Brocade Communications Systems Network Advisor 12.3.0, User Manual

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XISL and backbone E_Port monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174
Flow Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1177
Flow Generator setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1177
Flow Generator limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1178
SIM-Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1179
Creating a Flow Generator flow definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1181
Customizing Flow Generator flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1183
Monitoring a Flow Generator flow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1184
Flow Generator example procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1187
Flow Mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1189
Flow Mirror limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1191
Creating a Flow Mirror flow definition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1191
Monitoring a Flow Mirror flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1194
Flow Mirror example procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1197
Predefined flow definition templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1204
Creating a flow definition from a template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205
Predefined flow definition templates for initiator group
and storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1208
Flow Vision interoperability with other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213
Frame Viewer integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite integration
with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1214
Bottleneck Detection integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . 1215
FC Trace Route integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . .1216
Port connectivity integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . 1218
Dashboard integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1219
Performance integration with Flow Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1220
Chapter 30 Frame Monitor
Frame Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1223
Frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1223
Frame Monitoring requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225
Creating a custom frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225
Editing a frame monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227
Assigning a frame monitor to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227
Finding frame monitor assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1228
Removing a frame monitor from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1228
Removing a frame monitor from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1229
Chapter 31 Policy Monitor
Policy monitor overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231
Fabric policy monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1232
Switch and router configuration policy managers . . . . . . . . 1233
Host configuration policy managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235
Management configuration policy manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237
Preconfigured configuration policy managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237