Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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The View panel
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NOTE
When you have more than 50 devices in a fabric, not all of them can be displayed in the Fabric View
without affecting performance. In this case, you should select the individual devices from the Device
tab to display detailed information for that device in the Fabric View.
View panel toolbar items
The View panel includes application toolbar buttons (see Table 5 on page 43) as well as its own set
of toolbar buttons, described in Table 8.
TABLE 8 View panel toolbar items
Icon Name Description
Pan Drag the contents of the View panel in any direction to see different portions of the
fabric topology.
Select Select any graphical object (fabric, switch, or device) or line connection in the View
panel. You can move the graphical objects with this tool.
Zoom in
rectangle
Click and drag to zoom in on a particular rectangular region of the topology.
Zoom in Click to zoom in.
Zoom out Click to zoom out.
Fit to view Click to fit the entire topology in your Fabric Manager window.
Overview Click to open a window that displays the entire topology in miniature. The View panel
displays what is in the rectangular area in the miniature overview. See “Layout
changes” on page 84 for more information.
Legend Click to open (or close) a window that displays the legend for status, link, and event
information. Each type of information is displayed in a separate tab in the Legend
window. Figure 53 shows the three tabs of the Fabric Legend window. In the SAN View,
only the Status and Event tabs are available.
Orthogonal/
straight links
Click to toggle the style of the links between straight style, so they connect in a straight
line from one element to another, or orthogonal style, in horizontal and vertical lines,
with right angles, to connect elements. Figure 55 shows an example of orthogonal
links.
Relayout the
nodes
Click to automatically rearrange the graphical objects in the View panel in an orderly
arrangement. This is useful if you have moved the elements around a lot.
Lock the focus Click to prevent the view from recentering on the selected object if the selected object
is offscreen. This button toggles between locking and unlocking the focus.