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Preliminary

Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre

Channel Switch with NetCentral

Table of Contents

Before you begin monitoring .................................................................................. 2

Configuring the QLogic SANbox Switch for NetCentral monitoring ..................... 2

SNMP configuration .......................................................................................... 2

Using NetCentral to monitor the QLogic SANbox Switch...................................... 4

Setting port aliases............................................................................................. 4

Monitoring Status............................................................................................... 5

Monitoring Trends ............................................................................................. 7

Troubleshooting with NetCentral....................................................................... 8

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Summary of content (8 pages)

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*071-8471-00* Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch with NetCentral Table of Contents P re lim in ar y Before you begin monitoring .................................................................................. 2 Configuring the QLogic SANbox Switch for NetCentral monitoring ..................... 2 SNMP configuration .......................................................................................... 2 Using NetCentral to monitor the QLogic SANbox Switch ..............................
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Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch with NetCentral Before you begin monitoring Before you can monitor a QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch, you must prepare the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch and the NetCentral system.
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SNMP configuration SANbox #> admin start 4. Type the following command to configure the SNMP settings: SANbox (admin) #> set setup snmp 5. Enter the IP address for the NetCentral server PC as Trap1Address. You can also enter other SNMP monitoring stations in turn (Trap2Address, Trap3Address, etc.). Be sure to enable traps for each monitoring station (Trap1Enabled set to True). The following example shows a configuration with traps sent to a NetCentral server PC with IP address 10.16.43.
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Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch with NetCentral ReadCommunity WriteCommunity TrapCommunity AuthFailureTrap ProxyEnabled (string, max=32 chars) (string, max=32 chars) (string, max=32 chars) (True / False) (True / False) [public] [public] [public] [True] [True] Do you want to save and activate this snmp setup? (y/n): [n] y In this list of attributes you can optionally enter Contact and Location strings that are meaningful to NetCentral users at your site.
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P re lim in ar y Monitoring Status 3. Select the Port Alias for a port. When selected, a text entry box opens. Enter the desired alias. 4. Repeat the previous step for each port requiring an alias. 5. Click OK to set the aliases. Monitoring Status You can use NetCentral to monitor the status of your QLogic SANbox Switch. NetCentral displays information about the switch’s power supplies, temperature, and fans. Click on the appropriate subsystem node in the NetCentral tree view to monitor its status.
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P re lim in ar y Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch with NetCentral You can also view configuration events. Select the Events subsystem node to see a summary of the configuration events on the switch.
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Monitoring Trends Monitoring Trends Click the NetCentral Trends view control button to view graphs of status parameters. The following table specifies the parameters reported in the Trends view: Parameter Name Comments Unit System\Up Time Up time essentially is an ever incrementing value that indicates the system is up and running and is measured as an absolute value in minutes; given that the polling rate is more than a minute.
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Monitoring the QLogic SANbox Fibre Channel Switch with NetCentral Parameter Name Comments Unit Ports\Sync Losses [module-port] Sync Losses indicates the number of times the port went into the “loss of synchronization” state where it encountered continuous Disparity errors during that sampling interval. Errors This is likely an indicator for a faulty connector or cable.