HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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Changing the layout
Click the Overview icon in the Topology menu if it is difficult to view an entire fabric in the Topology
view. A small window displays the entire fabric in a miniature (or zoomed out) format. This tool includes a
gray box that you can drag over the portions of the fabric you want to have displayed in the larger
Topology view. The tool also helps you to pinpoint the portion of a large fabric that you want to view.
To move nodes, click the Select icon in the toolbar and then drag a node. Fabric Manager stores the
changes that you make to the locations of the nodes.
Fabric Manager provides three different topology layouts, described in Table 11.
To change to a different topology layout, from View > Topology > Layout, select Circular, Core-Edge, or
Tree.
Viewing bundled and individual links
A bundled link collapses all the links between two switches. This keeps the topology uncluttered, since
displaying all the links can make it difficult to view switch connections.
Double-click a bundled link to view the individual links that compose the bundle. Double-click the
individual links to view the bundle again (see Table 12). When you double-click a bundle, you can then
view tool tips on each individual link. Tool tips include the bandwidth and the ports and switches where the
intersite link (ISL) connects.
Table 11 Topology view layout styles
Layout Description
Circular Lays out the ring and star topologies in a way that preserves the visual identity of each
cluster and avoids overlapping nodes and clusters.
Core-Edge Separates core switches, edge switches, and nodes visually.
All switches defined in the FCS policy of a secure fabric are considered core switches.
Any switches with devices attached to them are considered edge switches. Core
switches can be viewed only when the Default Startup Layout menu is set to
Core-Edge. Core switches are identified in all topology layouts by a bold C in the
top-left corner of the node. See ”Designating a core switch” on page 144 for
information on assigning a switch manually as a core switch.
By default, when a non-secure fabric is discovered, all switches with attached devices
are labeled as edge switches. All switches without attached devices are labeled as
core switches.
Tree Organizes the fabric hierarchically.
Table 12 Topology view link images
Images from Topology view Description
Show Links
Represents the link speed between two switches using
the Gb/sec format:
Red = 1 Gb/sec
Purple = 2 Gb/sec
Blue = 4 Gb/sec
Trunked Links
Represents a trunk between two switches.