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

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Port fencing
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Port fencing requirements
To configure port fencing using the DCFM management application, all Fabric OS devices must
have Fabric Watch and must be running firmware Fabric OS 6.2 or later.
Port fencing threshold areas supported on DCFM
You can add, edit, view, or remove thresholds on the following area types using DCFM. You can then
assign the thresholds to available objects in the DCFM tree.
Port fencing threshold areas include the following:
• C3 Discard Frames (Fabric OS only)
• Invalid CRCs (Fabric OS only)
• Invalid Transmission Words (Fabric OS only)
• Link (M-EOS only)
• Link Reset (Fabric OS only)
• Protocol Errors (M-EOS and Fabric OS)
• Security (M-EOS)
• State Changes (Fabric OS only)
Refer to Chapter 5, “Device Configuration,” of the Data Center Fabric Manager User Manual for
detailed instructions on how to add, edit, view, and remove thresholds.