Switch and router configuration policy managers – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual
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Policy monitor overview
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Some devices can function as both initiator and target. If the application finds this type of
device as one of the active zone members, this device port is treated as both initiator and
target:
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Target (storage port) — The application counts the number of initiator ports zoned to this
storage port.
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Initiator — The application counts this device as an initiator port for other storage ports in
the same zone.
Rule Violation Fix — If the policy monitor report shows a violation, the Administrator must make
sure the initiator port limit is under the recommended number.
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Check zones that do not contain any online member — This fabric policy monitor enables you to
identify zones in which all zone members are offline.
NOTE
The application does not count end devices which are missing from the fabric and D,PI zone
members (online or offline) as online zone members. The application only counts zones with
online WWN members as online zone members.
Rule Violation Fix — If the policy monitor report shows a violation, you can use the Zoning dialog
box (Configure > Zoning > Fabric) to bring the devices back online (refer to
For example, if you use the policy monitor to determine when all WWN members in a zone are
offline, you can fix the violation through the Zoning dialog box by locating the target fabric and
bringing the devices back online.
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Check that all profiles are the same on each RBridge in an Ethernet fabric — This fabric
configuration policy manager enables you to determine if all RBridge profiles in a Ethernet
fabric are the same. The first check is to determine if the name matches. If the name matches,
configuration policy manager checks the other profile content (such as VLAN, QoS, and
Security), and then the MAC associations.
A port profile is a collection of network policies supported by the switch. By configuring port
profiles on the VDX switch, the virtual machine (VM) that is configured on the virtual network
interface card (vNIC) can migrate to any other port on that switch, but still retain the same
network policies.
Use this check during VM migration to make sure that the migrated VM behaves the same way
on the next host.
Rule Violation Fix — If the policy monitor report shows a violation, compare the port profiles
(refer to
on page 749) to find the mismatches and then fix the
discrepancies.
Switch and router configuration policy managers
Switch and router configuration policy managers enable you to set the following configuration
policy managers on switches and routers.
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Check connections: redundant connections to neighboring switches (SAN only) — This switch
and router configuration policy manager enables you to determine if there are at least the
minimum number of configured inter-switch links (ISLs) between each switch pair.