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

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Chapter
2
Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch
In this chapter
•Fabric Watch activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
•Fabric Watch access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fabric Watch activation
You can monitor one or multiple switches in a fabric using Fabric Watch. If you choose to use Fabric
Watch, it must be activated on each switch individually. Use Telnet or Web Tools to activate Fabric
Watch. Information about using Web Tools to activate and use Fabric Watch, see the Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide.
NOTE
If the Administrative Domain feature is enabled on the switch, the local switch must be a member
of the current Admin Domain in order for the Fabric Watch feature to be fully usable:
- CLI: Fabric Watch commands cannot be used, except the fwPortDetailShow command. It will still
show filtered output in Admin Domain context even if the local switch is not a member of the current
domain.
- Web Tools: Web Tools allows view-only access to all threshold configuration values even if the local
switch is not a member of the current domain. However, the thresholds can be changed only if the
local switch is a member of the current Admin Domain.
For more information on the Administrative Domain feature, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide.
After it is activated, configure Fabric Watch to monitor your system and its health, as described in
Chapter 3, “Fabric Watch configuration”.
Activating Fabric Watch with Telnet
To activate Fabric Watch using Telnet commands:
1. Log in as admin.
2. View a list of the activated licenses with the licenseShow command.
swd21:admin> licenseshow
SedQyzdQbdTfeRzZ:
Web license
Zoning license
bedR9dyyzzcfeSAW:
Fabric license
Scy9SbRQd9VdzATb:
Fabric Watch license