Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 5 Fabric Manager Client
Fabric Manager Client Quick Tour
Note You can resize each pane by dragging the boundaries between each region or by clicking the Minimize
or Maximize controls.
Menu Bar
The menu bar at the top of the Fabric Manager main window provides options for managing and
troubleshooting the current fabric and for controlling the display of information on the Fabric pane. The
menu bar provides the following menus:
• File—Opens a new fabric, rediscovers the current fabric, locates switches, sets preferences, prints
the map, and clears (right-click on log) or exports the Fabric pane log.
• View—Changes the appearance of the map (these options are duplicated on the Fabric pane toolbar).
• Zone—Manages zones, zone sets, and inter-VSAN routing (IVR).
• Tools—Verifies and troubleshoots connectivity and configuration, as described in the “Fabric
Manager Troubleshooting Tools” section on page 5-22.
• Performance—Runs and configures Performance Manager and Cisco Traffic Analyzer and
generates reports.
• Server—Runs administrative tasks on clients and fabrics. Provides Fabric Manager Server
management and a purge command. Lists switches being managed.
• Help—Displays online help topics for specific dialog boxes in the Information pane.
4 Status Bar (right side)—Shows the last entry displayed by the discovery process and the possible
error message.
5 Fabric pane—Displays a map of the network fabric, including switches, hosts, and storage. It also
provides tabs for displaying log and event data.
6 Status Bar (left side)—Shows short-term transient messages, such as the number of rows
displayed in a table.
7 Logical Domains pane—Displays a tree of configured SAN, fabrics, VSANs, and zones, and
provides access to user-defined groups.
8 Physical Attributes pane—Displays a tree of available configuration tasks depending on the
fabric, VSAN, or zone selected previously. Lists the switches and end devices in the logical
selection.