Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001188-01, April 2009)

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Notification configuration
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API notification configuration
In the Brocade Fabric OS API, notifications are triggered programatically.
The Brocade Fabric OS API is an application programming interface (API) that provides the method
for any application to access critical information about a Brocade SAN. Using Fabric OS API, an
application can query or control individual switches or the entire fabric. You can also configure API
notifications using the Brocade Fabric OS API.
Port Log Lock action configuration
Port Log Lock freezes in time the port log dump output if an event is triggered. See “SNMP
notification configuration” on page 74 for details about configuring port log lock actions.
See Chapter 5, “Notification methods” for more details about port log lock.
E-mail notification configuration
In environments where it is critical that you are notified about errors quickly, you might want to use
e-mail notifications. With e-mail notifications, you can be notified of serious errors by e-mail or a
pager, so you can react quickly.
Configuring e-mail notifications in a Telnet session
To configure e-mail notifications in a Telnet session, enter the fwMailCfg command at the prompt.
The fwMailcfg menu displays.
1 : Show Mail Configuration Information
2 : Disable Email Alert
3 : Enable Email Alert
4 : Send Test Mail
5 : Set Recipient Mail Address for Email Alert
6 : Relay Host IP Configuration
7 : Quit
Select an item => : (1..7) [7]
The following sections describe how to use the fwMailCfg menu options.