Brocade Communications Systems IP250 Name settings, Turning flyovers on or off, Viewing flyovers

5 Name settings

a.Select the protocol type from the Type list, if necessary.

Depending on which protocol you select, some properties may not be available for all protocols.

b.Select each property you want to display in the connection flyover from the Available Properties table.

Depending on which protocol you select, some of the following properties may not be available for all protocols:

IP

• IP_Address:Port-IP_Address:Port

c.Click the right arrow to move the selected properties to the Selected Properties table.

d.Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to reorder the properties in the Selected Properties table.

The properties displayed in the Selected Properties table appear in the flyover display.

8.Remove connection properties you do not want to display on flyover by selecting the property in the Selected Properties table and clicking the left arrow.

9.Click Apply or OK to save your work.

Turning flyovers on or off

Flyovers display when you place the cursor on a product. They provide a quick way to view a product’s properties.

To turn flyovers on or off, select Enable Flyover Display from the View menu.

Viewing flyovers

On the Topology Map, rest the pointer over a product icon, port, or connection.

The pop-up window containing the product, port, or connection information displays.

For the product icon, the pop-up window displays the display name and IP address of the device.

For the connection, the pop-up window displays the IP address and port number for each device at either end of the connection. If one of the connections is a cloud, the port number does not display.

Name settings

You can use Names as a method of providing familiar simple names to products and ports in your SAN. Using your Management application you can:

•Set names to be unique or non-unique.

•Fix duplicate names.

•Associate a name with a product, port WWN, or Fabric Assigned WWN currently being discovered.

•Add a WWN and an associated name for a product or port that is not yet being discovered.

•Remove or disassociate a name from a WWN.

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