3 – Managing Fabrics

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Displaying Fabric Information

3.3.1

Fabric Status

The fabric updates the topology and faceplate displays by forwarding changes in status to the management workstation as they occur. You can allow the fabric to update the display status, or you can refresh the display at any time. To refresh the topology display, do one of the following:

Choose the Refresh button.

Open the View menu and select Refresh.

Press the F5 key.

Right-click anywhere in the background of the topology display and select Refresh Fabric from the popup menu.

The topology display uses switch and status icons to provide status information about switches, inter-switch links, and the Ethernet connection. The switch icons indicate 16 port switch or an unknown switch type. The switch status icons, displayed on the left side of a switch, vary in shape and color. Switches controlled by an Ethernet Internet Protocol have a colored Ethernet icon displayed on the right side of the switch. A green Ethernet icon indicates normal operation, yellow indicates operational with errors, and red indicates inactive or failure. Table 3-1shows the different switch icons and their meanings.

Table 3-1. Topology Display Switch and Status Icons

Switch Icon

Description

SANbox2 Switch

Normal operation (Green)

SANbox2-8c Switch

Normal operation (Green)

Non-QLogic Switch, or a QLogic Switch with different security than the fabric management switch.

Switch communication normal (Green)

Switch is operational with errors (Yellow)

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Q-Logic 59022-03 D manual Fabric Status, Topology Display Switch and Status Icons