Switch Manager

Switch status

Switch icon shape and color provide information about the switch and its operational state. Lines represent links between switches. The topology display uses green to indicate normal operation, yellow to indicate operational with errors, red to indicate a potential failure or non-operational state, and blue to indicate unknown, unreachable, or unmanageable. See “Fabric status” on page 40 for more information about topology display icons.

Topology data windows

The topology display provides the following data windows, which correspond to the data window tabs at the bottom of the display:

■Name Server—Displays all devices logged with the name server and their addresses within the current fabric configuration. See “Name Server data window” on page 63 for more information.

■Active Zoneset—Displays the active zone set for the fabric including zones and their member ports. See “Active Zoneset data window” on page 44 for more information about this data window. See “Zoning a fabric” on page 45 for information about zone sets and zones.

■Switch—Displays current network and switch configuration data for the selected switches. See “Switch data window” on page 63 for more information.

■Link—Displays information about the inter-switch links. See “Link data window” on page 64 to for more information.

Working with switches and links

Switch and link icons are selectable and moveable, and serve as access points for other displays and menus. You select switches and links to display information about them, modify their configuration, or delete them from the display. Context-sensitive menus are displayed when right-clicking on a switch or link icon, or in the background of the topology display graphic window.

Selecting switches

Selected switch icons are highlighted in light blue. Select switches in the following ways:

■To select a switch, click the icon.

■To select multiple switches, hold down Ctrl and select.

■To select all switches, right-click anywhere in the graphic window background. Select Select All Switches from the menu.

■To cancel a selection, hold down Ctrl and select the item again. To cancel all selections, click in the graphic window background.

Arranging switches in the display

You can arrange switch icons in the topology display:

■To move an individual switch icon, click and drag the icon to another location in the graphic window. Links stretch or contract to remain connected.

■To arrange all switch icons in the topology display automatically, select View > Layout Topology.

By default, the Toggle Auto Layout box in the View menu is checked, which causes Switch Manager to arrange the icons when Layout Topology is selected.