Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide (53-1000243-01, November 2006)

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 2-1
Publication Number: 53-1000243-01
Chapter
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Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch
This chapter contains the following sections:
• “Activating Fabric Watch,” next
• “Accessing Fabric Watch” on page 2-3
Activating Fabric Watch
Fabric Watch must be activated on each switch individually before use.
Use telnet or Web Tools to activate Fabric Watch, as described next. Web Tools offers a user-friendly
graphical interface that most users find convenient.
After it is activated, configure Fabric Watch to monitor your system and its health, as described in
Chapter 3, “Configuring Fabric Watch”.
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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.