NOTE: To view direct-attached storage, you must enable the button. See Table 29 on page 253 for more information.

Use the utilities provided in the toolbar to modify the topology. For example, you can filter out fabrics and change the placement of elements in the topology through drag and drop functionality. See ”The Toolbar in System Manager” on page 252 for more information.

The following tabs, located in the middle pane, provide additional information:

•List - Provides information about the elements by fabric and domain. See ”The List Tab” on page 256 for more information.

•Access - Provides information about zone entries, persistent bindings, and storage system LUN masking. You can also manage zone, zone aliases, and zone sets from this tab. See ”The Access Tab” on page 258 for more information.

•Path - Provides information about an element's path. See ”About the Path Tab” on page 263 for more information.

When you right-click an element in the topology or in the List, Access, or Path tab, a menu appears. This menu provides additional functionality, depending on the type of element clicked, such as telnet or the creation of zone sets. See the topics, ”About the Right-Click Menu Options” on page 265.

If a switch has more than one connection to a host or storage system, the number of connections is displayed on the line connecting the elements. If there is only one connection, no number is displayed, since the line indicates that a connection exists. For HP blade servers, loop based connections are represented by a solid line with the word LOOP next to it, and NPIV based connections are represented by a solid line with the word NPIV.

Keep in mind the following:

•If your Java plug-in control panel cache is set to 50 MB, it is recommended you increase this setting to 100 MB or more. Increasing this setting improves the reloading performance of System Manager.

•Individual virtual SANs (VSANs) for Cisco switches are not displayed in the topology or fabric tree. The switches in a VSAN are displayed under the fabric to which their VSAN belongs. See ”About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager” on page 251 for more information.

•ISL connections are not shown as connected ports between two McDATA or Connectrix switches that are not both managed by EFC Manager or Connectrix Manager in a fabric.

•The user interface may load slowly while the topology is being recalculated.

•NAS stitching to Windows XP hosts does not appear in the topology.

•On the Switch Navigation Ports page, a Brocade switch shows an L-Port as an FL-Port.

•The following IBM HBAs appear as QLogic HBAs in the Navigation and Properties pages, in addition to reports:

•IBM MSJ

•FaStT FC-2/2-133

By double-clicking an element in the topology, you have access to the following features:

250 Viewing Element Topology and Properties