HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Fabric Watch User Guide (AA-RW1TA-TE, May 2005)

71Fabric OS 5.0.0 Fabric Watch user guide
5: Set Recipient Mail Address for Email Alert
1. Enter 5 in the fwMailCfg menu (shown in Figure 12) to specify the recipient to whom
Fabric Watch should send the email alert for a class.
The Config Show menu (shown in Figure 13) appears.
2. Select a class.
The following prompt appears:
Enter the email address of the person responsible for the specific class of alerts.
Fabric Watch uses the default value, located between the brackets in the prompt, as the
current email address for the class. A value of NONE indicates that no email address has
been provided.
NOTE: Email addresses must not exceed 128 characters.
The system displays a confirmation message and returns to the main fwMailCfg menu.
6: Quit
Enter 6 in the fwMailCfg menu (shown in Figure 12) to exit the menu.
Configuring switch status policy
The tasks for configuring a switch status policy are:
• Step 1: Plan and define your switch status policy, page 72
• Step 2: Implement your switch status policy, page 73
• Step 3: View your switch status policy, page 73
Your switch status policy monitors the overall status of a switch based on several contributing
parameters. 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. While some users find that the default settings suit their needs, others need
to configure a switch status policy due to unpredictable power outages, temperature changes,
or redundancy requirements, among other conditions.
You can configure your switch status policy to define the health of your switch. Generally
speaking, Fabric Watch defines the health of your switch using the following terms:
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