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

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Configuring notifications
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Configuring API notifications
In the Brocade Fabric OS API, notifications are triggered programatically.
The Brocade Fabric OS API is an application programming interface (API) that provides the method
for any application to access critical information about a Brocade SAN. Using Fabric OS API, an
application can query or control individual switches or the entire fabric. You can also configure API
notifications using the Brocade Fabric OS API.
Configuring Port Log Lock actions
Port Log Lock freezes in time the port log dump output if an event is triggered. See “Step 3:
Configure alarms” on page 38 for details about configuring port log lock actions.
See Chapter 1, “Fabric Watch Concepts” for more details about port log lock.
Configuring E-mail notifications
In environments where it is critical that you are notified about errors quickly, you might want to use
e-mail notifications. With e-mail notifications, you can be notified of serious errors via e-mail or a
pager, so you can react quickly.
To configure e-mail notifications in a telnet session, enter the fwMailCfg command at the prompt.
The fwMailcfg menu, shown in Figure 20, appears.]
1 : Show Mail Configuration Information
2 : Disable Email Alert
3 : Enable Email Alert
4 : Send Test Mail
5 : Set Recipient Mail Address for Email Alert
6 : Relay Host IP Configuration
7 : Quit
Select an item => : (1..7) [7]
FIGURE 20 fwMailcfg menu
The following sections describe how to use the fwMailCfg menu options.
Show mail configuration information
1. Type 1 in the fwMailCfg menu (shown in Figure 20) to view the current e-mail configuration
classes.
The Config Show menu (shown in Figure 21) displays.