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4 Configuring SAN products and fabrics
This chapter provides instructions for configuring products, fabrics, and trap forwarding.
• Managing SAN products, page 77
• Configuring Enterprise Fabric Mode, page 82
• Configuring fabric binding, page 83
• Persisting and unpersisting fabrics, page 84
• Configuring trap forwarding, page 87
Managing SAN products
Use the HAFM application to manage discovered products.
This section describes the following topics:
• Using the Element Manager, page 77
• Searching for products in a SAN, page 78
• Changing product properties, page 78
• Determining product status, page 79
• Displaying service requests, page 79
• Displaying routes between ports, page 79
• Displaying fabric properties, page 81
Using the Element Manager
You can use the Element Manager to manage switches and directors directly from the HAFM
application.
NOTE: Use only one copy of the application to monitor and manage the same devices in a subnet.
Opening multiple copies of the application could result in errors.
Opening the Element Manager from the user interface
Use the Element Manager to search for a product, change product properties, and perform other
configuration and maintenance tasks.
There are two ways to open the Element Manager from the HAFM user interface:
• Right-click a product icon and select Element Manager.
• Double-click a product icon.
Opening the Element Manager from the command line
The HAFM application contains a script that opens an Element Manager. To use the script:
1. Ensure that the HAFM appliance is running and the product is discovered.