HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.X Advanced Web Tools Administrator Guide (AA-RVHYB-TE, September 2005)

30 Using Advanced Web Tools
Fabric Tree
The Fabric Tree is the left panel of the Switch Explorer. The Fabric Tree displays all switches in the fabric,
including switches that do not have an Advanced Web Tools license. Any switches segmented before
Advanced Web Tools is launched are not displayed.
Although all switches in the fabric are displayed, only switches that have an Advanced Web Tools license
installed can be managed through Advanced Web Tools. Other switches must be managed through the
Fabric OS command line interface (CLI) or another management application. For information on adding
an Advanced Web Tools license to a switch, see ”Installing an Advanced Web Tools license” on page 18.
Use the drop-down menu at the top of the panel to view switches in the Fabric Tree by switch name, IP
address, or WWN. The background color of the switch icon indicates the current status of the switch. You
can mouse-over a switch in the fabric tree to display the IP address and current status.
You can manually refresh the status of a switch within the fabric by right-clicking that switch in the Fabric
Tree and clicking Refresh.
Fabric toolbar
The Fabric Toolbar at the bottom of the Fabric Tree enables you to access fabric-wide administration tasks
quickly. The Fabric Toolbar icons provide access to:
It is important to note that the information displayed is gathered from different areas; switches in the fabric
might be running different versions of Fabric OS, and different versions of Fabric OS support different
features, so the information displayed might not always be the same for switches running different
versions of Fabric OS.
• Fabric events
This information is collected from the launch switch. See ”Monitoring events” on
page 50 for more information.
• Topology module
This information is collected from the selected switch. See ”Displaying a fabric
topology report” on page 55 for more information.
• Name Server information
This information is collected from the selected switch. See ”Displaying the
Name Server entries” on page 55 for more information.
• Zone Administration module
This information is collected from the selected switch. This icon is displayed only
if an HP Advanced Zoning license is installed on the switch. If secure mode is
enabled, zoning can be administered only from the primary fabric
configuration server (FCS) switch. If the selected switch has a zoning license
installed but is not the primary switch, the Zone Admin icon is displayed but not
activated. See ”Managing zoning with Advanced Web Tools” on page 81 for
more information.