Creating a flow from a learned sub-flow – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual
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you must deactivate the flow and then reactivate it to use the new zone values. Flow
Generator allocates the first four flows per source ID to zoned destination IDs. The rest of
the destination IDs are not tested. For learned flows, no zone enforcement is applied to
either the source or destination SIM-Ports.
If the source or destination port for a sub-flow goes offline, the root flow is deactivated and
traffic will be stopped on all sub-flows of that root flow.
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Flow Mirror can capture all the source device and destination device pairs passing through
the ingress or egress port defined in a learned flow. Supports a learned flow for Flow
Mirror flows defined using the LUN, Frame Type, or Bidirectional parameters. If you specify
the frame type in the flow definition, the frame type value must be a fixed value for the
flow to work. For a list of valid frame type values, refer to
“Flow frame type parameters”
on
page 1729".
Creating a flow from a learned sub-flow
To create a new flow from a learned sub-flow, complete the following steps.
1. Select the device on which you defined a learned flow and select Monitor > Fabric Vision >
Flow > Monitor.
The Flow Vision dialog box displays pre-populated with a list of all defined flows in the Flow
Definitions table. For more information about the fields and components of the Flow
Definitions table, refer to
“Flows Definitions table fields and components”
on page 1734".
2. Select one or more learned flows in the Flow Definitions table and click the right arrow button
to display the sub-flows in the Flows table.
3. Select one learned sub-flow from which you want to create the new learned flow from the Flows
table.
4. Click Define Flow.
The Create Flow Definition dialog box displays.
5. Enter a name for the new flow in the Name field.
The name cannot be over 20 characters and can only include alphanumeric characters or
underscores.
NOTE
For a physical switch, the name must be unique. However, for logical switches, the name does
not have to be unique.
6. Select the Active check box to make this the active flow.
NOTE
Selecting the Active check box deactivates the existing learned flow definition.
Clear the Active check box to create a new inactive flow.
7. Click OK to create the new learned flow.
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
“Monitoring a Flow Generator flow”