Viewing Fabric Properties

You can view the following properties of a fabric:

•Assign a Custom Name - To make it easier to identify the element, assign the element a Custom Name. See ”Assigning a Custom Name” on page 277. This option is not available to all elements.

•Vendor - The vendor name.

•Created - The first time the software contacted this element.

•Discovery Status - The status of the discovery of the element, for example "Contacted."

•Install Date - Not applicable

•Name Detected - The name of the fabric detected.

•OID - Not applicable

•Description - The status of the discovery of the element, for example "Contacted."

•WWN - The Worldwide Name of the fabric.

•Zones - The zones in the fabric. To learn more about a zone, click its link.

•Zone Sets- The zone sets in the fabric. To learn more about a zone set, click its link.

•Switches - The switches in the fabric. To learn more about a switch, click its link.

•Zone Aliases - The zone aliases in the fabric.

•Update Element Data - To update the displayed properties, click the Update Element Data button at the bottom of the screen. The management server gathers new and changed details from the element and then redraws the topology with the updated information.

Keep in mind the following:

•Do not update element data during Get Topology or Discovery Data Collection/Get Details. You can determine if the management server is getting the topology or all element details by looking at the label near the status button.

•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 perform Update Element Data for the storage system, 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 the topic, ”Step 1 - Discover Switches” on page 31 for more information about Discovery Data Collection/Get Details.

To learn how to access the Properties tab for a fabric, see the topic, ”Accessing the Properties Tab” on page 276.

Assigning a Custom Name

To make it easier to identify an element instance in the system, assign the instance a Custom Name. The Custom Name also appears in Chargeback.

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