Table 42 Information Available from the Navigation Page (continued)

Element

Dependencies

Front

Back

Logical

Physical

 

 

Physical

Physical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storage

 

 

 

 

 

Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The management server displays cxfs for SGI IRIX computers if it detects cxfs on the cluster. On individual IRIX computers "cxfs" is not displayed when you type the following at the command prompt:

df -k

Data may be missing from the Navigation tab for a McDATA or a Connectrix switch if the switch was discovered by using SNMP and one of the following techniques:

•Its IP address

•Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC) Manager or EMC Enterprise Connectrix Manager (ECM)

If the McDATA and/or Connectrix switches are discovered by their IP address (SNMP connection), the following fields are empty:

•IP Gateway

•Switch ID

•FC Net Address

•FC Net Mask

If the McDATA and/or Connectrix switches are discovered by SNMP and by Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC) Manager or by EMC Enterprise Connectrix Manager (ECM), the following fields are empty:

•IP Gateway

•Switch ID

•DNS Name

•IP Address

•IP Net Mask

•FC Net Address

•FC Net Mask

To learn how to access the Navigation tab, see ”Accessing the Navigation Tab” on page 275 for more information.

Finding the Status of a Port on a Switch

The management server can detect the status of a switch. This can be especially useful if a port is being a problem. To find the status of a port on a switch:

1.Access System Manager as described in ”Accessing System Manager” on page 219.

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