Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 19)

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 19
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Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483
Displaying installed licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484
Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487
Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488
Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488
Chapter 19 Inter-chassis Links
Inter-chassis links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
ICLs for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 . .493
ICLs for the Brocade DCX Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S. . . . . . . . . . . . .494
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494
Supported topologies for ICL connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Mesh topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Core-edge topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496
Chapter 20 Monitoring Fabric Performance
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Restrictions for installing monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
Access Gateway considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
Maximum number of EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
Supported port configurations for EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Adding EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Setting a mask for an EE monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Deleting EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Displaying EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Clearing EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Frame monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Creating frame types to be monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Creating a frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Deleting frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Adding frame monitors to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Removing frame monitors from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Saving a frame monitor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Displaying frame monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Clearing frame monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509