Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000601-02, June 2008)

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Fabric Watch components

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Areas

While classes represent large groupings of information, areas represent the information that Fabric

Watch monitors. For example, switch temperature, one of the values tracked by Fabric Watch, is an

area within the class Environment.

The tables in this section describe all of the areas monitored by Fabric Watch, organized by their

associated classes.

Environment class areas

Table 2 lists and describes the Fabric Watch areas in the Environment class.

NOTE

The fans in the Brocade 200E do not return RPM values, so there is no fan class area for it.

Port Enables you to set additional thresholds specific to different types of ports.

The Port class is made up of the following classes:

• E_Port class—Represents ports connected to another switch.

Note: If you are using a Brocade 48000 with a FR4-18i blade, or the Brocade

7500, the E_Port class monitors the following additional ports and creates

monitors for each of the logical ports:

— FCR (includes EX_Ports)

— FCIP (includes VE_Ports and VEX_Ports)

— State changes, utilization, and packet loss (applicable to VE_Ports only)

• F/FL_Port class —Represents fabric or fabric loop ports that are made of

copper or optical fiber.

Resource Monitors flash memory. It calculates the amount of flash space consumed and

compares it to a defined threshold.

Security Monitors all attempts to breach your SAN security, helping you fine-tune your

security measures.

SFP Groups areas that monitor the physical aspects of SFPs. An SFP class alarm alerts

you to an SFP malfunction fault.

Note: SFPs connected to GbE ports are not monitored.

TABLE 2 Environment class areas

Area Description

Fan Refers to the speed of the fans inside the switch, in revolutions per minute. It is important that

the fans spin quickly enough to keep the ambient temperature from rising to levels at which

switch damage might occur.

Power Supply Monitors whether power supplies within the switch are on, off, present, absent, or faulty. Fabric

Watch monitors power supplies to be sure that power is always available to a switch.

Temperature Refers to the ambient temperature inside the switch, in degrees Celsius. Temperature sensors

monitor the switch in case the temperature rises to levels at which damage to the switch might

occur.

TABLE 1 Fabric Watch classes (Continued)

Class Description