HP StorageWorks 8B FC Entry Switch - Manual (Page 15)

Fabric Watch User’s Guide 2-3
Using Fabric Watch
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A profile may contain the following information:
• Threshold values:
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Unit string
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Time base
- Lower boundary
- Upper boundary
- Buffer size
• Alarm values
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Change
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Exceed
- Below
- Above
- In-between
- Behavior type
Classes
Fabric and switch elements are organized into classes (also known as Agents), which are groupings
of closely related elements. The major classes are:
Fabric Monitors key fabric resources, such as fabric reconfiguration,
zoning changes, new fabric logins
Environmental Monitors switch environment functions, such as temperature,
power supply, fan status
Port Monitors port error and performance counters
E_Port Monitors E_Port error and performance counters
F/FL_Port (Optical) Monitors optical FL/F_Port error and performance counters
F/FL_Port (Copper) Monitors copper FL/F_Port error and performance counters
GBIC/SFP Monitors operational values for FINISAR smart GBICs and SFP
units
ALPA Monitors ALPA devices of Loop ports (currently CRC error of
ALPA device only).
Note: The ALPA class is only available if the optional
Performance Monitoring license has been purchased and
turned on.
End-to-End
1 - Monitors transmitting performance predefined by the
SID-DID pair. Configurable with either telnet commands or
Web Tools at run time.
2 - Monitors receiving performance predefined by the SID-DID
pair. Configurable with either telnet commands or Web Tools
at run time.