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

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Fabric Watch threshold configuration

Step 2. Configuring port fencing (optional)

The Port Fencing feature can be set for the Port class, E_Port class, and F/FL Port class only.

NOTE

The following is an example of selecting the Port class with Invalid CRCs. With the exception of

step 1, the same steps are required to enable the E_Port or F/FL Port class, as well as each available

area for the selected class (described in step 4).

1. Type fwalarmsfilterset 1 to enable Fabric Watch alarms.

2. Navigate to a specific class and area with the fwConfigure command.

swd77:admin> fwconfigure

1 : Environment class

2 : SFP class

3 : Port class

4 : Fabric class

5 : E-Port class

6 : F/FL Port (Optical) class

7 : Alpa Performance Monitor class

8 : EEPerformance Monitor class

9 : Filter PerformanceMonitorclass

10 : Security class

11 : Resource class

12 : Quit

Select a class => : (1..12) [12] 3

3. Type the number from the list that corresponds to the class that you want to configure. Select 3

for Port class, 5 for E_Port class, or 6 for F/FL Port (Optical) class.

For each class that you select, Fabric Watch provides a list of the areas of the class available

for configuration.

4. Select an area (areas 1 - 2 and 4 - 6 are available for Port Fencing).

1 : Link loss

2 : Sync loss

3 : Signal loss

4 : Protocol error

5 : Invalid words

6 : Invalid CRCS

7 : RXPerformance

8 : TXPerformance

9 : State Changes

10 : return to previous page

Select an area => : (1..2) (4..6) [10] 6

In this example, if you type 6, the menu corresponding to the Invalid CRCs displays.

See Chapter 1, “Fabric Watch Concepts” for more details about classes and areas.