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

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Configuring port fencing using the fwConfigure command
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Configuring port fencing using the fwConfigure command
The following is an example of selecting the Port class with Invalid CRCs. With the exception of
step 1, the same steps are required to enable the E_Port or FOP_Port class, as well as each
available area for the selected class (described in step 4).
1. Enter fwalarmsfilterset 1 to enable Fabric Watch alarms.
2. Navigate to a specific class and area with the fwConfigure command.
switch:admin> fwconfigure
1 : Environment class
2 : SFP class
3 : Port class
4 : Fabric class
5 : E-Port class
6 : F/FL Port (Optical) class
7 : Alpa Performance Monitor class
8 : EE Performance Monitor class
9 : Filter Performance Monitor class
10 : Security class
11 : Resource class
12 : Quit
Select a class => : (1..12) [12] 5
3. Enter the number from the list that corresponds to the class that you want to configure. Select
3 for Port class, 5 for E_Port class, or 6 for F/FL Port (Optical) class.
For each class that you select, Fabric Watch provides a list of the areas of the class available
for configuration.
4. Select an area (areas 1 - 2 and 4 - 6 are available for port fencing).
1 : Link loss (E-port)
2 : Sync loss (E-port)
3 : Signal loss (E-port)
4 : Protocol error (E-port)
5 : Invalid words (E-port)
6 : Invalid CRCS (E-port)
7 : RXPerformance(E-port)
8 : TXPerformance (E-port)
9 : State Changes (E/VE-port)
10 : Link reset (E-port)
11 : Utilization (VE-port)
12 : Packet loss (VE-port)
13 : C3TX_TO
14 : return to previous page
Select an area => : (1..2) (4..6) [10] 1
In this example, if you enter 1, the menu corresponding to the Link loss displays.
See Chapter 3, “Fabric Watch Threshold Components,” for more details about classes and
areas.