Brocade Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager data source

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)