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Monitoring QFabric Devices and Components

This topic describes how to monitor QFabric devices and their components, and which QFabric-specific monitors are available.

To monitor a QFabric device or its components:

Click Monitor in the Network Director banner.
Select a QFabric device node or a node within a QFabric device node that you want to monitor in the View pane.
The tabs and monitors that are available depend on the type of node you select.
To get information about a monitor, click the Help button in its title bar, or refer to Table 1 for information about the QFabric-specific monitors that are available for each node type.

Table 1: Monitors Available for QFabric Devices and Components

QFabric Node Type Selected in the View Pane	Monitoring Tab	Available QFabric-Specific Monitors
QFabric device	Summary	Status Monitor for QFabric Systems Access vs. Uplink Port Utilization Trend Monitor Node Device Summary Monitor QFabric Interconnect Status Summary Monitor
	Equipment	Status Monitor for QFabric Systems
	Fabric Analysis	For information about fabric analysis, see Analyzing QFabric Devices.
Directors folder	Summary	QFabric Director Status Monitor
Director device	Summary	Status Monitor for QFabric Directors QFabric VM Status Summary Monitor
Interconnects folder	Summary	QFabric Interconnect Status Summary Monitor
Interconnect device	Equipment	Status Monitor for QFabric Interconnects
Node Group folder (applies to Server, Redundant Server, and Network Node Groups)	Summary	Node Device Summary Monitor
Node Group (applies to Server, Redundant Server, and Network Node Groups)	Summary	Node Device Summary Monitor
Node device (applies to Server, Redundant Server, and Network Nodes)	Summary	Access vs. Uplink Port Utilization Trend Monitor
	Equipment	Status Monitor for QFabric Nodes