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

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SAN Fabric monitoring

For Professional and Professional Plus, the default monitoring interval is 120 seconds (minimum

interval is 120 seconds).

Table 6 details the default and minimum monitoring intervals used to query the monitored

switches:

To change the monitoring interval, refer to “Configuring asset polling” on page 120.

Stop monitoring of discovered fabrics

NOTE

Monitoring is not supported on Hosts.

When you stop monitoring a fabric, the Management application performs the following actions:

• Stops all data collection for the fabric and all associated devices.

• Unregisters as SNMP trap recipient from the fabric and all associated devices.

• Unregisters as SYSLOG recipient from the fabric and all associated devices.

• Does not perform any scheduled or on demand operations (other than monitor) on the fabric

and all associated devices.

• Removes the fabric and all associated devices from product list, topology, and all feature dialog

boxes.

• Displays the fabric and all associated devices in the Discovery Fabrics dialog box with the

unmonitored icon and prefixes “Unmonitored” to the discovery status

To stop monitoring a fabric and all associated devices, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discovery > Fabrics.

The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric you want to stop monitoring from the Discovered Fabrics table.

3. Click Unmonitor.

4. Click Close on the Discover Fabrics dialog box.

TABLE 16 Monitor Intervals

SAN Size Default Minimum

Small 120 seconds (2 minutes) 60 seconds (1 minute)

Medium 900 seconds (15 minutes) 120 seconds (2 minutes)

Large 1800 seconds (30 minutes) 180 seconds (3 minutes)