8 Viewing Element Topology and Properties

This chapter describes the following:

About System Manager” on page 217

Accessing System Manager” on page 219

About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager” on page 219

About the User Interface” on page 219

Viewing Storage Elements” on page 237

Setting Up Custom Commands” on page 258

Using External Tools” on page 268

About the Navigation Tab” on page 270

Viewing Element Properties” on page 275

Viewing Element Topology” on page 279

Creating a Virtual Application” on page 288

About the Provisioning Tab” on page 289

About the Events Tab” on page 289

Asset Attributes of an Element” on page 290

About the Collectors Tab” on page 292

About the Monitoring Tab” on page 292

About the Policies Tab” on page 293

Determining If a Host Belongs to a File System” on page 293

About the Data from CXFS File Systems” on page 294

About System Manager

System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details about the discovered elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the devices in your network are connected. For example, direct attached storage connections are displayed by a dotted line.

NOTE: To view direct attach storage, you must enable the button. See Table 28 on page 220 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 About the Toolbar in System Manager” on page 220 for more information.

The following tabs provided in the middle pane provide additional information:

List - Provides information about the elements by fabric and domain. See About the List Tab” on page 223 for more information.

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