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SAN Top Talker monitoring
Procedures in this section pertain to configuring the legacy Top Talkers feature instead of using
Flow Vision.
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:
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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
for
more information.
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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.
The following are some important notes for using the Top Talkers feature:
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To access Flow Vision, the Fabric Vision (FV) license or both the Fabric Watch (FW) and the
Advanced Performance Monitor (APM) licenses must be installed on the hardware platform.
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Top Talkers cannot be enabled on a single-switch fabric.
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Top Talkers require Fabric OS version 6.2 or later.
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A Top Talker monitor and an end-to-end monitor cannot be configured on the same external
F_Port application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). You must delete the end-to-end monitor
before you configure the Top Talker monitor.
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On the 8 Gbps 8-FC port, 10 GbE 24-DCB port Switch, Top Talkers is only supported on the
8 Gbps FC Ports.
You can create Top Talker monitors on selected devices. Use Top Talkers to display the connections
which are using the most bandwidth on the selected device or port. Top Talkers can be enabled on
the device or one of the F_Ports on the device. You can only use Top Talkers to view real-time
performance data.
You can have multiple Top Talker monitors configured at the same time. You can monitor up to 10
switches for fabric mode Top Talkers and 32 ports and 10 switches for F_Port Top Talkers; however,
you can only monitor one device or port for each Top Talker you configure.
NOTE
If the Fabric OS device is configured for Fibre Channel routing (FCR), you can only configure a Top
Talker monitor on the following devices:
- 16 Gbps Backbone Chassis with a FC 16 Gbps 32-port or 48-port blade
- 16 Gbps 48-port switch
Configuring a fabric mode Top Talker monitor
Procedures in this section pertain to configuring the legacy Top Talkers feature instead of using
Flow Vision.
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: