HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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8 Viewing Element Topology and Properties
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About System Manager” on page 245
• ”Accessing System Manager” on page 247
• ”About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager” on page 247
• ”About the User Interface” on page 247
• ”Viewing Storage Elements” on page 266
• ”Setting Up Custom Commands” on page 290
• ”Using External Tools” on page 300
• ”About the Navigation Tab” on page 301
• ”Viewing Element Properties” on page 306
• ”Viewing Element Topology” on page 309
• ”Creating a Virtual Application” on page 319
• ”About the Provisioning Tab” on page 320
• ”About the Events Tab” on page 320
• ”Asset Attributes of an Element” on page 321
• ”About the Collectors Tab” on page 323
• ”About the Monitoring Tab” on page 323
• ”About the Policies Tab” on page 324
• ”Determining If a Host Belongs to a File System” on page 324
• ”About the Data from CXFS File Systems” on page 325
About System Manager
System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details about the discovered
elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the devices in your network
are connected. For example, direct attached storage connections are displayed by a dotted line.
NOTE: To view direct attach storage, you must enable the button. See Table 32 on
page 248 for more information.
Use the utilities provided in the toolbar to modify the topology. For example, you can filter out
fabrics and change the placement of elements in the topology through drag and drop functionality.
See ”About the Toolbar in System Manager” on page 248 for more information.
The following tabs provided in the middle pane provide additional information:
• List - Provides information about the elements by fabric and domain. See ”About the List Tab”
on page 251 for more information.