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

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What’s new in this document
• Chapter 8, “System Monitoring,” describes how to configure system memory and CPU values
using the sysMonitor command. This chapter also lists the switch status policy factors that
affect the health of the switch, describes how to set and view switch status policies, and
details how to configure FRUs.
• Chapter 9, “Fabric Watch Reports,” describes the reports available through Fabric Watch and
the methods of accessing each.
• Appendix A, “Fabric Watch Configuration Using Legacy Commands,” describes how to
configure port thresholds and perform advanced configuration tasks using the fwConfigure
command.
Supported hardware and software
This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 6.4.0 and all switches running Fabric OS
version 6.4.0. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for a complete list of supported
hardware and software products.
What’s new in this document
This document contains information that was available at the time the product was released. Any
information that becomes available after the release of this document is captured in the release
notes.
New information
• A shift away from the interactive mode using fwConfigure and fwShow commands toward
command-driven configuration using the new commands listed below.
- thConfig command, used to configure Fabric class, Security class, SFP class, and
Performance class areas and actions.
- portThConfig command, used to configure the physical port and its subclasses, the
E_Port, FOP_Port, and FCU_Port areas and actions.
- sysMonitor command, used to configure the Resource class and Environment class areas
and actions.
• Port fencing recommendations
• FCU_Port (copper) information