watch should use the default or custom settings for monitoring.

Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds enables you to define your own unique event conditions (such

as threshold traits, alarms, and e-mail configuration). For example, it is unlikely that you would

need to change the default values for Environment class because the hardware has been tested so

extensively. However, if you anticipate a need for additional notifications, or you need to better

gauge performance because of noticeable congestion on certain ports, you might want to configure

the values for some thresholds.

The steps to configure Fabric Watch Thresholds are:

“Step 1: Select the class and area to configure” on page 30

“Step 2: Configure thresholds” on page 32

“Step 3: Configure alarms” on page 38

“Step 4: Disable and enable thresholds by port (optional)” on page 42