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• SwitchAssetCollector – Collects data about the switch including, inventory details, port level
data, any blades that may be present (on directors), AG-port mapping, and auto trace dump
settings. This is the major collector for switch data.
• FCIPCollector – Collects FCIP-related data on the older FCIP switches.
• XFCIPCollector – Collects extended FCIP-related data on the newer FCIP switches.
• MapsPolicyCollector – Collects data about MAPS policies configured on the switch.
• MetaSANCollector – Collects data about the IFLs (Inter Fabric Links) on the switch.
• FlowCollector – Collects data about the flow definitions on the switch. Also collects the
subflows for each flow definition. This collector requires the Fabric Insight license on the
switch.
• VPWwnInfoCollector – Collects data about the VPWWN (Virtual Port World Wide Name) on the
switch.
The Management application collects performance monitoring data via SNMP. Performance
monitoring data is collected asynchronously and is not affected by the collector scheduling.
Performance data (mostly port statistics) is collected every 5 minutes.
Product communication protocols
Table 18 details the protocols that the Management application uses for communication between
products and the Management application server.
TABLE 18 Product communication protocols
Protocol Description Management application use Communicates with device type
ICMP The Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP) is part of the Internet Protocol Suite,
as defined in RFC 792.
ICMP messages are typically used for diag-
nostic or control purposes or generated in
response to errors in IP operations.
Used during initial discovery.
For IronWare devices, used for every subse-
quent polling cycle.
You can edit the IronWare polling interval on
the Options dialog box (refer to “Configuring
polling service preferences” on page 163).
Fabric OS
IronWare
Network OS
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) is an internet-standard protocol for
managing devices on IP networks. SNMP is a
component of the Internet Protocol Suite as
defined by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF). It consists of a set of standards
for network management, including an appli-
cation layer protocol, a database schema,
and a set of data objects.
Used during discovery, performance polling,
and operation status polling.
You can edit the IronWare operating polling
interval on the Options dialog box (refer to
“Configuring polling service preferences” on
page 163).
Note that performance polling (including
data collection for dashboards) completely
relies on SNMP.
For Historical data collection, the minimum
time interval is 1 minute for IronWare and
Network OS devices and 5 minutes for Fabric
OS devices.
For real time graphs, the minimum time
interval is 10 seconds.
Fabric OS
IronWare
Network OS