Fabric OS Documentation Updates Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.x

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• If an end-to-end monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an ingress or
egress Top Talker monitor on another port on the same ASIC.
• If an ingress Top Talker monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an egress
Top Talker monitor or an end-to-end monitor on another port of the same ASIC.
• If an egress Top Talker monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an ingress
Top Talker monitor or an end-to-end monitor on another port of the same ASIC.
You can use the -force option to override these limitations and install incompatible monitors on ports of
the same ASIC. However, if you choose to do so, be aware that the statistics will not be accurate.
OPERANDS -force Overrides a hardware limitation that does not allow incompatible monitors to
coexist on the same ASIC chip.
EXAMPLES To install an egress Top Talker monitor and an end-to-end monitor on the same ASIC with the -force
option (in the following example, ports 1/33 and 1/35 are on the same ASIC. The attempt to install an
end-to- end monitor after you installed an egress Top Talker monitor fails unless you use the
perfaddEEMonitor command with the -force option):
switch:admin> perfttmon --add egress 1/33
switch:admin> perfttmon --add 1/35 0xca6d00 0xca6d01
Cannot install EE/TopTalker Ingress monitor because TopTalker
Egress monitor is already present on one of the ports of this asic
switch:admin> perfaddeemonitor --add 1/35 0xca6d00 0xca6d01 -force
End-to-End monitor number 0 added.
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Two new command options have been introduced in Fabric OS v7.0.0 under port mode:
• The -force option allows you to install incompatible monitors on ports of the same ASIC. that allows
you to install incompatible monitors on ports of the same ASIC
• The -delete all option allows you to delete all monitors on all ports.
The following text should be added to the help page.
DESCRIPTION Because of a hardware limitation on Brocade devices, the following types of monitors cannot coexist on
the same ASIC chip:
• If an end-to-end monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an ingress or
egress Top Talker monitor on another port on the same ASIC.
• If an ingress Top Talker monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an egress
Top Talker monitor or an end-to-end monitor on another port of the same ASIC.
• If an egress Top Talker monitor is installed on a port in a given ASIC, you cannot install an ingress
Top Talker monitor or an end-to-end monitor on another port of the same ASIC.
You can use the -force option to override these limitations and install incompatible monitors on ports of
the same ASIC. However, if you choose to do so, be aware that the statistics will not be accurate.
OPERANDS -force When used with the --add option in port mode, this option overrides a hardware
limitation that does not allow incompatible monitors to coexist on the same ASIC
chip. This operand is optional valid only for the port mode.
--delete -all Deletes all Top Talker monitors from online ports.