Web Tools predefines basic graph types to simplify performance monitoring. A wide range of end-to-end fabric, LUN, device, and port metrics graphs are included.
The advanced monitoring graphs give more detailed performance information to help you manage your fabric. You can access the basic monitoring graphs on all switches; advanced monitoring graphs are available only on switches that have either the Advanced Performance Monitor license or the Fabric Vision license activated. The following table lists the basic monitoring graphs available.
Basic performance graphs TABLE 14
Graph type Display description
Port Throughput The performance of a port, in bytes per second, for frames received and transmitted.
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Graph type Display description
Switch Aggregate Throughput
The aggregate performance of all ports on a switch.
Blade Aggregate Throughput
The aggregate performance of all ports on a port card. This graph is available only for the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms.
Switch Throughput Utilization
The port throughput, in Gbps at the time the sample is taken. For the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, this graph displays the throughput for each slot. You can customize this graph to display information for particular ports.
Port Error CRC errors for a given port.
Switch Percent Utilization The percentage utilization for each port in a switch. For the Brocade DCX, this graph displays the percent utilization for each slot. You can customize this graph to display information for particular ports.
Port Snapshot Error The CRC error count between sampling periods for all the ports on a switch. For the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, this graph displays the CRC error rate for each slot. You can customize this graph to display information for particular ports.
The following table lists the advanced monitoring graphs available.
Advanced performance monitoring graphs TABLE 15
Graph type Display description
SID/DID Performance The traffic between the SID-DID pair on the switch being managed. The member selection list in the LHS displays the port in the current switch only. The All Devices tab lists all the devices in the fabric. SID/DID Performance can be used to select the source and destination. For more information, refer to Creating SID/DID
Performance graphs on page 135.
SCSI vs. IP Traffic The percentage of SCSI versus IP frame traffic on each individual port. For more information, refer to Creating the SCSI vs. IP Traffic graph on page 136.
SCSI Commands by port and LUN (R, W, R/W)
The total number of read/write commands on a given port to a specific LUN. For more information, refer to Creating SCSI command graphs on page 136.
The following table lists each graph and indicates the supported port types for each graph. The port selection columns for each graph displays the supported ports.
Supported port types for Brocade switches TABLE 16
Graph type Physical FC ports Logical FC ports GbE ports
Port Throughput P P P
Switch Aggregate Throughput N/A N/A N/A
Blade Aggregate Throughput1 N/A N/A N/A
1 The Blade Aggregate Throughput graph is supported only on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms.
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Supported port types for Brocade switches (Continued) TABLE 16
Graph type Physical FC ports Logical FC ports GbE ports
Switch Throughput Utilization P N/A P
Port Error P P P
Switch Percent Utilization P N/A P
Port Snapshot Error P P N/A
SID/DID Performance P P N/A
SCSI Commands P N/A N/A
SCSI vs. IP Traffic P N/A N/A
The labeling of the axes in the graphs depends on the switch type:
• For the Brocade DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, and the DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, slot numbers are displayed with expansion arrows next to them, as shown in the following figure.
Click the arrows to expand and contract the list of ports per slot.
• Switches such as the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6510, 6520, VA-40FC, 7800 Extension Switch, 7840 Extension Switch and the Brocade Encryption Switch do not have slot numbers because they have no blade FRUs, and therefore there is no need for slot numbering.
• For the Brocade DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, and the DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, the X-axis scales up to 409.6 Gbps in multiples of 2.
• For the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, 7800 Extension Switch, and the Brocade Encryption Switch, the X-axis scales up to 8.0 Gbps in increments of 0.8 Gbps.
• For the Brocade 6505, 6510, and the 6520, the X-axis scales up to 16.0 Gbps in increments of 0.16 Gbps.
• For the Brocade 7840 Extension Switch, the X-axis scales up to 40.0 Gbps in increments of 0.4 Gbps.
Port throughput utilization is represented by a horizontal bar for each selected port. The horizontal bar gets longer or shorter depending on the percent utilization for that port at the last poll time. Thin short vertical intersecting bars give a historical perspective by representing the highest and lowest values reached for each selected port since the graph was opened. A third bar between them represents the average of all values polled.
NOTE
Virtual ports on logical switches cannot be graphed.
The following figure shows how to access the list of Advanced Performance Monitoring graphs using Web Tools with the EGM license. This example displays the graphs available in the Performance Monitor window with either the Advanced Performance Monitor license or the Fabric Vision license installed. Note that the slot number is identified.
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FIGURE 24 Accessing performance graphs