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1. Right-click an initiator port and select Fabric Vision > Flow > Add.
The Add Flow Definition dialog box displays with the following criteria and flow identifiers
pre-populated:
•
Feature — Monitor
•
Direction — Bidirectional
•
Source Device — Source identifier (0x
010502)
•
Destination Device — * (an asterisk allows you to use any port)
•
Ingress port — port number (5)
2. Enter a name (lunFlow11) for the flow definition in the Name field.
The name cannot be over 20 characters and can only include alphanumerics or underscores.
NOTE
For a physical switch, the name must be unique. However, for logical switches, the name does
not have to be unique.
3. Select the Persist over switch reboots check box to persist this flow definition over reboots.
4. Select the Activate all selected features check box to immediately activate the flow after
creation.
5. Enter the address or WWN of the source port in the Destination field.
6. Enter the LUN identifier (4) in the LUN field.
7. Click OK.
The Flow Vision dialog box displays with the new flow definition highlighted.
8. Select OK to save the definition.
When the flow definition activates, the Flow Vision dialog box displays with the new flow
selected (highlighted) in the Flow Definitions table. For more information, refer to
Viewing summary flow data for a specific device pair
The following example creates a Flow Monitor flow gathering statistics for frames ingressing
through port 30 between device 010000 and device 010100, and then displays the results. The
point of interest in this example is port 30; it can be either an E, EX, or F_Port.
1. Right-click an initiator port (30) on the source device and select Fabric Vision > Flow > Add.
The Add Flow Definition dialog box displays with the following criteria and flow identifiers
pre-populated:
•
Feature — Monitor
•
Direction — Bidirectional
•
Source Device — Source identifier (010000
)
•
Destination Device — * (an asterisk allows you to use any port)
•
Ingress port — port number (30)