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

Table 30 Drop-Down 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 it cannot obtain additional information about it. See ”About the

 

Navigation Tab” on page 270.

 

 

Go to Element

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

Topology

includes multipathing. See ”Viewing Element Topology” on page 279.

 

 

Show Events

Displays the events for an element. See ”About the Events Tab” on page 289.

 

 

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 293 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/Get Details for the deleted LUNs to

 

be removed from the user interface. See ”Step 4 - Discovery Data Collection

 

or Get Details” on page 80.

 

 

Show Impact

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

 

Element” on page 245.

 

 

Show Port

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

Details

”Viewing Ports” on page 245 for more information.

 

 

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