Users Guide

• Revert to Last Saved — Revert fabric locations to the last saved version.
• Save Move — Save changes to fabric locations.
• Popup menu — To display a menu of available actions and the fabric name, right-click a fabric.
• Enter fabric name — To locate a fabric, enter the name and then click the search icon.
• Background Map Actions — Load or delete a geographical background map for the network.
Fabric Summary
To change the display mode of the Fabric Summary screen, use the Network > Fabric Name > Summary
screen. To display the status of the fabric in a graphical view which is the default view, click Graphical. To
use the tabular view, click Tabular.
Displaying the Fabric in a Tabular View
To view the switches in the fabric and check alarms, click Tabular.
• To export results, click Export.
• To manage or remove a switch, click Manage/Unmanage Switch.
• To view additional performance statistics about a fabric:
a. Navigate to the Network > Fabric level > Tabular screen.
b. From the Action drop-down menu, select the switch row.
c. Click Launch Active Link.
For information about how to configure the Active Link, navigate to the Administrative > Settings >
Active link Settings screen. For additional information about the fabric, select the following tabs:
• Detail
• Links
• Hardware
• VLANS
• Port Channels
Displaying the Fabric in a Graphical View
To view the fabric topology, click Graphical. The fabric type and name display at the top of the screen.
View the leaf switches associated with a spine by clicking the spine or view aggregation switches
associated with the access switches by clicking an aggregation switch. The following options are also
available:
• Manage/Unmanage — Unmanaged switches are switches that appear in the fabric but AFM does not
manage them. To monitor and manage a switch, place it in a managed state.
• Launch Active Link — View additional performance statistics about a fabric in a graphical view by
navigating to the following screens:
– On the Network >Fabric level > Graphical screen, right-click the switch icon and select Active
Link.
– On the Network >Fabric level > Graphical screen, select the Active Link option from the Action
drop-down menu.
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Viewing the Fabric