Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001188-01, April 2009)

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An SNMP trap forwards the following information to an SNMP management station:
• Name of the element whose counter registered an event
• Class, area, and index number of the threshold that the counter crossed
• Event type
• Value of the counter that exceeded the threshold
• State of the element that triggered the alarm
• Source of the trap
The trap stores event information but does not actively send alerts. Port changes do not generate
SNMP traps.
You must configure the software to receive trap information from the network device. You must also
configure the SNMP agent on the switch to send the trap to the management station using the
snmpconfig command. For more information on this command, see the Fabric OS Command
Reference.
RAPI trap
The Remote access Application Programming Interface (RAPI) Trap is a Fabric Watch alarm that
actively alerts you to events. After you enable RAPI Trap, Product Name forwards all event
information to a designated proxy switch. The host API automatically configures the proxy switch
based on the firmware version. The switch forwards the information to the management server and
alerts the SAN manager to event activity.
Third-party applications that use the Brocade API determine the manner in which the RAPI Trap
presents alarms to the user.
Port log lock
The port log locks to retain detailed information about an event, preventing the information from
being overwritten as the log becomes full. This alarm stores event information but does not actively
send alerts, which is done automatically when some thresholds are exceeded and an alert is
triggered.
For more information about locking, unlocking, and clearing the port log, see the Fabric OS
Command Reference.
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.