Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 - Manual (Page 1637)

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Flow definition examples
Table 147 on page 1591 provides examples of flow data that you can monitor and criteria that you
configure in the Add or Edit Flow Definition dialog box to define the flow.
NOTE
In this guide an asterisk (*) in fields denotes any selected device or port in PID or WWN format.
TABLE 147 Flow definition examples
Desired flow data Context for launching Flow Definition dialog box
and options Flow definition
Top talking source for a
destination Select the destination initiator or target from
Connectivity Map or Product List, and then
select Monitor > Fabric Vision > Flow > Add or
right-click the initiator or target, and then select
Flow Vision > Flow > Add. Source Device = *
Destination Device = Device port ID
Direction = Source to Destination
Feature = Monitor
XISL usage as
percentage of logical
fabric Select the base port for the logical fabrics from
Connectivity Map or Product List, and select
Monitor > Fabric Vision > Flow > Add or right
click the port and select Flow Vision > Flow >
Add. Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Switch Port = port
Direction = Source to Destination
Feature = Monitor
ISL Monitoring Select the port participating in the ISL from the
Connectivity Map or Product List and select
Monitor > Fabric Vision > Flow > Add or right
click the port and select Flow Vision > Flow >
Add. Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Switch Port = port
Direction = Source to Destination
Feature = Monitor
End to end (E-E)
monitoring Select a switch to be monitored from the
product list and select Monitor > Fabric Vision
> Flow > Add.
Select the source switch port, device SID, and
device DID to be monitored in the port source
and destination fields of the Add Flow
Definition dialog box.
As an option, you can monitor flows from the
Flow Vision dialog box. Select a source ID (SID)
and destination ID (DID) pair to be monitored,
and then select the Name Flow button to
create a flow definition for EE monitoring.
Source Device = SID
Destination Device = DID
Ingress Switch Port = port
Direction = Bidirectional
Feature = Monitor
E-E monitor (LUN level) Select a device with a LUN to be monitored
from the product list and select Monitor >
Fabric Vision > Flow > Add. Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
LUN = LUN IDs
Direction = Source to Destination
Feature = Monitor
LUN level statistics Select a device with a LUN to be monitored
from the product list and select Monitor >
Fabric Vision > Flow > Add. Source Device = PID
Destination Device = DID
Switch Port = port
LUN = LUN IDs
Direction = Bidirectional
Feature = Monitor