Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 57)

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 37
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Chapter
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Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring
In this chapter
• Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
• Security monitoring guidelines and default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
• SFP monitoring guidelines and default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
• Performance monitoring guidelines and default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
• thConfig command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
• Recommended settings for Fabric, SFP, Performance, Security classes . . 52
Fabric monitoring guidelines and default settings
The Fabric class groups areas of potential problems arising between devices, including interswitch
link (ISL) details, zoning, and traffic. A Fabric class alarm alerts you to problems or potential
problems with interconnectivity.
Fabric class areas
Table 3 lists Product Name areas in the Fabric class and describes each area. Although it is
recommended that you leave the entire Fabric class in its default state (no alerts), you can
configure the Fabric class using the thConfig command.
TABLE 3 Fabric class areas
Area Description
Domain ID changes
(DC) Monitors forced domain ID changes. Forced domain ID changes occur when there is a
conflict of domain IDs in a single fabric and the principal switch must assign another
domain ID to a switch.
Fabric logins (FLOGI) Activates when ports and devices initialize with the fabric.
Fabric reconfigurations
(FC) Tracks the number of reconfigurations of the fabric. Fabric reconfiguration occurs when:
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Two fabrics with the same domain ID are connected.
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Two fabrics are joined.
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An E_Port or VE_Port goes offline.
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A principal link segments from the fabric.
E_Port downs (ED) Tracks the number of times that an E_Port or VE_Port goes down. E_Ports and VE_Ports
go down each time you remove a cable or an SFP (where there are SFP failures or
transient errors).