McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RW20B-TE, December 2005)

26 Using McDATA Web Server/McDATA Element Manager
Port views and status
Port color and text provide information about the port and its operational state. Green indicates active;
gray indicates inactive. The faceplate display provides the following views of port status corresponding to
the View menu options in the faceplate display. See ”Monitoring port status” on page 98 for more
information about these displays.
• Port type
• Port state
• Port speed
• Port media
Right-click the faceplate image or a port icon in the faceplate to display context-sensitive popup menus.
Working with ports
Ports are selectable and serve as access points for other displays and menus. You select ports to display
information about them in the data window or to modify them. Right-click the faceplate image or on a port
icon in the faceplate to display context-sensitive popup menus.
Selecting ports
You can select ports in the following ways. Selected ports are outlined in white.
• Click the port in the faceplate display to select a port.
• Select a port, then press and hold Shift, and select another port to select a range of consecutive ports.
The application selects both end ports and all ports in between in port number sequence.
• Press and hold Control while selecting ports to select several non-consecutive ports.
• To select all internal and external ports, right-click in the faceplate image and select Select All Ports
from the popup menu.
• Press and hold Control, and click a selected port to cancel that selection.
Opening the faceplate popup menu
To open the popup menu, right-click on the faceplate image to present the following tasks.
• Refresh the switch
• Select all ports
• Manage switch properties
• Manage network properties
• Manage Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) properties
• Manage port properties
• Change the port symbolic name
• Run the port loopback tests
• Services
• Security Consistency Checklist
If no ports are selected, the port-related tasks will be unavailable in the menu. Right-click a port to open the
Port popup menu. Press and hold Shift or Control to select more than one port. Right-click one of the
selected ports to unselect multiple ports.