Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000240-01
perfAddReadMonitor
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Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.
perfAddReadMonitor
Adds a filter-based performance monitor for the SCSI Read command.
Synopsis perfaddreadmonitor [slotnumber/]portnumber [alias]
Description Use this command to define filter-based monitors to count the number of SCSI FCP Read commands in
Fibre Channel frames. Only frames transmitted are counted.
After successful execution of this command, a monitor number is displayed. The monitor number is
provided for manipulation of these filter-based performance monitors. The optional user-defined alias is
also displayed, if one was specified. All valid monitor numbers and user-defined aliases can be retrieved
with the perfShowFilterMonitor command.
The maximum number of filters is eight per port including user-defined filters, read filters, write filters,
read/write filters, SCSI frame monitor, and IP frame monitor.
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This command requires a Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring license.
This command is not supported on virtual FC ports (VE/VEX_Port), EX_Port, M (Mirror) ports and GbE
ports.
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The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.
Operands This command has the following operands:
slotnumber For bladed systems only, this operand specifies the slot number of the port on
which the monitor is to be added, followed by a slash (/).
portnumber Specifies the number of the port on which the monitor is to be added, relative to
its slot for bladed systems. Use switchShow for a list of valid ports.
alias Specify a name for this monitor. This string truncates to a maximum of 10
characters. It might be surrounded by quotation marks, in order to include spaces.
This operand is optional. The default alias is “SCSI Read”.
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Examples To add an SCSI read monitor to a port:
See Also perfAddEEMonitor, perfAddIPMonitor, perfAddRWMonitor, perfAddSCSIMonitor,
perfAddUserMonitor, perfAddWriteMonitor
switch:admin> perfaddreadmonitor 2/4 “SCSI_R”
SCSI Read filter monitor #2 added