Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000438-01, June 2007)

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Notification methods

• Class, area, and index number of the threshold that the counter crossed

• Event type

• Value of the counter that exceeded the threshold

• State of the element that triggered the alarm

• Source of the trap

The trap stores event information but does not actively send alerts. Port changes do not generate

SNMP traps.

RAPI TRAP

RAPI Trap is a Fabric Watch alarm that actively alerts you to events. After you enable RAPI Trap,

Product Name forwards all event information to a designated proxy switch. The host API

automatically configures the proxy switch, based on firmware version. The switch forwards the

information to a server and alerts the SAN manager to event activity.

Third-party applications that use the Brocade API determine the manner that RAPI Trap presents

alarms to the user.

PORT LOG LOCK

The port log locks to retain detailed information about an event, preventing the information from

being overwritten as the log becomes full. This alarm stores event information but does not actively

send alerts, which is done automatically when some thresholds are exceeded and an alert is

triggered.

For more information about locking, unlocking, and clearing the port log, see the Fabric OS

Command Reference.

E-MAIL ALERT

E-mail alert sends information about a switch event to a specified e-mail address. E-mail alert can

send information about any error from any element, area, and class.

The e-mail specifies the threshold and describes the event, much like an error message. Use the

fwMailCfg command to configure e-mail alerts.

NOTE

To send e-mail alerts, the switch must be connected to a DNS server. Use the dnsConfig command

to configure DNS settings.

Also, enabling E-mail alerts for the Changed threshold state in several areas can quickly result in a

significant amount of E-mail. Fabric Watch discards E-mail alerts when more than 100 are generated

within a minute; this prevents memory shortages.