Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-1001342-01, July 2009)

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Alarm notification configuration
Alarms act as a signal or alert that notifies you when a threshold has been crossed.
NOTE
The allowed alarm types are displayed on a per-class basis. Although Port Fencing is displayed for
other areas, such as RX Performance for which Port Fencing is not supported, you will not be able
to set or apply changes on such areas.
When you use alarm notifications, error messages are sent to designated locations such as an
error log, SNMP trap view, or e-mail. With an error log, you can log in to a particular switch to view
the error messages that have been captured for that particular switch. You can parse the log file to
make error message searches quicker and easier.
NOTE
You can enable Port Fencing only if the alarms are enabled using the fsAlarmsFilterSet command.
Configuring alarm notifications
1. Ensure that notifications appear in the error log by using the following command.
switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 1
The 1 option turns on the alarm notification.
2. Enter the following command if you decide not to have notifications sent.
switch:admin> fwAlarmsFilterSet 0
The 0 option turns the alarm notification off.
All alarms are suppressed when alarm notifications are turned off, except for the Environment
class and Resource class.
3. Verify or view your current alarm notifications by using the fwAlarmsFilterShow command.
switch:admin> fwalarmsfiltershow
FW: Alarms are enabled