Brocade Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 14)

CAUTION
MAPS activation is a non-reversible process. Downgrading the switch firmware to an earlier
version of Fabric OS will enable Fabric Watch with its last configured settings. If you then re-
upgrade the switch firmware back to the later version (such as Fabric OS 7.3.0), Fabric Watch
will continue to be enabled.
MAPS automatically monitors the management port (Eth0 or Bond0), as the rule for Ethernet port
monitoring is present in all three default policies. While these cannot be modified, the management
port monitoring rules can be removed from cloned policies. Refer to
Predefined policies on page 44
for more information.
MAPS license requirements
The Brocade Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) is an optionally licensed Fabric OS feature.
MAPS requires an active and valid Fabric Vision license. If you already have a license for Fabric
Watch plus a license for Advanced Performance Monitoring, you will automatically get MAPS
functionality without having to obtain an additional license. Refer to the Fabric OS Software Licensing
Guide for more information about licensing and how to obtain the necessary license keys.
MAPS configuration files
The MAPS configuration is stored in two separate configuration files, one for the default MAPS
configuration and one for the user-created MAPS configuration. Only one user configuration file can
exist for each logical switch. A configuration upload or download affects only the user-created
configuration files. You cannot upload or download the default MAPS configuration file.
Deleting a user-created MAPS configuration file
To remove the user-created MAPS configuration, complete the following steps.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter mapsconfig --purge.
For more information on this command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.
MAPS interoperability with other features
MAPS interacts in different ways with different Fabric OS features, including Virtual Fabrics, Fabric
Watch, High Availability, and Admin Domains.
The following table outlines how MAPS interacts with specific features in Fabric OS.
MAPS license requirements
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