Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Chapter
7
View Management
In this chapter
•View management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
•Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
•Editing a customized view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
•Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
•Copying a view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
•SAN topology layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
•Customizing the layout of devices on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
•Customizing the layout of connections on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
•Changing a group background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
•Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
•Changing the product label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
•Changing the port label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
•Changing the port display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
•Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
•Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
•Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
View management overview
You can customize the topology by creating views that include certain fabrics or devices and then
switch between the views to see specific information about those fabrics or devices.
If you discover or import a network with more than approximately 2000 devices, the devices display
on the Product List, but not on the Topology Map. Instead, the Topology Map shows a message
stating that the topology cannot be displayed. To resolve this issue, create a new view to filter the
number of devices being discovered. Refer to “Creating a customized view” on page 176 for
instructions.