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Fabric Watch alarm information
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5. Select the alarm states for which you want an event to register.
If a FRU of the selected type is determined that it is one of the selected states, an event will
occur.
6. Select the methods by which you want to be notified about the FRU alarms.
For FRUs, the only options are error log and e-mail alert.
7. Click Apply to apply the changes to the switch.
A confirmation dialog box displays, asking if you want to apply the changes to the switch.
8. Click OK to save the changes to the switch.
Fabric Watch alarm information
From Fabric Watch, you can view two types of reports:
• Alarm notifications—Displays the alarms that occurred for a selected class or area.
• Alarm configuration—Displays threshold and alarm configurations for a selected class or area.
Viewing an alarm configuration report
Use the Threshold Configuration tab, Configuration Report subtab to display a report of the
configuration for a selected class or area with the following information:
• Threshold settings (labeled Threshold Configuration)
• Notification settings (labeled Action Configuration)
• Element settings (not labeled) — You can scroll through this information, but cannot make
changes.
Use the following procedure to view an alarm configuration report.
1. Open the Fabric Watch window.
2. Select the Threshold Configuration tab.
3. Select a previously configured element from Fabric Watch Explorer (for instructions, refer to
“Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual elements” on page 176).
4. Under Area Selection, select the alarm area report to be viewed.
5. Select the Configuration Report subtab.
This tab displays a report of the configuration for the selected area.
Displaying alarms
Using the Alarm Notification tab, you can view a list of all alarms that occurred for a selected class
or area (
Figure 53 on page 172). Table 15 describes the columns in this report. You can click the
header of each column to change the way the information is sorted in your view. You can also
right-click the column header and select sort options from a menu.