Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001770-01, June 2010)

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Chapter
8
System Monitoring
In this chapter
•Environment monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
•Resource class settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
•System monitoring using the sysMonitor command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
•System monitoring using the sysMonitor command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
•Recommended environment and resource monitoring settings . . . . . . . . . 88
•Switch monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
•FRU monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Environment monitoring
The Environment class provides information about the internal temperature of the switch. You can
configure the Environment class using the sysMonitor command.
Environment class area
Table 22 lists and describes the areas in the Environment class.
NOTE
Event Manager (EM) now manages fan monitoring; the switch status is calculated based on fan
status reported by EM. You can use the fanShow command to view the fan status.
TABLE 22 Environment class area
Area Description
Temperature Refers to the ambient temperature inside the switch, in degrees Celsius. Temperature sensors
monitor the switch in case the temperature rises to levels at which damage to the switch might
occur.