SAN Switched are used as a communication infrastructure between servers and storage equipment. Among the SAN switches, Brocade SAN switches are the most widely used and Moein monitoring system has the capability of monitoring them. It provides various metrics of Fabric modules, FX Ports and connected NX Port. SAN switch metrics are listed below:

General Parameters and Metrics:

1. Fabric Name
2. Fabric Element Name
3. Maximum Number Of Modules In The Fabric
4. CPU Usage
5. Memory Used Percentage
6. Availability

Fabric Modules:

1. Index
2. Description
3. Name
4. Model
5. Module Operational Status
6. Last Change Time
7. Number Of FXPorts

FXports:

1. Index
2. Name
3. Highest Supported FC-PH Version
4. Lowest Supported FC-PH Version
5. Total Number Of Available Receive Buffers
6. Supported Class Of Services
7. Intermixed Detection Is Supported
8. Mode Of Stacked
9. Class 2 Sequential Delivery Is Supported
10. Class 3 Sequential Delivery Is Supported
11. Port ID
12. Number Of Currently Available Buffers
13. Available Buffer Percentage
14. Admin Status
15. Operational Status
16. Number Of Link Failure
17. Number Of Detected Loss Of Synchronization
18. Number Of Signal Losses
19. Class 1 Frames Receive Rate
20. Class 1 Frames Transmit Rate
21. Class 1 Traffic Receive Rate
22. Class 1 Traffic Transmit Rate
23. Class 1 Discard Rate
24. Class 2 Frames Receive Rate
25. Class 2 Frames Transmit Rate
26. Class 2 Traffic Receive Rate
27. Class 2 Traffic Transmit Rate
28. Class 2 Discard Rate
29. Class 3 Frames Receive Rate
30. Class 3 Frames Transmit Rate
31. Class 3 Traffic Receive Rate
32. Class 3 Traffic Transmit Rate
33. Class 3 Discard Rate
34. Received Frames Total Rate
35. Sent Frames Total Rate
36. Received Traffic Total Rate
37. Sent Traffic Total Rate
38. Total Discard Rate

Connected NXPort:

1. Index
2. FC-PH Agreed Version
3. Total Number Of Available Receive Buffers
4. Supported Class Of Services
5. NxPort Address
6. NxPort Identifier Address

Communication Protocols:

• SNMP V1, V2, V3