Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001337-01, July 2009)

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perfAddIPMonitor

Adds a filter-based performance monitor for IP frame count.

Synopsis perfaddipmonitor [slotnumber/]portnumber [alias]

Description Use this command to create a filter-based monitor that will count the number of IP traffic frames.

Only frames transmitted are counted.

Execution of this command displays a numeric key that uniquely identifies the monitor. Use the

perfMonitorShow command for a listing of valid keys and user-defined aliases.

Notes This command requires an Advanced Performance Monitoring license.

This command is not supported on virtual FC ports (VE/VEX_Port), EX_Port, M (Mirror) ports and

GbE ports.

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may

be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command

Availability" for details.

Operands This command has the following operands:

slotnumber For bladed systems only, this operand specifies the slot number of the port

on which the monitor is to be added, followed by a slash (/).

portnumber Specifies the number of the port on which the monitor is to be added, relative

to its slot for bladed systems. Use switchShow for a list of valid ports.

alias Specifies a name for this monitor. Names exceeding 10 characters are

truncated. To include spaces, the string must be surrounded by double

quotation marks. Spaces count toward the character limit but are removed.

This operand is optional. The default alias is “IP Frame”.

Examples To add an IP monitor to a port:

switch:admin> perfaddipmonitor 1/4 IP_MONITOR

IP traffic frame monitor #0 added

See Also perfAddEEMonitor, perfAddReadMonitor, perfAddRWMonitor, perfAddSCSIMonitor,

perfAddUserMonitor, perfAddWriteMonitor