User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Page 236 BACS Interface Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R
EXPLORER VIEW PANE
You can dock and pin the Explorer View pane on the left side, right side, top, or bottom of the main window.
The Explorer View pane lists the objects that can be viewed, analyzed, tested, or configured by BACS. When an item is
selected in the Explorer View pane, the tabs showing the information and options that are available for the item appear in
the Context View pane.
The organization of this panel is designed to present the manageable objects in the same hierarchical manner as drivers
and its subcomponents. This simplifies the management of various elements of the converged network interface controller
(C-NIC). The top level of the hierarchy is the Host container, which lists all hosts managed by BACS. Below the hosts are
the installed network adapters, with the manageable elements, such as physical port, VBD, NDIS, FCoE, and iSCSI below
the adapters.
The icon next to each device in the Explorer View pane shows its status. An icon next to a device name that appears normal
means the device is connected and working.
• X. A red “X” that appears on the device’s icon indicates the device is currently not connected to the network.
• Greyed out. A device icon that appears greyed out indicates the device is currently disabled.
CONTEXT VIEW SELECTOR
The Context View selector appears below the menu bar and includes the filter and tab categories. Although you can expand
and collapse the categories that appear on tabs in the Context View pane, you can alternatively display a category by
selecting the box next to the category name.
Filter View
In a multiple-host environment using several C-NICs, there can be a large number of manageable elements per adapter that
can be difficult and cumbersome to view, configure, and manage all elements. Use the filter to select a particular device
function. Possible filter views include:
•All
•Team view
• NDIS view
• iSCSI view
•FCoE view
• iSCSI Target view
• FCoE Target view
CONTEXT VIEW PANE
The Context View pane displays all the parameters that you can view for the object selected in the Explorer View pane. The
parameters are grouped by tabs and categories, depending on the parameter type. The available tabs are Information,
Configuration, Diagnostics, and Statistics. Because the BACS interface is context-sensitive, only the parameters that apply
to the selected object can be viewed or configured in the Context View pane.