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Using PowerVault™ 50F Fibre Channel Switch Manager: Dell™ PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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Using PowerVault 50F Fibre Channel Switch Manager: Dell™
PowerVault™ 50F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide
Overview • Fabric View Page • Fabric Topology View Page • General Switch View Page • Port Detail View
Page • Performance View Page • Administrative Interface Page • Installing and Running rshd.exe • Pop-up
Help Dialog Box
Overview
This chapter contains general information and examples on managing and monitoring the switch via the
PowerVault™ 50F Fibre Channel Switch Manager. The following topics are discussed:
Fabric View Page
Fabric Topology View Page
General Switch View Page
Port Detail View Page
Performance View Page
Administrative Interface Page
Fabric View Page
The Fabric View Page displays the switches in a grid. The lines between switches represent what the Fabric
knows about a switch, but do not indicate connectivity or how the switch is connected to the Fabric.
Double-click on a switch to display the General Switch View Page to provide additional switch information.
Selecting the Fabric Topology button displays a Fabric Topology View Page.
Fabric Topology View Page
The Fabric topology is viewed from the host domain (or host switch), which is initially requested from the
Web browser. This page is broken up into two figures and shows the physical configuration including active
domains, paths, and routing information (for example, the hop count which is the number of switches that
handle a data frame from origination to the destination). See Table 6-1 for field details.
The first item that appears in this page is a list of active domains (or switches) in the Fabric. Following the
active domain list is a table unfolding the views of active paths from the host domain to all remote domains in
the Fabric. This table is grouped by domains. The worldwide name and Internet Protocol (IP) address are
included under each domain. Each active path table displays host switch output port number, host switch
input port number, the hop count and metrics (costs) from the host domain to the remote domain, and the
path flag.
Table 6-1. Fabric Topology Field