Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

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Telnet Commands

perfAddReadMonitor

Add a filter-based monitor for the SCSI Read command.

Synopsis perfAddReadMonitor port[, "alias"]

Availability admin

Description Use this command to define filter-based monitors to count the number of SCSI FCP Read

commands in Fibre Channel frames.

After a successful execution of this command, a monitor number is displayed. The monitor number

is provided for easy manipulation of these filter-based performance monitors. The optional user

defined alias is also displayed if one was specified. All valid monitor numbers and user-defined

aliases can be retrieved with the perfShowFilterMonitor command.

The maximum number of filters is 8 per port including user-defined filters, read filters, write filters,

and read/write filters.

Operands This command has the following operands:

port Specify the port number where you want to add a SCSI Read frame monitor. This

operand is required.

alias Specify a name for this monitor. This character string can be a maximum of 10

characters long and is truncated if more characters are specified. This operand

must be enclosed in quotation marks. This operand is optional. The default alias

is SCSI_RD.

Example To add a SCSI Read monitor to port 2: