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

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DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL
Table 10 shows the default threshold boundary values and buffer sizes that have been changed for
the Port class, E_Port class, and F/FL_Port class and the areas that Port Fencing supports. For a
full list of default threshold boundary values and buffer sizes, refer to
Table 22, Table 23, and
Table 24.
Notification methods
There are five notification methods available through Fabric Watch, but not all notification methods
can be applied to all of the classes. Valid notification methods are represented through the valid
alarm matrix.
Fabric Watch provides the following notification methods:
• “Switch event (error) log,” next
• “SNMP trap” on page 22
• “RAPI trap” on page 22
• “Port log lock” on page 22
• “E-mail alert” on page 23
To enable event settings, you must set the associated attribute to a nonzero value between 1 and
31. The exact value you specify determines which event notification method Fabric Watch uses if
the event setting criteria is met.
For details about valid notification methods in the alarm matrix, see “Notification methods” on
page 23.
TABLE 10 Changes in port thresholds and buffer size due to Port Fencing
Class and area Current default
high threshold
value per min
New default high
threshold value
per min
Current default
buffer size
New default
buffer size
Port - link loss 5 1000 0 100
Port - sync loss 5 1000 0 100
Port - invalid words 5 1000 0 100
Port - invalid CRCS 5 1000 0 100
E_Port - sync loss 5 1000 0 100
E_Port - invalid words 5 1000 0 100
E_Port - invalid CRCS 5 1000 0 100
F/FL_Port - link loss 5 1000 0 100
F/FL_Port - sync loss 5 1000 0 100
F/FL_Port - invalid words 5 1000 0 100
F/FL_Port - invalid CRCS 5 1000 0 100