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Fabric Watch
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0

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Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0001559-02 New document May 2000
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000198-02 n/a January 2002
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000186-02 n/a March 2002
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000504-02 n/a April 2003
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000524-02 n/a April 2003
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000524-03 Updated default values and
restructured the document.
December 2003
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000524-04 Rewrote the document
completely and added new
features.
Reorganized procedures
into steps, rewrote many
sections to improve clarity.
Added technical and
editorial changes.
April 2004
Fabric Watch User’s Guide 53-0000524-05 Updates to support Fabric
OS v4.4.0 features and
Brocade 3016 and 4100
switches.
Rewrote Chapter 4,
“Configuring Fabric Watch.”
September 2004

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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-0000524-06 Renamed book. Combined
the Introduction and
Concepts chapters into a
single chapter. Added
support for Brocade 200E,
Brocade 3014, and Brocade
48000.
March 2005
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000047-01 Updates to support Fabric
OS v5.1.0 features and
Brocade 4900 and 7500
switches.
November 2005
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000243-01 Updates to support Fabric
OS v5.2.0 features and the
FC4-16IP and FC4-48 port
blades. Removed references
to Brocade 3014 and 3016,
as embedded switches are
not supported in Fabric OS
v5.2.0.
September 2006
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide 53-1000438-01 Updates to support Fabric
OS v5.3.0, implementation
of IPV6.
June 2007
Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date

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Contents
About This Document
How This Document Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Text Formatting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Key Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Brocade Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Optional Brocade features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Other Industry Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Getting Technical Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Chapter 1 Fabric Watch Concepts
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Fabric Watch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction to fabric health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Fabric Watch components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Event behavior types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Data values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Threshold values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Time bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Event settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Port persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Notification methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switch event (error) log entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SNMP trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
RAPI trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Port log lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E-mail alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Assigning notification methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interpreting event messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2 Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Activating Fabric Watch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Activating with telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Activating with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Accessing Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
SNMP-based enterprise managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3 Configuring Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 1: Select the class and area to configure . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Step 2: Configure thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Step 3: Configure alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Step 4: Disable and enable thresholds by port (optional) . . . . 42
Configuring notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring alarm notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Configuring SNMP notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring API notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring Port Log Lock actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring E-mail notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Configuring switch status policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Step 1: Plan and define your switch status policy. . . . . . . . . . . 47
Step 2: Implement your switch status policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Step 3: View your switch status policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Configuring FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Fabric Watch using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Fabric Watch using SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Chapter 4 Generating Fabric Watch Reports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Types of Fabric Watch reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SAM report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Switch status policy report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Port detail report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Viewing Fabric Watch reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Viewing Fabric Watch reports using telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Viewing Fabric Watch reports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Appendix A Default Threshold Values
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Environment class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Fabric class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Performance Monitor class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Port class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Resource class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Security class. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SFP class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Appendix B Basic Fabric Watch Configuration Guidelines
Appendix C Using Product Name with Configuration Files
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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About This Document
This document is an administrator’s guide to help you use the Fabric Watch product to monitor and
improve fabric health. This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 5.3.0 and all
switches running Fabric OS v5.3.0. For a list of supported hardware for this release, see
“Supported Hardware and Software” on page x.
“About This Document” contains the following sections:
•“How This Document Is Organized,” next
•“Supported Hardware and Software” on page x
•“What’s New in This Document” on page x
•“Document Conventions” on page xi
•“Additional Information” on page xii
•“Getting Technical Help” on page xv
•“Document Feedback” on page xv
How This Document Is Organized
This document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Fabric Watch Concepts,” provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits
of its use. It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration.
•Chapter 2, “Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch,”describes the Fabric Watch requirements,
provides an overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch
through each interface.
•Chapter 3, “Configuring Fabric Watch,” describes how to configure Fabric Watch.
•Chapter 4, “Generating Fabric Watch Reports,” describes the reports available through Fabric
Watch and the methods of accessing each.
•Appendix , “Default Threshold Values,” describes the Fabric Watch default threshold values for
all classes.
•Appendix , “Basic Fabric Watch Configuration Guidelines,” describes some of the modifications
Fabric Watch users should consider when configuring their implementation.
•Appendix , “Using Product Name with Configuration Files,” describes the two methods of using
configuration files.
•The index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.

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Supported Hardware and Software
This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 5.3.0 and all switches running Fabric OS
version 5.3.0, including:
•Brocade 200E
•Brocade 3250
•Brocade 3850
•Brocade 3900
•Brocade 4100
•Brocade 4900
•Brocade 5000
•Brocade 7500
•Brocade 7600
•Brocade 24000
•Brocade 48000
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for the Brocade Fabric OS v5.3.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document; however, this document does
specify when procedures or parts of procedures apply only to specific switches.
This document does not support all 5.x Fabric OS versions. This document is specific to Fabric OS
v5.3.0. To obtain information about an OS version other than v5.3.0, see the documentation
specific to that OS version.
What’s New in This Document
The following Information was added:
-Administrative Domains: If the Administrative Domain feature is enabled, the local switch
must be a member of the Administrative Domain, or the following Fabric Watch tools might
not work correctly:
•Fabric Watch commands might not work correctly. By default, AD0 and AD255 have
permanent membership, and so the Fabric Watch commands should work unless you
change the default settings. See the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more
information on the Administrative Domains feature.
•Web Tools Fabric Watch interface will allow view-only access to all threshold
configuration and current values unless the local switch is a member of the current,
enabled Administrative Domain.
Information that was changed or removed:
•Updated fan and temperature default threshold values for the Brocade 7500.
•Updated fan default threshold value for the Brocade 4900.
•Updated temperature default threshold values for the Brocade 48000.
•Minor format changes.