HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.X Fabric Watch Administrator Guide (AA-RVJ0B-TE, September 2005)

30 Activating and accessing Fabric Watch
• ”Telnet” on page 30
• ”Advanced Web Tools” on page 30
• ”SNMP-Based enterprise managers” on page 30
• ”Configuration file” on page 32
Telnet
Use a telnet session to:
• Observe the current monitors on a switch with the fwShow command.
• Query and modify threshold and alarm configurations (whether default or customized) with the
fwConfigure command.
• View and configure the FRU module with the fwFruCfg command.
• View and configure the e-mail addresses to which event messages are sent with the fwMailCfg
command.
To establish a telnet session, use the following command, where
switch represents the name or IP address of
the switch:
telnet switch
When this command is executed, you are prompted for a username and password. To use Fabric Watch,
connect using an account with administrative privileges.
Advanced Web Tools
Use Web Tools to:
• View fabric and switch events.
• View and modify threshold and alarm configurations with the Fabric Watch View.
• Upload and download the configuration file with the Config Admin tab.
• View and configure the FRU module.
• View and configure the e-mail addresses to which event messages are sent.
To create a connection to Fabric Watch using Web Tools:
1. Open a Web browser.
2. Enter the IP address of the switch into the address field of the Web browser.
The Web browser should display a screen that includes a window similar to the following:
3. To access Fabric Watch View, click the Watch button in this portion of the screen, which appears:
4. When the login window appears, log in as admin.
SNMP-Based enterprise managers
Use SNMP-based enterprise managers to:
• Query the MIB variable for individual fabric and switch elements.
• Query and modify threshold and alarm configurations.