Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Assigning thresholds, Adding thresholds

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FIGURE 249 Add State Change Threshold dialog box

4.Enter a name for the threshold in the Name field.

5.Select one of the following options from the Policy Type field:

•Default — Uses device defaults. Go to step 8.

•Custom — Uses your selections. Continue with step 6.

6.Enter the number of state changes allowed for the threshold in the Threshold errors field.

7.Select the time period for the threshold from the errors per list. The following choices are available:

•None — the port is blocked as soon as the specified number of state changes allowed is met.

•Second — the port is blocked as soon as the specified number of state changes allowed is reached within a second.

•Minute — the port is blocked as soon as the specified number of state changes allowed is reached within a minute.

•Hour — the port is blocked as soon as the specified number of state changes allowed is reached within a hour.

•Day — the port is blocked as soon as the specified number of state changes allowed is reached within a day.

8.Click OK to add the state changes threshold to the table and close the Add State Change Threshold dialog box.

To assign this threshold to fabrics, switches, or switch ports, refer to “Assigning thresholds” on page 685.

9.Click OK on the Port Fencing dialog box.

Assigning thresholds

You can assign thresholds to any active object in the Ports table. You can only assign one threshold to an object at a time. If you assign a threshold to a switch, director, or fabric object, or to the All Fabrics object, the threshold is assigned to all subordinate objects (which do not have a directly assigned threshold) in the tree.

However, if an object inherits a threshold from another object above it in the hierarchy, you cannot remove that inherited threshold directly from the subordinate object. You must either remove the threshold from the higher object to which it was directly assigned or directly assign a different threshold to the subordinate object.

To assign an existing threshold to fabric, director, switch, port type, and port objects, complete the following steps.

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