Top talkers, End-to-end monitors, Top talkers 9 end-to-end monitors 9 – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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For more information on accessing and using the Port Connectivity View dialog box, refer to

“Viewing port connectivity”

on page 553.

Top Talkers

For systems using Fabric OS version 7.2 or later, when you select a device or device port, and then
select Monitor > Performance > Top Talkers, a message displays that you can use Flow Vision to
provide Top Talkers monitoring. You have these options:

To use Flow Vision, delete existing monitors, then use the Add Flow Definition dialog box to
define an initiator and target port pair for monitoring. Refer to

“Provisioning flows”

on

page 1584 for more information.

Clicking OK opens the legacy Top Talkers dialog box. To use the legacy Top Talkers feature, you
must deactivate existing flows defined for the switch for Flow Vision.

End-to-End Monitors

For systems using Fabric OS version 7.2 or later, when you select a device or device port, and then
select Monitor > Performance > End-to-End Monitors, a message displays that you can use Flow
Vision to provide End-to-End monitoring. You have these options:

To use Flow Vision, delete existing monitors, then use the Add Flow Definition dialog box to
define an initiator and target port pair for monitoring. Refer to

“Provisioning flows”

on

page 1584 for more information.

Clicking OK, opens the legacy Set End-To-End Monitors dialog box.To use the legacy End-to-End
Monitor feature, you must deactivate existing flows defined for the switch for Flow Vision.

Target row

Source Device = * if port is on a 16-Gbps switch, otherwise empty.
Destination Device = Target port ID.
Ingress Port = Selected port's connected switch port number.
Target Switch = Selected port's connected switch.
Direction = Bidirectional

If selected row is
neither the first
or last row.

Source Device = * if port is on a 16-Gbps switch, otherwise empty.
Destination Device = * if port is on a 16-Gbps switch, otherwise empty.
Ingress Port = Selected port number.
Target Switch = Selected switch.
Direction = Bidirectional

TABLE 162

Add Flow Definition dialog box options populated per Reverse Route selection

Row Selected

Options populated

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