Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

3-12 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Understanding the Fabric Manager Layout
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Task Panel
The Task panel provides quick access to commonly performed tasks for the selected SAN element in the
View panel. This is not a comprehensive list of tasks, but just the tasks that are used most often on the
type of selected element.
The task list changes depending on the type of element that is selected. For example, Figure 3-7 shows
the Task panel when the entire SAN is selected (by clicking on the background of the View panel). The
list of tasks is different than the list for a single fabric is selected, or when a device is selected (as shown
in Figure 3-8 and Figure 3-9, respectively).
To select a task from the Task panel, click on one of the task groups, and then select the task you want
from the pop-up menu that displays, as shown in Figure 3-12.
Figure 3-12 Selecting a Task from the Task Panel
Information Panel
The Information panel displays detailed information about the elements in the View panel. The
Information panel consists of a series of tabs, each containing a table of information (as shown in
Figure 3-13).
Figure 3-13 Information Panel
Some of the tabs have a filter that allows you to selectively display information for that tab. All tabs,
other than the Overview tab, display the total number of items in the table, and the number of items you
have selected.
Number of items in the table,
and number of items selected
Time of the last refresh
Filter options