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

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Chapter
5
Fabric Topologies
In this chapter
This chapter provides information about the View panel within Fabric Manager. The View panel
provides a graphical representation of the elements that Fabric Manager monitors and all of their
connections. This includes logical SANs (LSANs) and any virtual switches and links associated with
them. See the following topics for information about the using View panel:
•The View panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
•Topology views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
•Link information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
The View panel
The View panel displays a topological view of the SAN or fabric based on the view you select in the
Scope panel (see Figure 52).
FIGURE 52 View panel
You can choose to identify the switches by name, IP address, WWN, or domain ID (see “Scope
panel” on page 39). In Figure 52 the switches are identified by IP address.
The colors that appear as background headers provide a quick visual status. See “Status
indicators” on page 47 for more information about the color coding.