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

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Notification methods
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E-mail alert
E-mail alert sends information about a switch event to a specified e-mail address. E-mail alert can
send information about any error from any element, area, and class.
The e-mail specifies the threshold and describes the event, much like an error message. Use the
fwMailCfg command to configure e-mail alerts.
NOTE
To send e-mail alerts, the switch must be connected to a DNS server. Use the dnsConfig command
to configure DNS settings. In case a DNS server is not available, mails can be forwarded through a
relay host. The relay host IP can be configured using the fwMailCfg command.
Also, enabling e-mail alerts for the Changed threshold state in several areas can quickly result in a
significant amount of e-mail. Fabric Watch discards e-mail alerts when more than 100 are generated
within a minute; this prevents memory shortages.
Notification methods
Specify the particular notification method that you want Fabric Watch to use by assigning it a value.
Table 11 shows the numerical values for each notification method.
To determine the value for the event setting attribute that enables all desired notification methods,
add the values assigned to each method. For example, to enable SNMP trap, Rapi Trap and e-mail
notification, use the value 22, which is the sum of 2, 4, and 16.
Not all notification methods are valid for all areas. Every area has an associated valid alarm matrix,
which is the sum of all valid notification methods for that area. For example, an area with a valid
alarm matrix of 25 allows the error log entry (1), port log lock (8) and e-mail notification (16)
methods, but does not allow the SNMP trap (2) or Rapi Trap (4) methods.
An area with a valid alarm matrix of 31 allows all of the notification types.
TABLE 11 Numerical values of notification methods
Notification method Assigned value
Error log entry 1
SNMP trap 2
Rapi Trap 4
Port log lock 8
E-mail notification 16
Port fencing 32