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Chapter 4 Device Manager
Using Device Manager

Menu Bar

The menu bar at the top of the Device Manager main window provides options for managing and
troubleshooting a single switch. The menu bar provides the following options:
Device—Opens an instance of Device Manager, sets management preferences, sets the page layout,
opens a Telnet/SSH session with the current switch, and closes the Device Manager application.
Physical—Allows you to view and manage inventory, modules, temperature sensors, power
supplies, fans, and the entire system.
Interface—Allows you to configure and manage PortChannels, as well as Fibre Channel, Ethernet,
iSCSI, and FICON ports. Also provides diagnostic, management and monitoring capabilities, as
well as SPAN and port tracking.
FC—Allows you to configure and manage VSAN, domain, and name server characteristics. Also
provides advanced configuration capabilities.
FICON—Allows you to configure and manage FICON VSANs, configure RLIR ERL information,
and swap selected FICON ports.
IP—Allows you to configure and manage the following types of information: FCIP, iSCSI, iSNS,
routes, VRRP, and CDP.
Security—Allows you to configure and manage FC -SP, port security, iSCSI security, SNMP
security, common roles, SSH, AAA, and IP ACLs.
Admin—Allows you to save, copy, edit, and erase the switch configuration, monitor events,
manipulate Flash files, manage licenses, configure NTP, use CFS, and reset the switch. Also enables
you to use the show tech support, show cores, and show image commands.
Logs—Shows the various logs: message, hardware, events, and accounting. Also displays FICON
link incidents, and allows you to configure the syslog setup.
Help—Displays online help topics for specific dialog boxes in the Information pane.

Toolbar Icons

The Device Manager toolbar provides quick access to many Device Manager features. Once the icon is
selected, a dialog box may open that allows configuration of the feature. The toolbar provides the main
Device and Summary View icons as shown in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1 Device Manager Main Toolbar
Icon Description
Open Device Opens the Device Manager view for another
switch, with the option to open this view in a
separate window.
Refresh Display Communicates with the switch and displays the
information in the Device Manager view.
Command Line
Interface
Opens a separate CLI command window to the
switch.