Path Operation Tree

The Path Operation tree, on the left side of the Path Operation window, contains the following:

Item

Description

 

 

List

Changes the items displayed in the Path Operation tree.

 

You can select which side to display the information on

 

cross-subsystem paths from.

 

Fibre - Local Subsystem: Displays ports in the local storage

 

system.

 

Fibre - External Subsystem: Displays ports (WWNs) in the

 

external storage system.

 

 

Tree

The following items appear in tree format. The information

 

displayed in the list on the right changes corresponding to

 

the items clicked in this tree.

 

When you select Fibre - Local Subsystem from the list, the

 

following items appear in the tree:

 

Subsystem: The root node of the Path Operation tree

 

that is always displayed.

 

Port number: The port number of the local storage

 

system, for which the port attribute is set to External,

 

appears under Subsystem. One of the following icons

 

appears:

 

: Ports in the Standard mode.

 

: Ports in the Initiator/External MIX mode.

 

When you select Fibre - External Subsystem from the list,

 

the following items appear in the tree:

 

Product name of the external volume: The product name

 

of the external storage system that is connected by XP

 

External Storage appears as a root node. The display

 

format is Vendor name: Product name (Serial

 

number).

 

WWN: The WWNs of the external storage system

 

appear under the product name of the external storage

 

system.

 

 

Path Operation List (When Subsystem is Clicked)

When you click Subsystem in the Path Operation tree, the external port information that is set to the local storage system appears in the list on the right.

58 Using the XP External Storage GUI