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OnCommand Insight

Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager data source

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OnCommand Insight uses the Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) data source to discover inventory for Brocade EFCM switches. Insight supports EFCM versions 9.5, 9.6, and 9.7.

Requirements

Note

This data collector is not available starting with OnCommand Insight 7.3.11.

  • Network address or fully-qualified domain name for the EFCM server

  • EFCM version must be 9.5, 9.6, or 9.7

  • IP address of the EFCM server

  • Read-only username and password for the EFCM server

  • Validated access to the Connectrix switch by Telnet from the Insight server, using the read-only username and password over port 51512

Configuration

Field

Description

EFC server

IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the EFC Server

User Name

User name for the switch

Password

Password used for the switch

Advanced configuration

Field

Description

Inventory Poll Interval (min)

Interval between inventory polls (default 15 minutes)

Fabric Name

Fabric name to be reported by the EFCM data source. Leave blank to report the fabric name as WWN.

Communication Port

Port used for communication with the switch

Enable Trapping

Select to enable acquisition upon receiving an SNMP trap from the device. If you select enable trapping, you must also activate SNMP.

Minimum Time Between Traps (sec)

Minimum time between acquisition attempts triggered by traps (default 15 seconds)

Inactive Zonesets

Comma-separated list of inactive Zonesets on which to perform acquisition, in addition to performing acquisition on the active zone sets

NIC to Use

Specify which network interface should be used on the RAU when reporting on SAN devices

Exclude Devices

Comma-separated list of unit names to include or exclude from polling

Use the EFCM switch nickname as the Insight switch name

Select to use the EFCM switch nickname as the Insight switch name

Performance Poll Interval (sec)

Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)