NOTE: Right-click menu options are not available to undiscovered fabrics.

Table 31 Menu Options Accessible from the Topology*

Menu Option

Description

 

 

Go to Navigation

This menu option redirects you to the Navigation page. If the element is

Details

labeled discovered, you are shown the Properties page. Elements are labeled

 

discovered when the management server has discovered the element but

 

cannot obtain additional information about it. See About the Navigation

 

Tab” on page 302.

 

 

Go to Element

Displays a graphical representation of the path of an element. This also

Topology

includes multipathing. See Viewing Element Topology” on page 310.

 

 

Show Events

Displays the events for an element. See About the Events Tab” on page 321.

 

 

Show Policies

Displays the Policy tab for the element. You can then view, add, modify, and

 

delete polices assigned to the element. See About the Policies Tab” on

 

page 324 for more information.

 

 

Update Element

The management server gathers new and changed details from the element

Data

and then redraws the topology with the updated information.

 

The Update Element Data functionality does not detect element components

 

that have been removed, such as ports and LUNs. For example, assume you

 

removed several LUNs from an array. If you right-click the storage system and

 

select Update Element Data, the LUNs still appear in the user interface. You

 

must perform Discovery Data Collection for the deleted LUNs to be removed

 

from the user interface. See Discovery Data Collection” on page 67.

 

 

Show Impact

Highlights the elements that are impacted. See Showing the Impact of an

 

Element” on page 281.

 

 

Show Cluster

Highlights the elements that are impacted. See Showing the Impact of an

Impact

Element” on page 281.

 

 

Show Port Details

Lets you determine the use of each port for all elements in the network. See

 

Viewing Ports” on page 280 for more information.

 

 

Build/Edit Cluster

Lets you manually build or edit host and application clusters. See Host and

 

Application Clustering” on page 129.

 

 

266 Viewing Element Topology and Properties