FW 08.01.00 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual (620-000155-220, November 2005)

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Using the Element Manager
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General Information
• Define Nickname. Displays the Define Nickname dialog box, where
you can define a nickname to display for the attached device
instead of the device's 8-byte WWN.
• Display options. Allows you to display attached devices listed
under the Port WWN column in the Node List View by the device
nickname configured through the Define Nickname menu option
or the device's WWN.
Note that these options are also available when you click a port row,
then select the Port secondary menu from the Product tab on the menu
bar.
Performance View
Select the Performance view tab. This view provides a graphical
display of performance for all 32 ports. The top portion of the
Performance View displays bar graphs that show the level of
transmit/receive activity for each port. This information updates
every five seconds. Each bar graph also shows the percentage link
utilization for the port. A red arrow marks the highest utilization
level reached since the Performance View was opened. If the system
detects activity on a port, it represents minimal activity with at least
one bar.
When an end device (node) is logged into a port, moving the cursor
over the port bar graph in the Performance View highlights the graph
and displays a message with the World Wide Name of the connected
node. If the connected node has more than one port, this is the World
Wide Name of the specific port on the node. When a port is
functioning as an expansion port (E_Port), the message is “E_Port.”
When a port is not logged into an end-device (not functioning as an
F_Port) or to another switch (not functioning as an E_Port), the
message is the port current online state.
Right-click a bar graph to display a menu of port-related actions. The
options available on this menu are the same as those that are
available when you right-click a port in the Hardware View or
right-click a row in the Port List View. These include:
• Port Properties
• Node Properties
•Port Technology
• Block Port
• Enable Beaconing