Brocade Fabric Watch Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000438-01, June 2007)

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide ix
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About This Document
This document is an administrator’s guide to help you use the Fabric Watch product to monitor and
improve fabric health. This document is specific to Brocade Fabric OS version 5.3.0 and all
switches running Fabric OS v5.3.0. For a list of supported hardware for this release, see
“Supported Hardware and Software” on page x.
“About This Document” contains the following sections:
• “How This Document Is Organized,” next
• “Supported Hardware and Software” on page x
• “What’s New in This Document” on page x
• “Document Conventions” on page xi
• “Additional Information” on page xii
• “Getting Technical Help” on page xv
• “Document Feedback” on page xv
How This Document Is Organized
This document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Fabric Watch Concepts,” provides an introduction to Fabric Watch and the benefits
of its use. It also defines concepts that are useful in Fabric Watch configuration.
• Chapter 2, “Activating and Accessing Fabric Watch,”describes the Fabric Watch requirements,
provides an overview of the interfaces, and explains the methods of accessing Fabric Watch
through each interface.
• Chapter 3, “Configuring Fabric Watch,” describes how to configure Fabric Watch.
• Chapter 4, “Generating Fabric Watch Reports,” describes the reports available through Fabric
Watch and the methods of accessing each.
• Appendix , “Default Threshold Values,” describes the Fabric Watch default threshold values for
all classes.
• Appendix , “Basic Fabric Watch Configuration Guidelines,” describes some of the modifications
Fabric Watch users should consider when configuring their implementation.
• Appendix , “Using Product Name with Configuration Files,” describes the two methods of using
configuration files.
• The index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.