Brocade FC by SNMP
Overview
Known Issues
- Description: no IF-MIB::ifAlias is available
- version: v6.3.1c, v7.0.0c, v7.4.1c
Requirements
Zabbix version: 7.0 and higher.
Tested versions
This template has been tested on:
- Brocade 6520 v7.4.1c
- Brocade 300 v7.0.0c
- Brocade BL 5480 v6.3.1c
Configuration
Zabbix should be configured according to the instructions in the Templates out of the box section.
Setup
Refer to the vendor documentation.
Macros used
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| {$TEMP_CRIT_LOW} | 5 |
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| {$TEMP_CRIT} | 75 |
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| {$TEMP_WARN} | 65 |
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| {$HEALTH_CRIT_STATUS} | 4 |
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| {$HEALTH_WARN_STATUS:"offline"} | 2 |
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| {$HEALTH_WARN_STATUS:"testing"} | 3 |
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| {$TEMP_WARN_STATUS} | 5 |
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| {$PSU_CRIT_STATUS} | 2 |
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| {$FAN_CRIT_STATUS} | 2 |
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| {$PSU_OK_STATUS} | 4 |
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| {$FAN_OK_STATUS} | 4 |
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| {$MEMORY.UTIL.MAX} | 90 |
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| {$CPU.UTIL.CRIT} | 90 |
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| {$SNMP.TIMEOUT} | Time interval for the SNMP availability trigger. |
5m |
| {$ICMP_LOSS_WARN} | Warning threshold of ICMP packet loss in %. |
20 |
| {$ICMP_RESPONSE_TIME_WARN} | Warning threshold of the average ICMP response time in seconds. |
0.15 |
| {$IF.ERRORS.WARN} | Warning threshold of error packet rate. Can be used with interface name as context. |
2 |
| {$IF.UTIL.MAX} | 90 |
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| {$IFCONTROL} | 1 |
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| {$NET.IF.IFNAME.MATCHES} | ^.*$ |
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| {$NET.IF.IFNAME.NOT_MATCHES} | Filter out loopbacks, nulls, docker veth links and docker0 bridge by default |
Macro too long. Please see the template. |
| {$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.MATCHES} | ^.*$ |
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| {$NET.IF.IFOPERSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES} | Ignore notPresent(6) |
^6$ |
| {$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.MATCHES} | ^.* |
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| {$NET.IF.IFADMINSTATUS.NOT_MATCHES} | Ignore down(2) administrative status |
^2$ |
| {$NET.IF.IFDESCR.MATCHES} | .* |
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| {$NET.IF.IFDESCR.NOT_MATCHES} | CHANGE_IF_NEEDED |
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| {$NET.IF.IFALIAS.MATCHES} | .* |
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| {$NET.IF.IFALIAS.NOT_MATCHES} | CHANGE_IF_NEEDED |
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| {$NET.IF.IFTYPE.MATCHES} | .* |
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| {$NET.IF.IFTYPE.NOT_MATCHES} | CHANGE_IF_NEEDED |
Items
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU utilization | MIB: SW-MIB System's CPU usage. |
SNMP agent | system.cpu.util[swCpuUsage.0] |
| Memory utilization | MIB: SW-MIB Memory utilization in %. |
SNMP agent | vm.memory.util[swMemUsage.0] |
| Overall system health status | MIB: SW-MIB The current operational status of the switch.The states are as follow: online(1) means the switch is accessible by an external Fibre Channel port offline(2) means the switch is not accessible testing(3) means the switch is in a built-in test mode and is not accessible by an external Fibre Channel port faulty(4) means the switch is not operational. |
SNMP agent | system.status[swOperStatus.0] |
| Hardware serial number | MIB: SW-MIB |
SNMP agent | system.hw.serialnumber Preprocessing
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| Firmware version | MIB: SW-MIB |
SNMP agent | system.hw.firmware Preprocessing
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| Uptime (network) | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB Time (in hundredths of a second) since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized. |
SNMP agent | system.net.uptime[sysUpTime.0] Preprocessing
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| Uptime (hardware) | MIB: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB The amount of time since this host was last initialized. Note that this is different from sysUpTime in the SNMPv2-MIB [RFC1907] because sysUpTime is the uptime of the network management portion of the system. |
SNMP agent | system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0] Preprocessing
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| SNMP traps (fallback) | The item is used to collect all SNMP traps unmatched by other snmptrap items |
SNMP trap | snmptrap.fallback |
| System location | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB Physical location of the node (e.g., |
SNMP agent | system.location[sysLocation.0] Preprocessing
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| System contact details | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB The textual identification of the contact person for this managed node, together with information on how to contact this person. If no contact information is known, the value is the zero-length string. |
SNMP agent | system.contact[sysContact.0] Preprocessing
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| System object ID | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB The vendor's authoritative identification of the network management subsystem contained in the entity. This value is allocated within the SMI enterprises subtree (1.3.6.1.4.1) and provides an easy and unambiguous means for determining |
SNMP agent | system.objectid[sysObjectID.0] Preprocessing
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| System name | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB An administratively-assigned name for this managed node.By convention, this is the node's fully-qualified domain name. If the name is unknown, the value is the zero-length string. |
SNMP agent | system.name Preprocessing
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| System description | MIB: SNMPv2-MIB A textual description of the entity. This value should include the full name and version identification of the system's hardware type, software operating-system, and networking software. |
SNMP agent | system.descr[sysDescr.0] Preprocessing
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| SNMP agent availability | Availability of SNMP checks on the host. The value of this item corresponds to availability icons in the host list. Possible values: 0 - not available 1 - available 2 - unknown |
Zabbix internal | zabbix[host,snmp,available] |
| ICMP ping | Simple check | icmpping | |
| ICMP loss | Simple check | icmppingloss | |
| ICMP response time | Simple check | icmppingsec |
Triggers
| Name | Description | Expression | Severity | Dependencies and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High CPU utilization | The CPU utilization is too high. The system might be slow to respond. |
min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.cpu.util[swCpuUsage.0],5m)>{$CPU.UTIL.CRIT} |
Warning | |
| High memory utilization | The system is running out of free memory. |
min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/vm.memory.util[swMemUsage.0],5m)>{$MEMORY.UTIL.MAX} |
Average | |
| System status is in critical state | Please check the device for errors |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.status[swOperStatus.0],#1,"eq","{$HEALTH_CRIT_STATUS}")=1 |
High | |
| System status is in warning state | Please check the device for warnings |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.status[swOperStatus.0],#1,"eq","{$HEALTH_WARN_STATUS:\"offline\"}")=1 or count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.status[swOperStatus.0],#1,"eq","{$HEALTH_WARN_STATUS:\"testing\"}")=1 |
Warning | Depends on:
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| Device has been replaced | Device serial number has changed. Acknowledge to close the problem manually. |
last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.serialnumber,#1)<>last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.serialnumber,#2) and length(last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.serialnumber))>0 |
Info | Manual close: Yes |
| Firmware has changed | Firmware version has changed. Acknowledge to close the problem manually. |
last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.firmware,#1)<>last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.firmware,#2) and length(last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.firmware))>0 |
Info | Manual close: Yes |
| Host has been restarted | Uptime is less than 10 minutes. |
(last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])>0 and last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])<10m) or (last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.hw.uptime[hrSystemUptime.0])=0 and last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.net.uptime[sysUpTime.0])<10m) |
Warning | Manual close: Yes Depends on:
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| System name has changed | The name of the system has changed. Acknowledge to close the problem manually. |
last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.name,#1)<>last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.name,#2) and length(last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/system.name))>0 |
Info | Manual close: Yes |
| No SNMP data collection | SNMP is not available for polling. Please check device connectivity and SNMP settings. |
max(/Brocade FC by SNMP/zabbix[host,snmp,available],{$SNMP.TIMEOUT})=0 |
Warning | Depends on:
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| Unavailable by ICMP ping | Last three attempts returned timeout. Please check device connectivity. |
max(/Brocade FC by SNMP/icmpping,#3)=0 |
High | |
| High ICMP ping loss | min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/icmppingloss,5m)>{$ICMP_LOSS_WARN} and min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/icmppingloss,5m)<100 |
Warning | Depends on:
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| High ICMP ping response time | Average ICMP response time is too high. |
avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/icmppingsec,5m)>{$ICMP_RESPONSE_TIME_WARN} |
Warning | Depends on:
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LLD rule Temperature Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature Discovery | SNMP agent | temperature.discovery |
Item prototypes for Temperature Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Temperature | MIB: SW-MIB Temperature readings of testpoint: {#SENSOR_INFO} |
SNMP agent | sensor.temp.value[swSensorValue.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Temperature status | MIB: SW-MIB Temperature status of testpoint: {#SENSOR_INFO} |
SNMP agent | sensor.temp.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
Trigger prototypes for Temperature Discovery
| Name | Description | Expression | Severity | Dependencies and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Temperature is above warning threshold | This trigger uses temperature sensor values as well as temperature sensor status if available |
avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.temp.value[swSensorValue.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$TEMP_WARN:"{#SENSOR_INFO}"} or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.temp.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])={$TEMP_WARN_STATUS} |
Warning | Depends on:
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| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Temperature is above critical threshold | This trigger uses temperature sensor values as well as temperature sensor status if available |
avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.temp.value[swSensorValue.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$TEMP_CRIT:"{#SENSOR_INFO}"} |
High | |
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Temperature is too low | avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.temp.value[swSensorValue.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)<{$TEMP_CRIT_LOW:"{#SENSOR_INFO}"} |
Average |
LLD rule PSU Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU Discovery | SNMP agent | psu.discovery |
Item prototypes for PSU Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Power supply status | MIB: SW-MIB |
SNMP agent | sensor.psu.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
Trigger prototypes for PSU Discovery
| Name | Description | Expression | Severity | Dependencies and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Power supply is in critical state | Please check the power supply unit for errors |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.psu.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1,"eq","{$PSU_CRIT_STATUS}")=1 |
Average | |
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Power supply is not in normal state | Please check the power supply unit for errors |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.psu.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1,"ne","{$PSU_OK_STATUS}")=1 |
Info | Depends on:
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LLD rule FAN Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAN Discovery | SNMP agent | fan.discovery |
Item prototypes for FAN Discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Fan status | MIB: SW-MIB |
SNMP agent | sensor.fan.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Fan speed | MIB: SW-MIB The current value (reading) of the sensor. The value, -2147483648, represents an unknown quantity. The fan value will be in RPM(revolution per minute) |
SNMP agent | sensor.fan.speed[swSensorValue.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
Trigger prototypes for FAN Discovery
| Name | Description | Expression | Severity | Dependencies and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Fan is in critical state | Please check the fan unit |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.fan.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1,"eq","{$FAN_CRIT_STATUS}")=1 |
Average | |
| {#SENSOR_INFO}: Fan is not in normal state | Please check the fan unit |
count(/Brocade FC by SNMP/sensor.fan.status[swSensorStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1,"ne","{$FAN_OK_STATUS}")=1 |
Info | Depends on:
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LLD rule Network interfaces discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network interfaces discovery | Discovering interfaces from IF-MIB. |
SNMP agent | net.if.discovery |
Item prototypes for Network interfaces discovery
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Operational status | MIB: IF-MIB The current operational state of the interface. - The testing(3) state indicates that no operational packet scan be passed - If ifAdminStatus is down(2) then ifOperStatus should be down(2) - If ifAdminStatus is changed to up(1) then ifOperStatus should change to up(1) if the interface is ready to transmit and receive network traffic - It should change todormant(5) if the interface is waiting for external actions (such as a serial line waiting for an incoming connection) - It should remain in the down(2) state if and only if there is a fault that prevents it from going to the up(1) state - It should remain in the notPresent(6) state if the interface has missing(typically, hardware) components. |
SNMP agent | net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}] |
| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Bits received | MIB: IF-MIB The total number of octets received on the interface, including framing characters. This object is a 64-bit version of ifInOctets. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.in[ifHCInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Bits sent | MIB: IF-MIB The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface, including framing characters. This object is a 64-bit version of ifOutOctets.Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.out[ifHCOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Inbound packets with errors | MIB: IF-MIB For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of inbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Outbound packets with errors | MIB: IF-MIB For packet-oriented interfaces, the number of outbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. For character-oriented or fixed-length interfaces, the number of outbound transmission units that contained errors preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Outbound packets discarded | MIB: IF-MIB The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.out.discards[ifOutDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Inbound packets discarded | MIB: IF-MIB The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space. Discontinuities in the value of this counter can occur at re-initialization of the management system, and at other times as indicated by the value of ifCounterDiscontinuityTime. |
SNMP agent | net.if.in.discards[ifInDiscards.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Interface type | MIB: IF-MIB The type of interface. Additional values for ifType are assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), through updating the syntax of the IANAifType textual convention. |
SNMP agent | net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Speed | MIB: IF-MIB An estimate of the interface's current bandwidth in units of 1,000,000 bits per second. If this object reports a value of |
SNMP agent | net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}] Preprocessing
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Trigger prototypes for Network interfaces discovery
| Name | Description | Expression | Severity | Dependencies and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Link down | This trigger expression works as follows: |
{$IFCONTROL:"{#IFNAME}"}=1 and last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])=2 and (last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#1)<>last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}],#2)) |
Average | Manual close: Yes |
| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): High bandwidth usage | The utilization of the network interface is close to its estimated maximum bandwidth. |
(avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.in[ifHCInOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}],15m)>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}]) or avg(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.out[ifHCOutOctets.{#SNMPINDEX}],15m)>({$IF.UTIL.MAX:"{#IFNAME}"}/100)*last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])) and last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])>0 |
Warning | Manual close: Yes Depends on:
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): High error rate | It recovers when it is below 80% of the |
min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.in.errors[ifInErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} or min(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.out.errors[ifOutErrors.{#SNMPINDEX}],5m)>{$IF.ERRORS.WARN:"{#IFNAME}"} |
Warning | Manual close: Yes Depends on:
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| Interface {#IFNAME}({#IFALIAS}): Ethernet has changed to lower speed than it was before | This Ethernet connection has transitioned down from its known maximum speed. This might be a sign of autonegotiation issues. Acknowledge to close the problem manually. |
change(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])<0 and last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.speed[ifHighSpeed.{#SNMPINDEX}])>0 and ( last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=6 or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=7 or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=11 or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=62 or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=69 or last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.type[ifType.{#SNMPINDEX}])=117 ) and (last(/Brocade FC by SNMP/net.if.status[ifOperStatus.{#SNMPINDEX}])<>2) |
Info | Manual close: Yes Depends on:
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