HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Fabric Watch User Guide (AA-RW1TA-TE, May 2005)

73Fabric OS 5.0.0 Fabric Watch user guide
Step 2: Implement your switch status policy
After planning and defining your switch status policy, enter the switchStatusPolicySet
command to configure each policy. Each policy has two parameters that can be configured:
Marginal and Down. Set the number of units Marginal or Down based on your system
requirements for each policy/parameter. The following example shows a switch status policy
for Temperature:
The following example shows a switch status policy for Fans:
Switch status policies are saved in a non volatile memory, and therefore are persistent until
changed.
Step 3: View your switch status policy
After defining and configuring your switch status policy, you can view them using the
switchStatusPolicyShow command. Note that the policy you defined here determines
the output in the Switch Status Policy Report.
Marginal Ports Port, E-Port, optical port, and copper port thresholds.
Whenever these thresholds are persistently high, the port is
Marginal.
Faulty Ports Hardware-related port faults.
Missing SFPs Ports that are missing SFP media.
Monitor Health factors
Bad Temperatures contributing to DOWN status: (0..10) [0] 3
Bad Temperatures contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..10) [0] 1
Bad Fans contributing to DOWN status: (0..3) [0] 2
Bad Fans contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..3) [0] 1