DCFM Enterprise User Manual (53-1001775-01, June 2010)

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Chapter
5
View management
In this chapter
•About view management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
•Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
•Editing a customized view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
•Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
•Copying a view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
•About topology layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
•Customizing the layout of devices on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
•Customizing the layout of connections on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
•Changing a group’s background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
•Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
•Changing the product label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
•Changing the port label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
•Changing the port display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
•Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
About view management
You can customize the topology by creating views that include certain fabrics or devices and then
switch between the views to see specific information about those fabrics or devices.
If you discover or import a Fabric with more than approximately 2000 devices, the devices display
on the Product List, but not on the Connectivity Map. Instead, the topology area shows a message
stating that the topology cannot be displayed. To resolve this issue, create a new view to filter the
number of devices being discovered. Refer to Creating a customized view for instructions.