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Configuring FC-to-SAS bridges for health monitoring

You must perform some special configuration steps to monitor the FC-to-SAS bridges in the MetroCluster configuration.

Third-party SNMP monitoring tools are not supported for FibreBridge bridges.

From the ONTAP cluster prompt, add the bridge to health monitoring:
  1. Add the bridge, using the command for your version of ONTAP:

    ONTAP versionCommand
    9.5 and laterstorage bridge add -address 0.0.0.0 -managed-by in-band -name bridge-name
    9.4storage bridge add -address bridge-ip-address -name bridge-name
  2. Verify that the bridge has been added and is properly configured: storage bridge show

    It might take as long as 15 minutes to reflect all data because of the polling interval. The ONTAP health monitor can contact and monitor the bridge if the value in the Status column is ok, and other information, such as the worldwide name (WWN), is displayed.

    The following example shows that the FC-to-SAS bridges are configured:
    controller_A_1::> storage bridge show

    Bridge              Symbolic Name Is Monitored  Monitor Status  Vendor Model                Bridge WWN
    ------------------  ------------- ------------  --------------  ------ -----------------    ----------
    ATTO_10.10.20.10  atto01        true          ok              Atto   FibreBridge 7500N   20000010867038c0     
    ATTO_10.10.20.11  atto02        true          ok              Atto   FibreBridge 7500N   20000010867033c0
    ATTO_10.10.20.12  atto03        true          ok              Atto   FibreBridge 7500N   20000010867030c0
    ATTO_10.10.20.13  atto04        true          ok              Atto   FibreBridge 7500N   2000001086703b80

    4 entries were displayed

     controller_A_1::>