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Special Procedures
Fibre Channel Switch Monitor
what switches should monitored. Changes that involve adding or deleting switches to the configuration file while the monitor is running will be invoked at the next polling interval, or following the selection of the (E)nable Monitoring option from the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager (monconfig).
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SW_COUNT value | none | Identifies the number of switches (value) the |
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| monitor will be responsible for monitoring. |
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| This setting is required. |
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SW_X_IP_ADDRESS IP_address | none | Identifies the IP address for each switch the monitor |
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| will monitor. The “X” placeholder is replaced by the |
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| number assigned to the switch, and “IP_address” is |
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| replaced by the IP address of the switch. There must |
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| be a separate setting for each switch. |
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| This setting is required. |
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SITE_SNMP_GET_COMMUNITY text | public | These settings define the SNMP community |
SW_X_SNMP_GET_COMMUNITY text |
| assigned to the switches being monitored. The SITE |
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| setting is used for all switches, unless overridden by |
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| a SW_X setting for the specific switch identified by |
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| X. |
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| The text string cannot contain embedded spaces. |
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SITE_LOCATION text | none | These settings define the text string used to identify |
SW_X_LOCATION text |
| the switch location in log messages. The SITE |
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| setting is used for all switches, unless overridden by |
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| a SW_X setting for the specific switch identified by |
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| X. |
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| The text string cannot contain embedded spaces. |
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SITE_CONTACT text | none | These settings define the text string used to identify |
SW_X_CONTACT text |
| the contact person in log messages. The SITE |
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| setting is used for all switches, unless overridden by |
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| a SW_X setting for the specific switch identified by |
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| X. |
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| The text string cannot contain embedded spaces. |
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SITE_SNMP_RETRY value | 1 | These settings define the SNMP retry value in |
SW_X_SNMP_RETRY value |
| seconds. The SITE setting is used for all switches, |
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| unless overridden by a SW_X setting for the specific |
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| switch identified by X. |
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| Valid values are 1 - 5. |
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SITE_SNMP_TIMEOUT value | 1 | These settings define the SNMP timeout value in |
SW_X_SNMP_ TIMEOUT value |
| seconds. The SITE setting is used for all switches, |
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| unless overridden by a SW_X setting for the specific |
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| switch identified by X. |
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| Valid values are 1 - 5. |
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SW_X_IS_MONITORED value | 1 (Yes) | This setting determines if the indicated switch will |
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| be monitored. |
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| Valid values are 0 (No) and 1 (Yes). |
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