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Port monitoring using port names, Port monitoring using device wwns, Adding a port to an existing group – Brocade Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Port monitoring using port names

Fabric OS allows you to monitor ports based on their assigned names.

Because the port name is an editable attribute of a port, you can name ports based on the device to
which they are connected. You can then group the ports based on their port names. For example, if
ports 1 to 10 are connected to devices from the ABC organization, you can name these ports
ABC_port1, ABC_port2, and so on through ABC_port10. You can then define a group named
“ABC_Ports” with a membership determined by having a port name that begins with “ABC_port”. The
following example defines a group based on this port name pattern. There is no limit on the number of
ports that can be in a group.

switch246:FID128:admin> logicalgroup --create ABC_Ports -type port -feature portName

-pattern ABC_port*

For further information on creating dynamic user-defined groups, refer to

User-defined groups

on page

38.

Port monitoring using device WWNs

Fabric OS allows you to monitor ports that are connected to a device whose device World Wide Name
(WWN) is identifiable. This WWN can then be used as part of the criteria for identifying a group. There
is no limit on the number of ports that can be in a group.

One use of this might be for monitoring all ports on devices from a specific manufacturer. Because the
WWN of a device contains information about the vendor, you can use this information to group devices
based on this information, and then monitor them as a distinct group. For example, if you have a set of
devices from vendor WXYZ with a WWN beginning 30:08:00:05, you can define a group named
“WXYZ_Devs” with a membership determined by having a WWN that begins with “30:08:00:05”.

The following example defines a group based on this device WWN pattern.

switch1246:FID128:admin> logicalgroup -create WXYZ_Devs -type port -feature nodewwn -

pattern 30:08:00:05*

For further information on creating dynamic user-defined groups, refer to

User-defined groups

on page

38.

Adding a port to an existing group

If a new element, such as a host, target, or small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver is added to
the fabric, you can monitor the ports in that element using existing rules for similar elements by adding
it to an existing group, or creating a new group that uses an existing rule.

The following items should be kept in mind for this monitoring:

• Elements that are added manually to a group remain in the group whether they are online or offline.
• There is no validation of manual additions to a group; for example, if you add port 17 as part of an

F_Port group, that port is added to the group irrespective of whether or not it is actually an F_Port.

To add a port to an existing group, complete the following steps. The added element is automatically
monitored using the existing rules that have been set up for the group as long as the rules are in the
active policy. You do not need to re-enable the active policy.

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