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

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FRU monitoring

Supported FRU areas depend on the type of Brocade switch. For the following switches, the slot

and WWN areas are not supported:

• Brocade 300, 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, and 5300 switches

• 7500, 7500E, 7600, and 7600E extension switches

• Brocade DCX and DXC-4S Data Center Backbone

• Brocade Encryption Switch

FRU class areas

Table 28 lists Product Name areas in the FRU class and describes each area. Possible states for all

FRU-class areas are absent, faulty, inserted, on, off, ready, and up. Configure the FRU class using

the fwFruCfg command

Configuring FRUs

The configuration of field-replaceable units (FRUs) is an exception to the procedures described

thus far in this chapter. FRUs are monitored using state values, as opposed to the quantitative

values used to monitor the rest of the fabric. As a result of the qualitative nature of this monitoring,

the concept of thresholds does not apply.

1. Establish a Telnet connection with a switch.

2. Log in using administrative privileges.

3. Enter the fwFruCfg command at the command prompt.

The fwFruCfg command displays your current FRU configuration. The types of FRUs are

different for the various platforms.

TABLE 28 FRU class areas

Area Indicates

Fan State of a fan has changed.

Power supply State of a power supply has changed.

Slot State of a slot has changed.

WWN State of a WWN card has changed.