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Fabric Watch User’s Guide 3-1
Chapter
3
Using Fabric Watch
This chapter provides the following information:
• Overview on page 3-1
• User Interfaces on page 3-1
• Profiles on page 3-2
• Classes on page 3-3
• Threshold Naming Conventions on page 3-7
• Events on page 3-8
• Alarms on page 3-9
• Configuring Thresholds and Alarms on page 3-10
Overview
Fabric Watch provides the following information about each out-of-boundary condition discovered:
•
Name of threshold
• Current value of element counter
• Unit of measurement (for example, degrees Celsius, RPM, or unit of time)
• Time base for counter, used to compute rate of change (for example, events per minute)
• Historical information about the last alarmed event generated
User Interfaces
Use either Brocade Web Tools
TM
, telnet interface, an SNMP-based enterprise manager, or the
configuration file to view and modify Fabric Watch settings.
Brocade Web Tools
Through Brocade Web Tools
TM
, you can:
• View fabric and switch events through the fabric-wide Event View.
• View and modify threshold and alarm configurations through the Fabric Watch View.
•
Upload and download the configuration file through the Config Admin tab in the Switch
Admin window.
Refer to the Brocade Web Tools User’s Guide for information on using Brocade Web Tool
TM
.