HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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8 Viewing Element Topology and Properties
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About System Manager” on page 255
• ”Accessing System Manager” on page 257
• ”About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager” on page 257
• ”About the User Interface” on page 257
• ”Viewing Storage Elements” on page 276
• ”Setting Up Custom Commands” on page 300
• ”Using External Tools” on page 310
• ”About the Navigation Tab” on page 311
• ”Viewing Element Properties” on page 316
• ”Viewing Element Topology” on page 319
• ”Creating a Virtual Application” on page 329
• ”About the Provisioning Tab” on page 330
• ”About the Events Tab” on page 330
• ”Asset Attributes of an Element” on page 331
• ”About the Collectors Tab” on page 333
• ”About the Monitoring Tab” on page 333
• ”About the Policies Tab” on page 334
• ”Determining If a Host Belongs to a File System” on page 334
• ”About the Data from CXFS File Systems” on page 335
About System Manager
System Manager is the gateway to many features that let you view details about the discovered
elements. System Manager provides a topology that lets you view how the devices in your network
are connected. For example, direct attached storage connections are displayed by a dotted line.
NOTE: To view direct attach storage, you must enable the button. See Table 33 on page 258
for more information.
Use the utilities provided in the toolbar to modify the topology. For example, you can filter out
fabrics and change the placement of elements in the topology through drag and drop functionality.
See ”About the Toolbar in System Manager” on page 258 for more information.
The following tabs provided in the middle pane provide additional information:
• List - Provides information about the elements by fabric and domain. See ”About the List Tab”
on page 261 for more information.