Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

8-12 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Generating Custom Reports and Graphs
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3. Select one of the following report types from the Report Type drop-down list:
For end-to-end monitoring reports...
• “Top N” Conversations by Generating (Tx) traffic over time T
• “Top N” Conversations by Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T
• “Top N” Conversations by Aggregate (Tx/Rx) traffic over time T
For port statistics reports...
• “Top N” of ports Generating (Tx) traffic over time T
• “Top N” of ports Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T
• “Top N” of ports Aggregate (Tx/Rx) traffic over time T
4. Type the number (1 through 20) of results you want for the report in the Top N field.
5. Define the time range or interval using one of the following:
• Click Last, type a number, and then select the time increment (Minutes, Hours, or Days).
• Click From Time, and then enter values in the From Time and To Time fields. This includes
the month (mm), day (dd), year (yyyy), hour (HH), minute (MM), and morning (AM) or night
(PM).
6. Select the granularity (the time interval between samples) from the Granularity drop-down list.
The available options are 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, and 1 day. See “Granularity” on page 8-3
for information on how granularity is calculated.
7. For Port Statistics reports only: Select which ports you want displayed in your graph:
• Click All.
Includes all ports in the database with the specified granularity and time range.
• Click Device Ports Only.
Incudes only device ports (F_Ports and L_Ports) in the database with the specified granularity
and time range.
• Click ISL Ports Only.
Includes only ISL ports (EX_Ports and E_Ports) in the database with the specified granularity
and time range.
• Click Advanced Port Selection; then click Select Ports to select specific ports.
The Advance Port Selection dialog displays (see Figure 8-5 on page 8-10).
All of the switches that were available when the Generate Report dialog was launched are
listed. If another user has discovered or removed a fabric, switch, or port since then, it is not
reflected in this list.
8. Click OK.
Your custom Performance Monitor graph is displayed (see Figure 8-7 on page 8-13).
Note
If the port type of a switch in a fabric changes, and Performance Monitor is enabled,
multiple port WWNs with different port types are displayed in the Performance Monitor
table and graph reports.