Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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Preconfigured policy monitors

The Management application provides preconfigured policy monitors. The preconfigured policy

monitors include the following:

Default SAN Policy — Available for SAN products and contains the following values:

• Name — Default SAN Policy

• Description — Default policy to run on all SAN targets

• Frequency — Weekly

• Next Run — Next time the policy will run using the format:

<Day_of_Week><Month><Date><Time_in_24_Hour_Format><Time_Zone><Year>. For

example, Fri Jun 08 08:00:00 PDT 2012.

• Last Run — Empty

• Result — Empty

• Rule — The default SAN policy is configured with the following rules:

- Zoning status

- Event registration

- Redundant connection

- Management application backup enabled

• Targets — The default SAN policy is configured with the following targets:

- Fabric Checks — All Fabrics

- Switch/Router Checks — All SAN Switches product group

Viewing policy monitor status

You can view policy monitor status from the main Management application window or from the

Policy Monitor dialog box.

The Management application enables you to view the policy monitor status at a glance by providing

a policy monitor status icon on the Status Bar. The following table illustrates and describes the

icons that indicate the current status of the policy monitor function.

To view more detail regarding policy monitor status, click the Policy Monitor icon. The Policy Monitor

dialog box displays. For more information, refer to “Viewing existing policy monitors” on page 958

TABLE 84 Policy Monitor Icons

Icon Description

Passed — Displays when all policy monitors, excluding un-alerted and acknowledged

monitors, pass.

Pause on icon to display flyover detail: Policy monitor is OK.

Failed — Displays when at least one policy monitor failed. Pause on icon to display flyover

detail: The last run of number policy monitor(s) has one or more failures.