McDATA 3032, 3232 Keyboard Navi gati on , Hardware View , Window Layout and Function

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General Information

button cancels the operation and closes the dialog box without saving

the information you entered.

Keyboard

Navigation Keyboard navigation is an alternative to mouse navigation. The

Element Manager supports standard keyboard navigation.

Hardware View NOTE: The SAN management application window is still available as a

separate window. You can drag the Element Manager window away from the

SAN management application window and view both windows on your PC

desktop or minimize one or both of them to icons if desired. You can have a

maximum of four Element Manager windows open concurrently.

Function The main Element Manager window is divided into four main areas.

The menu bar on the Element Manager window displays tabs for the

following menus:

•Product

• Configure

•Logs

• Maintenance

•Help

Click one of the tabs to display a list of menu options. Click an option

to open a dialog box that allows you to perform configuration and

maintenance tasks and view logs. If a menu option contains a check

box, click in the box to add a check mark and enable a function. Click

a check box containing a check mark to remove the check mark and

disable the function.

Product Menu

Select one of the following options from the Product menu.

Management Style

This provides a secondary menu with radio buttons for Open

Systems and FICON management styles. These options change some

Element Manager dialog boxes and options to allow management of

the switch in open systems or FICON environments.