Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 28 Network Monitoring
Health and Event Monitoring
the Summary tab in the Information pane to get a count of the number of VSANS, switches, hosts, and
storage elements in the fabric. See the “Fabric Manager Client Quick Tour” section on page 5-6 for more
information on the Fabric Manager user interface.
Using the Inventory Tab from Fabric Manager Web Server
If you have configured Fabric Manager Web Server, you can launch this application and access the
Inventory tab to see a summary of the fabrics managed by the Fabric Manager Server. The Inventory tab
shows an inventory of the selected SAN, fabric, or switch.
See the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide for additional information on
how to configure and use Fabric Manager Web Server.
To view system messages remotely using Fabric Manager Web Server, perform this task:
Step 1 Point your browser at the Fabric Manager Web Server.
Step 2 Click the Events tab, and then choose Details to view the system messages.
The columns in the events table are sortable. In addition, you can use the Filter button to limit the scope
of messages within the table.
Viewing Logs from Device Manager
You can view system messages from Device Manager if Device Manager is running from the same
workstation as the Fabric Manager Server. Choose Logs > Events > current to view the system
messages on Device Manager. The columns in the events table are sortable. In addition, you can use the
Find button to locate text within the table.
You can view switch-resident logs even if you have not set up your local syslog server or your local PC
is not in the switch’s syslog server list. Due to memory constraints, these logs will wrap when they reach
a certain size. The switch syslog has two logs: an NVRAM log that holds a limited number of critical
and greater messages and a nonpersistent log that contains notice or greater severity messages. Hardware
messages are part of these logs.
Health and Event Monitoring
Fabric Manager works with the Cisco SAN switches to show the health and status of the fabric and
switches. Information about the fabric and its components is gathered from multiple sources, including
Online System Health Management, Call Home, system messages, and SNMP notifications. This
information is then made available from multiple menus on Fabric Manager or Device Manager.
Fabric Manager Events Tab
The Fabric Manager Events tab, available from the topology window, displays the events Fabric Manager
received from sources within the fabric. These sources include SNMP events, RMON events, system
messages, and system health messages. The Events tab shows a table of events, including the event name,
the source and time of the event, a severity level, and a description of the event. The table is sortable by
any of these column headings.