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Using the Product Manager
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Product Manager Overview
and time. If the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is not
checked, you can set the date and time in the dialog box fields
manually.
Threshold Alert(s)
Select this option to configure threshold alerts for ports. A
threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive
(Rx) throughput reaches specified values for specific switch ports
or port types (E_Ports F_Ports, or FL_Ports). Using this option,
you can configure:
— A name for the alert.
— A threshold type for the alert (Rx, Tx, or either).
— Active or inactive state of the alert.
— Threshold criteria. This includes configuring the threshold as
the percent of port traffic capacity utilized (% utilization). You
must also configure the time interval during which the
throughput is measured and the maximum cumulative time
that the throughput percentage threshold can be exceeded
during this time interval before an alert is generated.
Open Trunking
Select this option to enable the optional OpenTrunking feature.
This feature monitors the average data rates of all traffic flows on
ISLs (from a receive port to a target domain), and periodically
adjusts routing tables to reroute data flows from congested links
to lightly loaded links and optimize bandwidth use. The feature
can be installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog box. For
details, refer to OpenTrunking on page 6-12.
Export Configuration Report
Select this option to display the Export Configuration Report dialog
box, which enables you to specify a file name in which to save an
ASCII text file containing all current user-definable configuration
options in a printable format. Note that this file cannot be read
back into the Product Manager in order to set configuration
parameters.