HP Surestore 6164 - Switch User manual

user’s guide

version 2.2

Fabric Watch

www.hp.com

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Edition: E0801

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Trademarks

Brocade, SilkWorm, Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade

Fabric Manager, Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric

Watch, Brocade QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch,

Brocade Web Tools, and Brocade Zoning are trademarks

or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications

Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or in other

countries.

All other brands, product or service names are or may be

trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify

products of services of their respective owners.

Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Fabric Manager,

Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric Watch, Brocade

QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch, Brocade Web Tools,

and Brocade Zoning are hereafter referred to as Extended

Fabrics, Fabric Manager, Fabric OS, Fabric Watch,

QuickLoop, Remote Switch, Web Tools, and Zoning

respectively.

Safety notices

Any servicing, adjustment,maintenance, or repair must be

performed only by authorized service-trained personnel.

Format conventions

variable Indicates that you must supply a value.

output Denotes text displayed on the screen.

[ ] Indicates that the enclosed element is

optional and may be left out.

{ } Indicates that you must specify one of the

listed options.

| Separates alternatives.

. . . Indicates a repetition of the preceding

parameter.

Tip Denotes ideas for enhanced product usage.

Note Denotes significant concepts or operating

instructions.

CAUTION Denotes a hazard that can cause hardware or

software damage.

WARNING Denotes a hazard that can cause personal

injury or death.

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1Introducing Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Threshold Behavior Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Range Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Rising/Falling Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Change Monitor Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2Using Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

User Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Telnet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SNMP-Based Enterprise Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Threshold Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

CONTENTS

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Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Triggered Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Continuous Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SNMP Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Error Log Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Locking of the Port Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring Thresholds and Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Threshold Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Threshold Area Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ATelnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

fwClassInit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

fwConfigReload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

fwConfigure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

fwShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Revision History

July 2001 First release.

6Fabric Watch User’s Guide

PREFACE

Fabric Watch is supported for switches using the Fabric Operating System,

version a2.4.1 or later.

About This Guide

This guide describes the Fabric Watch software and how to install it, and

provides detailed information for using thresholds to manage switch

functions. The information is organized as follows:

Chapter 1

Introducing Fabric Watch Provides an overview of Fabric Watch.

Chapter 2

Using Fabric Watch Provides information for managing switch

functions through the use of thresholds.

Appendix A

Telnet Commands Provides information on the Fabric Watch

Telnet commands.

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Related Publications

Related product information can be found in the following publications.

Those publications with part numbers are provided as printed copies with

your product. The HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD

contains all publications listed in the table below and is also provided with

your product.

Information about fibre channel standards and the fibre channel industry in

general can be found on the Fibre Channel Industry Association web site,

located at:

http://www.fibrechannel.com

Getting Help

For support information, visit the HP web site located at:

http://www.hp.com

Title Part Number

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD A7326-11011

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Installation and

Reference Guide A7326-90902

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Quick Start Guide A7326-90901

Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 2.4 Available only on CD

MIB Reference Manual, version 2.3 Available only on CD

QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD

Web Tools User’s Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD

Zoning User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

Preface 9

Getting Software Updates

Firmware and software updates are found at the http://www.hp.com web site.

New switch firmware can be installed from the following host operating

systems:

• UNIX

• Windows NT

• Windows 2000

• Windows 98

• Windows 95

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