User guide

4–Real-Time Fabric Monitor
Main Screen
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Command-line Segment
The Command-line segment of the screen (Figure 4-20) enables the user to
submit commands to control RFM. This is the only section of the screen where
user typing will appear. All other sections of the screen are output only.
Menu Segment
The Menu segment of the screen (Figure 4-20) displays any menu selections
available for the user to utilize for the screen being displayed. The available
selections have a bolded first letter. The other selections are not available.
The menu selections for the main screen are as follows:
 (A)dmin — Selects the Administration screen. This controls operation of the
RFM, such as viewing and/or changing the RFM configuration options.
 (Q)uit — Exits the RFM.
Fabric Segment
The Fabric segment of the screen (Figure 4-20) displays summary information
about the fabric, specific to the View that the user is currently accessing.
The following are the possible types of information that could be shown:
 Image — PV performance image time-stamp and view mode: Live, Hist, or
Bkmk,
 SWs — number of switches within the fabric
 HCAs — number of Host Channel adapters within the fabric
 TCAs — number of Target Channel adapters within the fabric
 SMs — number of Subnet Managers within the fabric
 Links — number of links within the fabric
 SWsPorts — number of ports specific to switches within the fabric
 HCAsPorts — number of ports specific to HCAs within the fabric
 TCAsPorts — number of ports specific to TCAs within the fabric
 Nodes — number of nodes within the fabric
 Montrd — number of nodes the RFM is configured to monitor.
 Oprtnl — number of nodes that are currently operational.
 HlthErrs — number of health related errors within the fabric.
 CommErrs — number of communication related errors within the fabric.
 Alarms — number of alarms generated within the fabric