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

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If the Fabric Watch license is not listed, continue to step 3; otherwise, you are ready to use
Fabric Watch.
3. Enter the license key with the licenseAdd key command, where key is the Fabric Watch license
key. License keys are case-sensitive, so type the license key exactly as it appears.
switch:admin> licenseadd "R9cQ9RcbddUAdRAX"
4. Verify successful activation with the licenseShow command. If the license is not listed, verify
that you typed the key correctly; if you did not, then repeat
step 3.
If you still do not see the license, verify that the entered key is valid, and that the license key is
correct before repeating step 3.
5. Initialize the Fabric Watch classes with the fwClassinit command.
Fabric Watch access
This section provides a brief overview of the available user interfaces. Further details about Fabric
Watch operations for each interface are provided later in this guide. User interfaces include:
• “Fabric Watch access using the CLI”
• “Fabric Watch access using SNMP-based enterprise managers” on page 27
• “Configuration file” on page 28
Fabric Watch access using the CLI
Use a Telnet session or SSH to perform the following tasks:
• Observe the current monitors on a switch with the fwShow command.
• Query and modify threshold and alarm configurations (whether default or customized) with the
fwConfigure command.
• View and configure the FRU module with the fwFruCfg command.
• View and configure the e-mail addresses to which event messages are sent with the fwMailCfg
command.
To establish a Telnet session, use the following command, where switch represents the name or IP
address of the switch:
telnet switch
When this command is executed, you are prompted for a username and password. To use Fabric
Watch, connect using an account with administrative privileges.