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

4-16 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Working With Switch and Port Groups

At the bottom left of each At-A-Glance view are icons that display the types of switches and ports

included in that view. You can mouse-over these icons to get a brief summary of the switch or port type.

The At-A-Glance Views contain clickable icons that perform specific tasks, ranging from changing

views to opening a telnet session. Table 4-1 shows the complete list of icons. Not all icons are available

for all elements.

Creating and Populating Switch Groups

Use the following procedure to create and populate switch groups. A switch can be in multiple switch

groups at the same time.

If a switch is removed from a fabric and it was a member of a group, it is also automatically removed

from the group.

To create a group of switches or ports

1. Click Tasks > Groups > Manage Switch/Port Groups from the Menu bar.

The Groups View displays (see Figure 4-11).

Table 4-1 At-A-Glance Icons

Icon Name Description

Expand List Expands the list within the At-A-Glance window to reveal additional

information. Located in the header of the At-A-Glance window.

Edit View Options Launches the Edit View Options dialog so you can customize the

information displayed in the view.

Update Updates the information in the displayed view.

Telnet Opens a telnet session to the switch. See “Opening a Telnet Session for a

Nonsecure Switch” on page 11-6 for additional information.

Admin View Launches the Switch Admin module of Web Tools.

Switch Events Opens the Events view for the switch in a new Fabric Manager window.

Group Events Opens the Events view in a new Fabric Manager window for the

appropriate group.

Fabric Watch Launches the Fabric Watch module of Web Tools.

Health Report Displays the Switch Health Report in a separate window.

Group Creation Opens the Edit Switch Group window.

Note

When you create port groups, it is better to create more port groups with fewer ports in each group than

to create fewer port groups with a lot of ports in each group. The Fabric Manager client memory usage

increases with the number of ports you have in a port group when you view that port group.