HP SN3000B

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide xvii
53-1002446-01
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
Supported topologies for ICL connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Mesh topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Core-edge topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
Chapter 20 Monitoring Fabric Performance
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Restrictions for installing monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Access Gateway considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Maximum number of EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Supported port configurations for EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Adding EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Setting a mask for an EE monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
Deleting EE monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
Displaying EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
Clearing EE monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Frame monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Creating frame types to be monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Deleting frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
Adding frame monitors to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Removing frame monitors from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Saving frame monitor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Displaying frame monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
Clearing frame monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
Top Talker monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410
Top Talker monitors and FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Limitations of Top Talker monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
Adding a Top Talker monitor to a port (port mode) . . . . . . . . .413
Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric
(fabric mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Displaying the top n bandwidth-using flows on a port
(port mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID
(fabric mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Deleting a Top Talker monitor on a port (port mode) . . . . . . .414
Deleting all fabric mode Top Talker monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Trunk monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Saving and restoring monitor configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Performance data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416