Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Provisioning flows

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Top talkers

Select a switch or port on which to monitor the
top talkers from the product list and select
Monitor > Fabric Vision > Flow > Add or right
click the switch or port and select Flow Vision >
Flow > Add.

Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Switch Port = port
Feature = Monitor

Ingress top talkers

Select a switch or port on which to monitor the
top talkers from the product list and select
Monitor > Fabric Vision > Flow > Add or right
click the switch or port and select Flow Vision >
Flow > Add.

Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Egress Port = port
Feature = Monitor

Egress top talkers

Select a switch or port on which to monitor the
top talkers from the Connectivity Map or
Product List, and then select Monitor > Flow
Vision > Flow > Add.

Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Egress Port = port
Feature = Monitor

Frame monitor

Select a switch port on which you want to
monitor frames from the Connectivity Map or
Product List, and then select Monitor > Fabric
Vision > Flow > Add or right click the switch
port and select Flow Vision > Flow > Add.

Source Device = *
Destination Device = *
Switch Port = port
Direction = Source to Destination
Frame Type = Aborts
Feature = Monitor

Mirroring traffic between
a SID and DID

Select a switch from the Connectivity Map or
Product List, and then select Monitor > Fabric
Vision > Flow > Add.

Enter the IDs of the devices to be mirrored in
the End Device Source and Destination fields
of the Flow Vision > Flow > Add dialog box.

Source Device = SID
Destination Device = DID
Switch Port = port
Direction = Bidirectional
Feature = Mirror

Generate traffic from a
source port

Select a switch port that will be the source port
for generating traffic and select Monitor >
Fabric Vision > Flow > Add.

Source Device = SID
Destination Device = DID
Source Port = SIM port
Feature = Generate

End device deployment

Select an end point (initiator or target port)
from the Connectivity Map or Product List to
which the device is going to be generating
traffic, and then select Monitor > Fabric Vision
> Flow > Add or right click the end point and
select Flow Vision > Flow > Add.

This will help you detect if the new device
causes bottlenecks in the path

Source Device = SID (could be
offline)
Destination Device = DID (could be
offline)
Ingress Port = port
Feature = Generate

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Flow definition examples

Desired flow data

Context for launching Flow Definition dialog box
and options

Flow definition

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