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Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

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Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

Displaying installed licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484
Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487
Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488
Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488

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Inter-chassis Links

Inter-chassis links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491

ICLs for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . .492

ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 . .493

ICLs for the Brocade DCX Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493

ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S. . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Supported topologies for ICL connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495

Mesh topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Core-edge topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

Chapter 20

Monitoring Fabric Performance

Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Restrictions for installing monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
500
Access Gateway considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
501

End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Maximum number of EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
Supported port configurations for EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Adding EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Setting a mask for an EE monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Deleting EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Displaying EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Clearing EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505

Frame monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505

Creating frame types to be monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Creating a frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Deleting frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Adding frame monitors to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Removing frame monitors from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Saving a frame monitor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Displaying frame monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Clearing frame monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509