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Elements and Components
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Introducing Fabric Watch
Elements and Components
Fabric Watch software uses a number of terms and components to
identify, classify, monitor, and handle fabric and switch activity.
Element Categories
Fabric Watch elements include any component of the fabric or switch
that Fabric Watch software monitors. To monitor elements, Fabric
Watch software categorizes them into areas, and groups areas into
classes.
Classes Classes (also known as agents) are high-level categories of elements.
Fabric Watch software monitors elements that compose the following
classes:
◆ Fabric
◆ Environment
◆ Port (includes E_Port, Optical F/FL_Port, and in 3.0 only; Copper
F/FL_Port)
◆ SFP
◆ Performance Monitor (Alpa, End-to-End, Filter)