Brocade ISL port monitoring

Question

I have a pair of Brocade switches with ISLs running between them. I'd like to know if it's possible to be alerted when one of the ISL ports goes from an E_PORT to anything else (particularly a U_PORT). I am about to write a /sh script on a management box that will run a portshow command every 15 minutes and email me if it doesn't see what I need it to, but there has to be an easier way. How do you monitor your ISL ports?

Do you still need to nail down anything else related to this question? — Mike Pennington, Jun 26 '12 at 16:19
Ideally, a link to something that would help future readers understand how MIBs work. In the end, we ended up incorporating this switch into our SNMP monitoring system. — Basil, Jun 26 '12 at 16:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 22 '12 at 16:53

Use snmpwalk and monitor connUnitPortType (1.3.6.1.3.94.1.10.1.3) from FCMGMT-MIB. Look for the index number of the port. To index into the connUnitPortType table, you'll need to monitor with the index from connUnitPortPhysicalNumber (1.3.6.1.3.94.1.10.1.18)

Brocade ISL port monitoring

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