Dell Brocade 5100 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Admin Guide 7.2.0a
Summary
This comprehensive Administrator’s Guide details the Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS)—a critical set of features for managing network fabric health. Designed for system administrators and network engineers, it provides deep insights into switch performance, port status, resource utilization, and security violations across your Brocade infrastructure. The manual covers configuration best practices, implementing custom thresholds, conducting detailed historical data analysis, and ensuring optimal uptime through proactive alerting policies within Fabric OS v7.2.0a.
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53-1002933-02 9 September 2013
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0a
Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0a
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53-1002933-02 9 September 2013 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0a Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0a
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Copyright © 2010-2013 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ADX, Any IO, Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, ICX, MLX, My Brocade, Open Script, VCS, VDX,...
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Contents About This Document In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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MAPS configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Monitoring a new port using existing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Monitoring acr...
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MAPS actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Enabling or disabling actions at a global level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 RASLog ...
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MAPS threshold value tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Index vi Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide
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About This Document In this chapter •Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii •Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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Brocade 6547 embedded switch Brocade 7800 extension switch Brocade VA-40FC Brocade Encryption Switch Brocade DCX Backbone family: Brocade DCX Brocade DCX-4S Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family: Brocade D...
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variable Variables are in italics. Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]” value Fixed values following arguments are in plain font. For example, --show WWN Boolean. Elements are...
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Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations. These ref...
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Getting technical help Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following informa...
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Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you t...
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Chapter Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Overview In this chapter •MAPS overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •MAPS license re...
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MAPS license requirements1 MAPS license requirements MAPS is an optionally licensed feature of Fabric OS. MAPS requires an active and valid Fabric Vision license. If you already have a license for Fab...
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MAPS upgrade and downgrade considerations MAPS upgrade and downgrade considerations When downgrading from Fabric OS 7.2 to any previous version of the OS, the following MAPS-related behaviors should b...
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Migrating from Fabric Watch to MAPS1 CAUTION MAPS activation is a non-reversible process. Downgrading to Fabric OS 7.1 will enable Fabric Watch with its last configured settings. When you upgrade back...
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MAPS and Flow Vision MAPS and Flow Vision MAPS can work with information generated by the Brocade Flow Vision application. For more information, refer to “Flow Vision integration with the MAPS dashboa...
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MAPS and Flow Vision1 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide
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Chapter Enabling and Configuring MAPS In this chapter •Enabling MAPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •MAPS configuration quick start ...
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MAPS configuration tasks2 3. Set global actions on the switch to none using use maps Config --actions none. Setting the global actions to “none” allows you to test the configured thresholds before ena...
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MAPS configuration tasks TABLE 2 MAPS configuration tasks (Continued) Configuration task Command Deleting a rule from a policy mapspolicy - -delrule Creating a rule mapsrule - -create Modifying a rule...
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MAPS configuration tasks2 Rule Data: Rule Name: crc_critical Condition: ALL_PORTS(crc/min>5) Actions: email,snmp Policies Associated: none switch:admin> mapsrule --create crc_persistent -monitor...
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Chapter MAPS Elements and Categories In this chapter •MAPS structural elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •MAPS monitoring categories. . . . . . . . ...
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MAPS monitoring categories3 Security Violations Fabric State Changes Switch Resource Traffic Performance FCIP Health The MAPS dashboard also displays the status of these categories. Refer to “MAPS das...
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MAPS monitoring categories The Port Health category also monitors the physical aspects of a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver, such as voltage, current, receive power (RXP), transmit power...
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MAPS monitoring categories3 FRU Health The FRU Health category enables you to define rules for field-replaceable units (FRUs), including small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers, power supplies,...
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MAPS monitoring categories Fabric State Changes The Fabric State Changes category groups areas of potential problems arising between devices, such as zone changes, fabric segmentation, E_Port down, fa...
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MAPS monitoring categories3 TABLE 9 Switch Resource category parameters Monitored parameter Description Temperature (TEMP) Refers to the ambient temperature inside the switch, in degrees Celsius. Temp...
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MAPS monitoring categories FCIP Health The FCIP Health category enables you to define rules for FCIP health, including circuit state changes, circuit state utilization, and packet loss. Table 11 lists...
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MAPS monitoring categories3 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator’s Guide
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Chapter MAPS Groups, Policies, Rules, and Actions In this chapter •MAPS groups overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •MAPS policies overview. . ....
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MAPS groups overview4 TABLE 12 Predefined MAPS groups (Continued) Predefined group name Object type Description NON_E_F_PORTS FC Port All ports in the logical switch which are neither E_Ports nor F_Po...
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MAPS groups overview Viewing group information MAPS allows you to view the information for all groups or a specific group. To view a summary of all the logical groups on a switch, enter logical Group ...
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MAPS policies overview4 Monitoring similar ports using the same rules You can create groups of ports that behave in a similar manner and monitor these ports using the same rules and thresholds. Often ...
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MAPS policies overview dflt_conservative_policy Contains rules with more lenient thresholds that allow a buffer and do not immediately trigger actions. Use this policy in environments where the elemen...
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Working with MAPS policies4 Working with MAPS policies The following sections discuss working with MAPS policies. Viewing policy information MAPS allows you to view all the policies on a switch by usi...
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Working with MAPS policies Modifying a policy In some cases you might need to modify a policy, for example, if elements in the fabric change or if threshold configurations need to be modified to catch...
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MAPS rules overview4 The following example clones the default policy, deletes two rules, and modifies a rule to send an e-mail message in addition to a RASLog entry. switch:admin> mapspolicy --clon...
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MAPS actions The change in the CRC counter in the last minute is greater than 10. For this condition, the threshold is “greater than 10”. NOTE MAPS conditions are applied on a per-port basis, not swit...
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MAPS actions4 Enabling or disabling actions at a global level You can define what actions are allowable on the switch, regardless of the actions that are specified in individual rules. Enabling and di...
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| Brand | Brocade |
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| Pages | 70 |
| File Size | 441.81 KB |
| Published | May 16, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which operating system versions are supported by this guide?
The guide supports Fabric OS v7.2.0a.
Where can I find information on open source software licenses?
Visit http://www.brocade.com/support/oscd to view the licensing terms and obtain source code.
What should I do if my policy configuration is incorrect, or do a reset?
Use the Save command to store the configuration, or download the MAPS configuration to default (Chapter 1, page 27).
Are there specific monitoring options for physical ports and links?
The guide details Port Monitoring, FCIP Monitoring, and SFP Monitoring thresholds.