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1. facility E hostname rity FIGURE 31 Extract field graphical data 4 Click the eye icon to display field values for the extract field The eye icon does not display for the facility hostname priority and source field values Fields O Extract Field wwn_address Read only falue Name Make field availa FIGURE 32 Extract field data values Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 35 53 1003480 01 3 36 Brocade SAN custom extract fields Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01
2. 16 Fabric Watch Events dashboard 0 000 eee eee eee 17 Count of Fabric Watch Events grouped by Message ID widget 0 0 eee eee eee 17 Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority widget 0 0 0 0 cece eee eee 17 Fabric Watch Events by Priority widget 18 Fabric Watch Events by Product widget 0 18 MAPS Events dashboard 000 e cece e eee eee 19 Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget 0 0 0 cece eee 19 MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority widget 20 MAPS violation Events grouped by Product widget 20 Count of MAPS Violation Events by Category widget 21 Count of Flow Violation Events over Time grouped by Category WIdSet ec se iesea a aa end de nee be aes 21 Switch Status Events dashboard 2 00 eee eee eee 21 Count of Events over Time widget 2020 eerie 22 Switch Status Events grouped by Priority widget 22 Switch Status Events by Product widget 23 Syslog Events dashboard 0 0 eee eee 23 Count of Events grouped by Message ID widget 24 Count of Events over Time grouped by Priority widget 24 Events by Priority widget 000 e eee eee eee eee 25 Events by Product widget 0c cee eee eee eee 25 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 10034
3. Fabric OS switches grouped by product Switch Status Events grouped by Priority i gt 4 priority warning 24 FIGURE 24 Switch Status Events grouped by Product widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the product and the number of events that occurred for that product Syslog Events dashboard The Syslog Events dashboard displays all syslog messages received from Fabric OS switches The Syslog Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Product widget Table 9 lists the data received from the Fabric OS devices which is used to populate the syslog events widgets TABLE 9 Syslog data Data Description Example values dcm_syslog_message id The message id FW 1435 MAPS 1003 dcm_wwn_address The world wide name of the switch switch WWN dcm_device_name The name of the switch switch name dcm_device_port The port number of the switch port number dcm_log_level The syslog priority level Info Warning Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 23 53 1003480 01 24 2 Syslog Events dashboard Count of Events grouped by Message ID widget The Count of Events grouped by Message ID widget displays all syslog events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by message I
4. Status Events das ADO vce secs esr cesses sieee eerneee eee 21 Syslog Events dashboard sis ccscs cee vee irren r nEn aar aep 23 Events dashboards overview The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite displays Audit Bottleneck Call Home Fabric Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite MAPS Switch and Syslog alerts received from the Brocade Network Advisor server or Fabric OS switches Before you can view event alerts you must configure event handling for vCenter Operations Manager and Brocade Network Advisor refer to Event handling configuration on page 2 Log Insight allows two types of dashboards e Custom Created by users and can be cloned edited and deleted You can also add clone move and delete log chart widgets in all custom dashboards Custom dashboards are categorized as follows My Dashboards Created by you and only visible to you Shared Dashboards Created by another user and visible to all users e Content pack Imported with a content pack and visible to any user with that content pack Content pack dashboards cannot be edited however you can clone it to your custom dashboards Once cloned you can edit the dashboard as needed The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite includes the following dashboards e Audit Events dashboard Displays all audit events received from Fa
5. bottleneck type such as congestion or latency and the number of bottleneck events that occurred on that type Callhome Events dashboard 14 The Callhome Events dashboard displays all call home related events for list of call home events refer to Table 5 received from Fabric OS switches The Callhome Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Switch Callhome Events over Time grouped by Message ID widget e Switch Callhome Events by Product widget e Switch Callhome Events by Priority widget Table 5 details the call home event types covered by the Callhome Events dashboard TABLE 5 Call Home events Event ID Description MS 1009 Error in registered link incident record RLIR FW 1402 Flash usage is out of range FW 1426 Faulty or Missing Power supply FW 1427 Faulty Power supply FW 1428 Missing Power supply FW 1429 Problem in power supply arrangement FW 1430 Faulty Temperature sensors FW 1431 Faulty fans FW 1432 Faulty WWN Cards FW 1433 Faulty CPs FW 1434 Faulty Blades FW 1435 Flash usage is out of range FW 1436 Marginal port FW 1437 Faulty Port Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Callhome Events dashboard TABLE 5 Call Home events Event ID Description FW 1438 Faulty or Missing SFPs MAPS 1021 Triggered by any of the following violations on a MAPS enabled switch Faulty or Absent Power Supplies
6. rnd vii Supported SOWAT cock canines mh naa ace E E E aoe a eteb 5 vii Whats Hew IN MIS HOCUMIENM css cece k iEn aR EAEE TREER viii DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS cick csc kere cece ede hee ee RRR TE CORO viii Additional informatio sanesa ee ewe eee eee dea ee me DE A ix DOCUMENT TH6dbACK i ie eakeedepeneerentaresGs reedePeede ke eae pane X How this document is organized This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as possible This document supports the Brocade Fabric OS Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight The document contains the following components e Chapter 1 Getting Started provides requirements and instructions for importing a the Brocade SAN content pack and configuring event handling e Chapter 2 SAN Event Dashboards provides information about the event dashboards that display e Chapter 3 Interactive Analytics provides information about searching and filtering log events creating queries to extract events based on timestamp text source and fields in log events and custom extract fields Supported software The Brocade Fabric OS Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight is supported with the following software versions e Brocade Network Advisor e vCenter Log Insight Server Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide vil 53 1003480 01 What s new in this document This
7. 0 42 b FIGURE 5 Audit Events by Module Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the affected module such as security fabric RAS and so on and the number of audit events that occurred on that module Audit Events by Product widget The Audit Events by Product widget displays all audit events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by product This enables you to view all syslog messages received from a specific Fabric OS switch Audit Events by Product source 10 24 48 217 50 42 E FIGURE 6 Audit Events by Product Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the product s IP address and the number of audit events that occurred on that product Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 11 53 1003480 01 2 Bottleneck Events dashboard Login queries widget The Login queries widget displays all login attempts received from Brocade Fabric OS switches over a specified time range Login queries Login Failures i Successful Logins FIGURE 7 Login queries widget Bottleneck Events dashboard The Bottleneck Events dashboard displays all bottlenecked related events AN 1003 AN 1004 AN 1007 AN 1008 and AN 1010 received from Fabric OS switches The Bottleneck Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Bottleneck Events over Time widget e Bottleneck Events by Product widget e Count of Events grouped
8. 07 03 01 06 44 FW 1324 43835 WWN 10 00 00 27 f8 61 a7 ca FID 21 WARNING switch_21 Switch status changed from source MARGINAL to DOW facility priority source hostname dcm_syslog_message id dcm_wwn_address dem_vf_id dem_log_level dcem_device_name dcm_switch_status Paslogd 2014 06 24 21 45 30 CEW 1424 42433 WWN 10 00 00 27 f8 61 a7 ca FID 21 WARNING switch_21 Switch status changed from FIGURE 29 Interactive Analytics tab Log events Log events display on the Interactive Analytics tab in chart format top of tab and in a list of log events bottom of tab Log event charts display as a graphical analysis of the log events for a specified time period You can filter log events on the Interactive Analytics tab by time period Filtering log event charts by time on page 29 by field values Filtering log events by field value on page 30 or by changing the aggregation and grouping Filtering log events by aggregation and grouping The number of drop down menus that display under the chart depends on the selected aggregation function To filter the events by aggregation and grouping of the results complete the following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the widget that you want to display in the Interactive Analytics tab 3 Select one of the following options from the first drop down list e Count Creates a cha
9. 1 15 saad FW 1431 a m en m FIGURE 14 Count of Fabric Watch Events grouped by Message ID widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the message ID and the number of Fabric Watch events that occurred for that message ID Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority widget The Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority widget displays all Fabric Watch events prefixed by FW received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority i 2014 05 20 06 00 00 000 to 2014 05 20 17 59 59 999 warning 2 I FIGURE 15 Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range configured for the dashboard the priority and the number of events that occurred during that priority Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 17 53 1003480 01 2 Fabric Watch Events dashboard Fabric Watch Events by Priority widget The Fabric Watch Events by Priority widget displays all Fabric Watch events prefixed by FW received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority for example info warning error and so on Fabric Watch Events by Priority priority warning 40 34 FIGURE 16 Fabric Watch Events by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the
10. 3th Floor Guangzhou China Tel 8620 3891 2000 Fax 8620 3891 2111 E mail china info brocade com Publication number Summary of changes Date 53 1003480 01 New document October 2014 Contents About This Document Chapter 1 In this Chapter si oiia dona a Hoes a Saw ae see vii How this document is organized 0 0 eee eee eee eee vii Supported software 0 0 cee eee vii What s new in this document 000 cece ee eee eens viii Document conventionS ssaa eee eee eee viii TEXC TOMAIN E sao dete end Sy tele Reese er Rae kom Soda crea kes Aon viii Notes cautions and warnings 0 cece eee eee viii Key LEMS ne iran ie a0 sia E paren TE E p U ate viii Notice to the reader ossis cece eee oos dana ae E aA E a ee ee ix Additional information s s s sassa asaan uaea ane ix Brocade reSOUICES eee ix Other industry reSOUICES 1 ee eee ix Document feedback 0 00 eee X Getting Started inthis chapter esir ee dco sadd a Raed a eee 1 Fabric OS switch content pack overvieW 0 0 cece eee eee 1 Software requirements 0c eee eee 1 MSTA AUG aco 5ec0 is cee a lace dw See Soe wee epee Ad beh cee aises 1 Importing a content pack 0 c eee ee eee 1 Event handling configuration 00 cece eee eee eee 2 vCenter Log Insight event handling 000 eee 2 Configuring syslog forwarding on a Fabric OS switch 2 Configuring syslo
11. 53 1003480 01 o gt Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide Version 1 0 BROCADE Copyright 2014 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved Brocade the B wing symbol Brocade Assurance ADX AnylO DCX Fabric OS Fastlron HyperEdge ICX MLX MyBrocade Netlron OpenScript VCS VDX and Vyatta are registered trademarks and The Effortless Network and the On Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and in other countries Other brands and product names mentioned may be trademarks of others Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government The authors and Brocade Communications Systems Inc assume no liability or responsibility to any person or entity with respect to the accuracy of this document or any loss cost liability or damages aris
12. 80 01 Chapter 3 Interactive Analytics In this Chapte tees cis wines aie ay heed Wea Ale OG ale vale a Dales 27 Interactive analytics overview 20 cee 27 Viewing Brocade SAN widget data in Interactive Analytics 27 TOS EVEMUS TE scintancNedestrre ata abi E age tris unsctr E EE T 28 Filtering log events by aggregation and grouping 28 Filtering log event charts by time 00 e ee eee 29 Filtering log event lists by time 0 0 0 cee eee eee 30 Filtering log events by field value 000 e eee eee 30 Searching log events 0 cece eee eee 30 Adding a log event chart to a dashboard 31 Alerts uii hte AG seat wetted E A Wide R E E Witenes wits les 31 Viewing alert queries 0 Le eee 32 Configuring e mail notification 0 0 0 e ee eee ee 32 Configuring an alert QUery 20 0 0 eee 32 Running an alert query 00 cece eee eee 33 Saving an alert query to a dashboard 005 33 Brocade SAN custom extract fieldS 0 eee eee eee 34 Viewing extract field data cee eee eee eee 35 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 vi Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 About This Document In this chapter HOW this document IS Organized piece pacieved ced re ceva eereqae
13. D Count of Events grouped by Message ID i gt dcm_sysbg_massage id SEC 1193 227 Resesenn_ E FIGURE25 Count of Events grouped by Message ID widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the message ID and the number of syslog events that occurred for that message ID Count of Events over Time grouped by Priority widget The Count of Events over Time grouped by Priority widget displays all syslog events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority Count of Events over Time grouped by Priority i 2014 05 26 03 00 00 000 to 2014 05 26 03 59 59 999 priority info 35 FIGURE26 Count of Events over Time grouped by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range configured for the dashboard the priority and the number of syslog events that occurred during that priority Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Syslog Events dashboard 2 Events by Priority widget The Events by Priority widget displays all syslog events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority for example info warning error and so on Events by Priority i gt 750 priority warning 116 FIGURE 27 Events by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the priority and the number of syslog events that occurred during that priority Even
14. Events over Time widget displays all bottleneck events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches over a specified time Bottleneck Events over Time a gt 2014 05 09 06 00 00 000 to 2014 05 09 17 59 59 999 12 695 Apr 28 ay5 ay 12 ay 19 May 26 FIGURE 8 Bottleneck Events over Time Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range configured for the widget and the number of bottleneck events that occurred during that time frame Bottleneck Events by Product widget All bottleneck events AN 1003 AN 1004 AN 1007 AN 1008 amp AN 1010 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by switch Bottleneck Events by Product i y source 140 24 48 217 195 123 FIGURE 9 Bottleneck Events by Product Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the product s IP address and the number of bottleneck events that occurred on that product Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 13 53 1003480 01 2 Callhome Events dashboard Count of Events grouped by Bottleneck Type widget All bottleneck events AN 1003 AN 1004 AN 1007 AN 1008 amp AN 1010 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by bottleneck type i e Congestion or Latency Count of events grouped by Bottleneck Type a gt y Congestion 195 879 FIGURE 10 Count of Events grouped by Bottleneck Type Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the affected
15. Faulty or Absent Fans Faulty Temperature sensors Flash usage is out of range Faulty Ports Marginal ports Missing SFPs Error ports Faulty WWN Cards Faulty CPs Core blade redundancy Faulty or absent Blades Switch Callhome Events over Time grouped by Message ID widget Switch Call Home Events over Time grouped by Message ID i 2014 01 08 17 00 00 000 to 2014 01 15 eaaa 2 FIGURE 11 FW 1431 H ma Switch Callhome Events over Time grouped by Message ID widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range configured for the widget the message ID and the number of call home events that occurred during that time frame Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 The Switch Callhome Events over Time grouped by Message ID widget displays all call home events listed in Table 5 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by message ID over a specified time 15 2 Callhome Events dashboard Switch Callhome Events by Product widget The Switch Callhome Events by Product widget displays all call home events listed in Table 5 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by product Switch Call Home Events by Product i gt source 10 24 38 189 75 64 aaa FIGURE 12 Switch Callhome Events by Product widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the IP address of the product and the nu
16. S Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide ix 53 1003480 01 Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document However if you find an error or an omission or you think that a topic needs further development we want to hear from you Forward your feedback to documentation brocade com Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement x Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Chapter Getting Started 1 In this chapter Fabric OS switch content pack OVEMAEW o cele ane eek mnia eee ea ne ll INSU cavcceadacepkceesacas tara okaceas dee EAEE 1 Event handling COnigurMeuon v rcsrsrsi ease teatieeed Era EEr nu 2 Fabric OS switch content pack overview You can use the Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite to collect data using the syslog protocol This content pack helps you analyze syslog messages received from Fabric OS switches and display the details in dashboard You can also configure Log Insight to generate alerts for critical syslog events Software requirements e Brocade Network Advisor Professional Plus Enterprise or Headless
17. Select one of the following options e My Dashboards Displays a list of dashboards created by you e Shared Dashboards Displays a list of dashboards shared with all users e Brocade SAN Displays the default content pack dashboards Select the time range for which you want to view data e Latest 5 minutes of data e Latest hour of data e Latest 6 hours of data e Latest 24 hours of data e Custom refer to Defining a custom time frame on page 9 Select the dashboard you want to view Brocade SAN content pack options include e Audit Events dashboard e Bottleneck Events dashboard e Callhome Events dashboard e Fabric Watch Events dashboard e MAPS Events dashboard e Switch Status Events dashboard e Syslog Events dashboard Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Accessing a dashboard 2 Dashboard widget functions Depending on the widget you can perform the following functions e Click the icon to display additional information about a widget e Click the icon to display the widget data in the Interactive Analytics tab e Click the icon to select another action for the widget such as Clone e Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display additional information e Double click a bar in the widget to display the widget data in the Interactive Analytics tab Defining a custom time frame To define a custom time frame f
18. ation category Traffic Performance Port Health and so on dcm_maps_rulename The MAPS violation rule name String dcm_maps_rulecondition The MAPs violation rule condition ALL_PORTS RX min gt 0 dcm_maps_object The MAPs violation occurred object details Switch Chassis dcm_flash_usage The flash usage details Numeric value dcm_maps_currentValue The current value SEC_HTITP 1 Violations Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget The Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget displays all MAPS violation events prefixed by MAPS received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by category switch resource FRU port health and so on Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category i 2014 04 29 06 00 00 000 to 2014 04 29 17 59 59 999 Security Violations 613 f FIGURE 18 Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range specified for the dashboard the category and the number of events that occurred for that category Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 19 53 1003480 01 2 20 MAPS Events dashboard MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority widget The MAPS violation Events by Priority widget displays all MAPS violation events prefixed by MAPS received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by p
19. bric OS switches For detailed information refer to Audit Events dashboard on page 10 e Bottleneck Events dashboard Displays all bottlenecked related events received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to Bottleneck Events dashboard on page 12 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 7 53 1003480 01 2 Accessing a dashboard Callhome Events dashboard Displays all call home related events received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to Callhome Events dashboard on page 14 Fabric Watch Events dashboard Displays all Fabric Watch related events received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to Fabric Watch Events dashboard on page 17 MAPS Events dashboard Displays all MAPS violation events received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to MAPS Events dashboard on page 19 Switch Status Events dashboard Displays displays Fabric Watch events received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to Switch Status Events dashboard on page 21 Syslog Events dashboard Displays all syslog messages received from Fabric OS switches For detailed information refer to Syslog Events dashboard on page 23 Accessing a dashboard To access a custom or content pack dashboard complete the following steps 1 2 Click the Dashboards tab
20. by Bottleneck Type widget Table 3 details the bottleneck event types covered by the Bottleneck Events dashboard TABLE 3 Bottleneck event types Type Description AN 1003 Latency bottleneck on port lt slot number gt lt port number within slot number gt lt percentage of seconds affected by latency bottlenecking gt pct of lt observation period over which the percentage of affected seconds is reported gt secs affected Avg delay lt observed average time between frames during affected seconds gt us Avg slowdown lt observed throughput drop factor during affected seconds gt AN 1004 Congestion bottleneck on port lt slot number gt lt port number within slot number gt lt percentage of seconds affected by congestion bottlenecking gt pct of lt observation period over which the percentage of affected seconds is reported gt secs affected AN 1007 AN 1008 AN 1010 Severe latency bottleneck detected at slot lt slot number gt port lt port number within slot number gt Table 4 lists the data received from the Fabric OS devices which is used to populate the bottleneck widgets TABLE 4 Bottleneck data Data Description Example values dcm_bottleneck_type Displays the type of bottleneck Congestion or Latency 12 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Bottleneck Events dashboard 2 Bottleneck Events over Time widget The Bottleneck
21. cludes Brocade SAN custom extract fields refer to Table 10 on page 34 You can use these fields to retrieve data from the Fabric OS syslog messages refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 create an alert query refer to Configuring an alert query on page 32 or define a widget on a custom dashboard Adding a log event chart to a dashboard on page 31 TABLE 10 Custom field name dcm_audit_module Default Brocade SAN custom extract fields Description The Fabric OS subsystem which generated this audit event Example values Security or Fabric dcm_audit_priority The priority of the audit event Informational or Warning dcm_audit_type The type of the audit event Login or Logout dcm_audit_status The status of the event Login failed or success dcm_audit_info The information about the event Failed login attempt via HTTP dcm_audit_IPAddress The IP Address of the Fabric OS switch IP address dcm_bottleneck_type Displays the type of bottleneck Congestion or Latency dcm_switch_status The switch transition status previous and current status Healthy to Down dcm_vf_id The virtual Fabric identifier of the switch dcm_syslog_message id The message identifier FW 1435 MAPS 1003 dcm_wwn_address The world wide name of the switch Switch WWN dcm_log_level The syslog priority level Info Warning dcm_device_name The name of
22. ction To configure MAPS directly on the switch refer to the Fabric OS Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite Administrator s Guide To configure MAPS in Brocade Network Advisor refer to the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help Accessing Log Insight To launch the VMware vCenter Log Insight application complete the following steps 1 Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Log Insight server in the Address bar The VMware vCenter Log Insight login dialog box displays Enter your user name and password 3 Click Login The VMware vCenter Log Insight application Dashboard screen displays Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 1 Accessing Log Insight Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Chapter SAN Event Dashboards 2 In this chapter Events dashDoaidS OVERVIEW pocsie koiaa koe ina g teed nds od wll at el nl 7 ACCESSING A CaSO ass dck chara e eck eka cee eacA dee ce eeee ae er eR as 8 Allan ENG GOSPO sactrctececca reas ersaiiehakieeadiveatsten 10 Bolen Events dashhoatd oid sic ere kde ace als Sulewin Seale a eee es 12 Callhome Events Gashboah ncckevecesncavavevaare sae veeeareee anes 14 Fabric Wath Events dashboaid crs scsrsrcrrosirrenisibacrie nex ba 17 MAPS Events CaS GANG cists kaaa aan are wk caren atble Diente elaiie das 19 Switch
23. d to listen to the syslog messages on the one of the following ports TABLE 1 Syslog port numbers Environment Port number UDP 514 TCP 514 TCP SSL 1514 Configuring syslog forwarding on a Fabric OS switch You must register the Log Insight server IP address for each Fabric OS switch on which you want to analyze data If you are using Brocade Network Advisor you should also make sure that Fabric OS switches are configured to send traps to Brocade Network Advisor To configure the switch to forward all system events and error messages to the system logging daemon syslogd of the Log Insight and Brocade Network Advisor server complete the following steps 1 Log in to the switch as admin 2 Execute the syslogdlpAdd P_address command to add a server to which system messages are forwarded switch admin gt syslogdipadd 192 0 2 2 You can configure up to six syslog servers to receive the syslog messages 2 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Event handling configuration 1 3 Verify the syslog configuration on the switch by executing the syslogdlpShow command switch admin gt syslogdipshow syslog 1 192 0 2 2 Remove a configured syslog server by executing the syslogdlpRemove P_address command Configuring syslog forwarding on Brocade Network Advisor You must register the Log Insight server IP address on Brocade Network Advisor to receive all s
24. dit data received from the Fabric OS devices which is used to populate the audit widgets TABLE 2 Audit data Data Description Example values dcm_audit_module The Fabric OS subsystem which generated this audit Security or Fabric event dcm_audit_priority The priority of the audit event Informational or Warning dcm_audit_type The type of the audit event Login or Logout dcm_audit_status The status of the event Login failed or success dcm_audit_info The information about the event Failed login attempt via HTTP dcm_audit_IPAddress The IP Address of the Fabric OS switch IP address Audit Events over Time widget The Audit Events over Time widget displays all audit events received from Fabric OS switches over a specified period of time Audit Events over Time i gt 2014 05 26 03 00 00 000 to 2014 05 26 03 59 59 999 2 FIGURE 4 Audit Events over Time Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range configured for the dashboard and the number of audit events that occurred during that time frame 10 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Audit Events dashboard 2 Audit Events by Module widget The Audit Events by Module widget displays all audit events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by Fabric OS subsystem For example Security Fabric and so on Audit Events by Module i gt dc m_audit_modula RAS 5
25. editions e vCenter Log Insight Installation You must import the Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack to collect import and analyze Fabric OS syslogs to provide real time answers to problems and derive important insights about systems services and applications Importing a content pack To import the Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack complete the following steps 1 Select Content Packs from the Settings list vmware Administration Help About FIGURE 1 Settings list Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 1 53 1003480 01 1 Event handling configuration 2 Click Import Content Pack The Import Content Pack dialog box displays Browse to the location of the Brocade SAN vicp file and click Open 4 Click Import The Brocade SAN content pack displays in the Content Packs list Event handling configuration The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite can receive syslog messages directly from Fabric OS switches or from all Fabric OS switches managed by Brocade Network Advisor You must configure vCenter Log Insight Fabric OS switches and Brocade Network Advisor to enable event handling so that the Log Insight server receives events from Fabric OS switches and Brocade Network Advisor vCenter Log Insight event handling Make sure that the vCenter Log Insight is configure
26. g forwarding on Brocade Network Advisor Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite MAPS configuration Accessing Log Insight 0 0 0 0 cee eee eee eee Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 iii Chapter 2 SAN Event Dashboards In this Chapte hee s cas cine wiv eae hae Wee Ale eed Sle Ale ad ale ee 7 Events dashboards overview 000 c eee 7 Accessing a dashboard 0 0 2 0c cece eee eee 8 Dashboard widget functionS 0 asaan earannan 9 Defining a custom time frame 0 0 0 c eee ee 9 Cloning a dashboard 0 0 cee eee eee 9 Audit Events dashboard 000 eee eee eee eee 10 Audit Events over Time widget 0 cece ee eee 10 Audit Events by Module widget 200ee eee nnne 11 Audit Events by Product widget 000 cee ee nnne 11 Login queries widget 0 0 0 cece eee eee eee 12 Bottleneck Events dashboard 000 cece cece 12 Bottleneck Events over Time widget 200 ee 13 Bottleneck Events by Product widget 00 55 13 Count of Events grouped by Bottleneck Type widget 14 Callhome Events dashboard 000 cece eee eee 14 Switch Callhome Events over Time grouped by Message ID widget 0 00 c eee eee eee 15 Switch Callhome Events by Product widget 16 Switch Callhome Events by Priority widget
27. he following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the widget that you want to display in the Interactive Analytics tab x dcm_wwn_address Broce Y equals 10 00 00 05 1e 09 63 d7 6 Add Constraint 1 to 50 2 630 210 2013 10 01 00 00 00 000 to 2014 09 11 03 01 27 617 Normal Newest first 7 18 11 05 36 TS 1001 145466 WWN 10 00 00 05 16 09 63 d7 FID 128 WARNING LittleBear_Left_1915 NTP Query ce hostname dcm_sysiog_message id dem wwn address dem_vf_id dem_log_level dem_device_name 014 07 18 11 05 06 BL 1001 145465 ww dem_wwn_address Brocade SAN sts INFO SilkwormS410 Port initialization FIGURE30 Event log 3 Inthe list of log events area beneath the chart click the field value hyperlink by which you want to filter the list Place your cursor on a hyperlink to display the associated value as a tooltip When you place your cursor on a Brocade SAN content pack field the associated value is highlighted in the log event text Figure 30 Field value options include e facility e hostname e priority e source e Brocade SAN content pack fields These fields only display when you view data for a dashboard widget The available fields depend on the selected widget For a list of all possible fields refer to Brocade SAN custom extract fields on page 34 4 Repeat step 3 for each constraint that you
28. ht syslog destination in the IP Address field This is a mandatory field You can enter an IPv4 or IPv6 address however you cannot enter a DNS name 6 Enter the syslog listening port of the Log Insight recipient in the Port field This is a mandatory field Valid numeric values range from 1 through 65535 The default is 514 Select the Enable check box to enable syslog forwarding to this recipient 8 Clear the Syslog Repeater check box You can only configure Brocade Network Advisor to send syslog messages for managed Fabric OS switches 9 Select up to five filters from the Available Filters list and click the right arrow button to move them to the Selected Filters list Filters are not mandatory Filters enable you to create a group of Fabric OS switches and the severity level at which to trigger syslog messaging For step by step instructions about configuring a filter refer to the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help 10 Click OK on the Add Syslog Destination dialog box Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Accessing Log Insight 1 Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite MAPS configuration MAPS is supported on Fabric OS switches running 7 2 and later If you have Fabric OS switches running 7 2 or later and want to utilize the MAPS widget in Log Insight you need to enable MAPS on the switch and configure a MAPS policy with the RASLOG a
29. idget that you want to display the Interactive Analytics tab The Interactive Analytics tab displays with the selected widget data populated Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 27 53 1003480 01 3 Log events Dashboards Interactive Analytics Vmware vCenter Log Insight tex contains v Fw 1424 FW 1425 Custom Add Constraint 2013 10 01 00 00 00 000 fa 4 to 39 out of 39 events from 2013 10 01 00 00 00 000 to 2014 09 11 03 01 27 617 a Normal Sort Newestfirstx 2014 09 11 03 01 27 617 fe 2014 07 04 03 00 46 CFW 1424 44221 WWN 10 00 00 27 f8 61 a7 ca FID 21 WARNING switch_21 Switch status changed from WN MA NAL z e icin Fields Extract Field facility priority source hostname dcm_syslog_message id dem_wwn_address dcm_vf_id dcm_log_ level dcm_device_name dcm_switch_status Paslogd 2014 07 04 03 00 10 EW 1324 44217 WWN 10 00 00 27 f8 61 a7 ca FID 21 WARNING switch_21 Switch status changed from MARGINAL to DOWN facility priority source hostname dcm_syslog_message id dcm_wwn_address dem_vf_id dcem_log_level dem_device_name dcm_switch_status 7 20 CEW 1424 43839 WWN 10 00 7 8 61 a7 ca FID 21 WARNING switch_21 Switch status changed from DOWN to MARG facility priority source hostname dem_syslog_message id dem_wwn_address dem_vi_id dem_log level dem_device_name dcem_switch_status priority Paslogd 2014
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31. is a new document Document conventions viii This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document Text formatting The narrative text formatting conventions that are used are as follows bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI italic text Provides emphasis Identifies variables Identifies paths and Internet addresses Identifies document titles code text Identifies CLI output Identifies command syntax examples For readability command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase for example switchShow In actual examples command lettercase is all lowercase Notes cautions and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards NOTE A note provides a tip guidance or advice emphasizes important information or provides a reference to related information ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel see the Brocade Glossary For definitions of SAN specific terms visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at http www snia org education dictionary Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insigh
32. lated This alert depends on MAPS 1001 MAPS 1002 and MAPS 1003 syslog events e Bottleneck Alert The system generates a bottleneck alert if any bottleneck events are generated such as AN 1003 AN 1004 AN 1007 AN 1008 and AN 1010 Viewing alert queries To view existing alert queries complete the following steps 1 Click the Interactive Analytics tab 2 From the drop down menu to the right of the Search button select Manage Alerts All configured alerts display in the Manage Alerts list 3 Click Save to My Alerts Configuring e mail notification You must be logged into the Log Insight Web user interface and SMTP must be configured before you can e mail alert details For more information refer to the VMware vCenter Log Insight online help To configure an e mail to receive alert messages complete the following steps 1 Click the Interactive Analytics tab 2 From the drop down menu to the right of the Search button select Manage Alerts 3 Inthe Manage Alerts list click the alert query for which you want to configure e mail notification 4 Select the Enable Email check box If you clear the Enable Email check box the alert query is disabled 5 Enter an e mail address in the Email field You can configure notification for more than e mail by entering one or more e mail addresses separated by commas 6 Click Save to My Alerts Configuring an alert query To configure an alert query complete the following
33. mber of call home events that occurred on that product Switch Callhome Events by Priority widget The Switch Callhome Events by Product widget displays all call home events listed in Table 5 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority Switch Call Home Events by Product Priority W amp amp 100 priority warning 76 FIGURE 13 Switch Callhome Events by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the product s priority and the number of call home events that occurred for that priority Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Fabric Watch Events dashboard 2 Fabric Watch Events dashboard The Fabric Watch Events dashboard displays all Fabric Watch related events prefixed by FW received from Fabric OS switches The Callhome Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Count of Fabric Watch Events grouped by Message ID widget e Count of Fabric Watch Events over Time grouped by Priority widget e Fabric Watch Events by Priority widget e Fabric Watch Events by Product widget Count of Fabric Watch Events grouped by Message ID widget The Count of Fabric Watch Events grouped by Message ID widget displays all Fabric Watch events prefixed by FW received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by message ID Switch Call Home Events over Time grouped by Message ID i 2014 01 08 17 00 00 000 to 2014 0
34. om extract fields on page 34 facility hostname priority source 6 Click Update To display log events as a widget on a dashboard Adding a log event chart to a dashboard on page 31 Filtering log event charts by time To filter log event charts by time complete the following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the widget that you want to display in the Interactive Analytics tab 3 Select the time range for which you want to view data in the Time Range area Options include Latest 5 minutes of data Latest hour of data Latest 6 hours of data Latest 24 hours of data All Time Custom refer to Defining a custom time frame on page 9 Both the chart and the list of log events update when the filter is complete Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 29 53 1003480 01 30 3 Log events Filtering log event lists by time To filter log event lists by time complete the following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the widget that you want to display in the Interactive Analytics tab 3 Click a bar on the chart to only display logs for that time period in the list of log events Filtering log events by field value To filter log events by field value complete t
35. or the dashboard complete the following steps 1 Select Custom from the time range list 2 Click the calendar icon and select a start date in the first date field You can also enter the date and time using the following format YYYY MM_DD HH MM for example 2013 10 17 06 08 Click the calendar icon and select a end date in the last date field 4 Click Go Cloning a dashboard To clone a content pack dashboard complete the following steps Click the Dashboards tab Select Brocade SAN from the Dashboards list Point to the dashboard you want to clone Click the Add to custom dashboard icon and select Clone Dashboard Change the name of the dashboard if necessary in the Name field oa F WN ER Share the dashboard with other users by selecting the Share this dashboard among all uses check box 7 Click Save A new dashboard created message displays To view or edit the dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 2 Audit Events dashboard Audit Events dashboard The Audit Events dashboard displays all audit events Audit type syslog messages received from Fabric OS switches The Audit Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Audit Events over Time widget e Audit Events by Module widget e Audit Events by Product widget e Login queries widget Table 2 lists the au
36. priority and the number of events that occurred during that priority Fabric Watch Events by Product widget The Fabric Watch Events by Product widget displays all Fabric Watch events prefixed by FW received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by product Fabric Watch Events by Product source 10 24 38 189 40 34 wy FIGURE 17 Fabric Watch Events by Product widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the IP address of the product and the number of events that occurred on that product Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 MAPS Events dashboard 2 MAPS Events dashboard The MAPS Events dashboard displays all MAPS violation events prefixed by MAPS received from Fabric OS switches The MAPS Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Product widget e Count of MAPS Violation Events by Category widget e Count of Flow Violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget Table 6 lists the MAPS data received from the Fabric OS devices which is used to populate the MAPS events widgets TABLE 6 MAPS data Data Description Example values dcm_flow_currentValue The current value of the violation count Numeric value dcm_maps_category The MAPS viol
37. riority info warning and so on MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority i gt priority warning 2 118 FIGURE 19 Count of MAPS violation Events by Category widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the priority and the number of events that occurred for that priority MAPS violation Events grouped by Product widget The MAPS violation Events by Product widget displays all MAPS violation events prefixed by MAPS received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by product MAPS violation Events by Product 3 gt 3k source 10 24 60 17 2 119 FIGURE 20 Count of MAPS violation Events by Category widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the Product s IP address and the number of events that occurred for that product Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Switch Status Events dashboard 2 Count of MAPS Violation Events by Category widget The Count of MAPS violation Events by Category widget displays all MAPS violation events prefixed by MAPS received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by category switch resource FRU port health and so on Count of MAPS Violation events by Category a gt Security Violations 1 993 FIGURE 21 Count of MAPS violation Events by Category widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the category and the number of event
38. rs by selecting the Share this dashboard among all uses check box c Click Save Optional Enter any additional information in the Notes text box 6 Click Add The log event chart is added as a widget on the selected dashboard NOTE You can only manage your own alerts The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack provides preconfigured alert queries that run every 5 minutes When the number of events defined in the query exceed the configured thresholds the system sends an e mail notification The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack includes the following preconfigured alert queries e Switch Status Degraded Alert The system generates a switch status degraded alert when the switch status degrades to marginal or down This alert depends on the FW 1424 syslog message to generate the alert e Switch Panic or Crash Alert The system generates a switch panic or crash alert when a switch is panicked or crashed Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 31 53 1003480 01 3 32 Alerts e Call Home Alert The system generates a call home alert upon receiving any critical events from the switch such as MS 1009 FW 1402 FW 1426 FW 1427 FW 1428 FW 1429 FW 1430 FW 1431 FW 1432 FW 1433 FW 1434 FW 1435 FW 1436 FW 1437 FW 1438 and MAPS 1021 e MAPS Violation Alert The system generates a MAPS violation alert if any MAPS rules are vio
39. rt of the number of events for a specific query Go to step 5 e Minimum Creates a chart of the maximum value for a field Continue with step 4 e Maximum Creates a chart of the minimum value for a field Continue with step 4 28 Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Log events 3 Average Creates a chart of the average value for a field Continue with step 4 Standard Deviation Creates a chart of the standard deviation for a field s values Continue with step 4 Sum Creates a chart of the sum of values for a field Continue with step 4 Variance Creates a chart of the variance for the values of a field Continue with step 4 4 Select one of the following from the drop down list Brocade SAN content pack fields These fields only display when you view data for a dashboard widget The available fields depend on the selected widget For a list of all possible fields refer to Brocade SAN custom extract fields on page 34 facility hostname priority source 5 Select one or more of the following check boxes from the drop down list If you selected Time Series Select to view the number of events over time Brocade SAN content pack fields These fields only display when you view data for a dashboard widget The available fields depend on the selected widget For a list of all possible fields refer to Brocade SAN cust
40. s in chart format in the Interactive Analytics tab Saving an alert query to a dashboard Once you run an alert and the result displays on the Interactive Analytics tab you can save it to one of your custom dashboards NOTE You cannot save alert query results to a Brocade SAN content pack dashboard To save the alert query results to a dashboard complete the following steps 1 Run the alert query refer to Running an alert query on page 33 The results of the selected query displays in chart format in the Interactive Analytics tab 2 Click Add to Dashboard upper left in the chart area Edit the name of the query in the Name field if necessary 4 Select the custom dashboard you want to add the query to in the Select Dashboard list OR Create a new dashboard by selecting New Dashboard and complete the following steps a Enter a name for the new dashboard in the Name field b Share the dashboard with other users by selecting the Share this dashboard among all uses check box Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 33 53 1003480 01 3 Brocade SAN custom extract fields c Click Save 5 Optional Enter any additional information in the Notes text box 6 Click Add The query is added as a widget on the selected dashboard Brocade SAN custom extract fields The Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite in
41. s that occurred for that category Count of Flow Violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget The Count of Flow violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget displays Flow violation events MAPS 1001 MAPS 1002 and MAPS 1003 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by category switch resource FRU port health and so on Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range specified for the dashboard the category and the number of events that occurred for that category Switch Status Events dashboard The Switch Status Events dashboard displays Fabric Watch events FW 1424 and FW 1425 received from Fabric OS switches The Switch Status Events dashboard contains the following widgets e Count of MAPS violation Events over Time grouped by Category widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Priority widget e MAPS violation Events grouped by Product widget Table 7 lists the Fabric Watch events received from the Fabric OS devices TABLE 7 Switch Status events Event ID Description FW 1424 Switch status changed from lt previous state gt to lt current state gt FW 1425 Switch status changed from lt bad state gt to HEALTHY Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 21 53 1003480 01 2 Switch Status Events dashboard Table 8 lists the data received from the Fabric OS devices which is used to populate the switch status events
42. steps 1 Click the Interactive Analytics tab 2 From the drop down menu to the right of the Search button select Manage Alerts 3 Inthe Manage Alerts list click the alert query for which you want to configure a new alert Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Alerts 3 4 Select one of the following options e Select the on any match option to send an alert for each match Go to step 7 e Select the when option to configure an alert query based on number of events within a specified time period Continue with step 5 5 Configure the number of events needed to trigger an alert by selecting more than or less than from the first drop down list and entering a corresponding value in the field 6 Configure how often to run the alert query by selecting a time value in the second drop down list Valid values include 5 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 1 Hour 6 Hours 12 Hours 1 Day or Custom If you select Custom enter the time value in minutes 7 Click Save to My Alerts Running an alert query To run an alert query complete the following steps 1 Click the Interactive Analytics tab 2 From the drop down menu to the right of the Search button select Manage Alerts All configured alerts display in the Manage Alerts list In the Manage Alerts list click the alert query you want to run 4 Click Run Query The results of the selected query display
43. t Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations These references are made for informational purposes only Corporation Referenced trademarks and products VMware Inc VMware Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry specific documentation that you might find helpful Brocade resources To get up to the minute information go to http my brocade com to register at no cost for a user ID and password White papers online demonstrations and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at http www brocade com products solutions products index page For additional Brocade documentation visit the Brocade website http www brocade com Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware Other industry resources For additional resource information visit the Technical Committee T11 website This website provides interface standards for high performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel storage management and other applications http www t11 org For information about the Fibre Channel industry visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association website http www fibrechannel org Brocade Fabric O
44. the switch switch name dcm_device_port The port number of the switch port number dcm_flash_usage dcm_maps_rulename The flash usage details The MAPS violation rule name Numeric value String dcm_maps_rulecondition The MAPs violation rule condition ALL_PORTS RX min gt 0 dcm_maps_object dcm_maps_category The MAPs violation occurred object details The MAPS violation category Switch Chassis Traffic Performance Port Health and so on dcm_maps_currentValue The current value SEC_HTITP 1 Violations dcm_flow_currentValue The current value of the violation count Numeric value Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Brocade SAN custom extract fields 3 Viewing extract field data You can view the extract field data in graphical format as a bar chart or view the values used to define the extract field To view the extract field data complete the following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the widget that you want to display in the Interactive Analytics tab 3 Click the icon to display graphical data for a field value Fields Extract Field G dcm_audit_lPAddress dem_bottleneck_type dcem_device_name dcem_log_level dem_syslog_message id E dem_vf_id dcm_wwn_address
45. ts by Product widget The Events by Product widget displays all syslog events received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by product Events by Product A cs 750 source 10 24 48 217 504 FIGURE 28 Events by Product widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the IP address of the product and the number of syslog events that occurred on that product Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 25 53 1003480 01 26 2 Syslog Events dashboard Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Chapter Interactive Analytics 3 In this chapter interactive analytics OVEIVIGWS es ai oes aiaia N a wee wale ee 27 LOE VEMS e peirier AEAEE IAEE E EOE EREEREER SORE 28 A a L L L E EEE g1 Brocade SAN custom Sxtra Gl MeS aorar kernen reaa Week aia eel a 34 Interactive analytics overview You can use the Interactive Analytics tab to search and filter log events and configure alert queries to notify you when an alert is triggered Alerts display as charts which you can save to the Dashboard tab Viewing Brocade SAN widget data in Interactive Analytics To view a Brocade SAN content pack widget in the Interactive Analytics tab complete the following steps 1 From the Dashboards tab select a dashboard refer to Accessing a dashboard on page 8 2 Click the icon of the w
46. want to include in the filter Searching log events To search for a log event by term enter the text or number you are looking for in the Search field and click Search All log events that contain the specified term display beneath the Search field with the search term highlighted in yellow Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Alerts Alerts 3 Adding a log event chart to a dashboard Once you display a log event on the Interactive Analytics tab you can save it to one of your custom dashboards NOTE You cannot save a log event chart to a Brocade SAN content pack dashboard To save a log event chart to a dashboard complete the following steps 1 Display the log event chart on the on the Interactive Analytics tab Create a unique log event chart by filtering the log refer to Filtering log events by aggregation and grouping on page 28 Filtering log event charts by time on page 29 or Filtering log events by field value on page 30 2 Click Add to Dashboard upper left in the chart area Edit the name of the log event chart in the Name field if necessary Select the custom dashboard you want to add the log event chart to in the Select Dashboard list OR Create a new dashboard by selecting New Dashboard and complete the following steps a Enter a name for the new dashboard in the Name field b Share the dashboard with other use
47. widgets TABLE 8 Switch Status data Data Description Example values dcm_switch_status The switch transition status previous and current status Healthy to Down Count of Events over Time widget The Count of Events over Time widget displays the events FW 1424 and FW 1425 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by time range Count of Events over Time D O amp 2014 04 22 18 00 00 000 to 2014 04 23 17 59 59 999 4 Apr 14 Apr 28 May 12 May 26 FIGURE22 Count of Events over Time widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the time range and the number of events that occurred during that time range Switch Status Events grouped by Priority widget The Switch Status Events grouped by Priority widget displays the events FW 1424 and FW 1425 received from Brocade Fabric OS switches grouped by priority info warning and so on Switch Status Events grouped by Priority 2 gt amp ap Priority warning Y 24 FIGURE23 Switch Status Events grouped by Priority widget Place your cursor on a bar in the widget to display the priority and the number of events that occurred for that priority Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 Syslog Events dashboard 2 Switch Status Events by Product widget The Switch Status Events grouped by Product widget displays the events FW 1424 and FW 1425 received from Brocade
48. ystem events and error messages for Fabric OS switches managed by Brocade Network Advisor To configure the Brocade Network Advisor to forward all system events and error messages for all managed Fabric OS switches to the Log Insight server complete the following steps 1 Select Monitor gt Syslog Configuration gt Syslog Forwarding The Syslog Forwarding dialog box shown in Figure 2 displays This dialog allows this server to forward received syslog events to a destination on a different host _ Enable syslog forwarding Destinations Enable Description IP Address Port Repeater Yes Forwarding to 220 192 1 4 220 514 Yes Add Edit Duplicate Delete Fitters Name Description Add Fitter 1 Sample fitter 1 OK Cancel Help FIGURE 2 Syslog Forwarding dialog box Select the Enable syslog forwarding check box Click Add The Add Syslog Destination dialog box shown in Figure 3 displays The Enable and Syslog Repeater check boxes are selected by default Brocade Fabric OS Switch Log Insight Content Pack for VMware vCenter Log Insight User s Guide 53 1003480 01 1 Event handling configuration Description IP Address Port 514 Enable vi Syslog Repeater v Available Filters Selected Filters OK Cancei Help FIGURE 3 Add Syslog Destination dialog box Enter a general description of the Log Insight syslog destination in the Description field Enter the IP address of the Log Insig

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