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Switch Features

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■ View tab–Select the View tab to display a product list and physical map of the

discovered topology.

■ Product list–When the View tab is selected, the product list at the left side of

the window displays a list of discovered devices and associated properties.

■ Physical map–When the View tab is selected, the physical map at the right

side of the window depicts the SAN topology, discovered devices, and

color-coded links.

■ Tool box–The toolbox at the right side of the window provides button

selections to change the discovered topology display, including zoom in,

zoom out, expand, and collapse functions.

■ Master log–The master log at the lower left corner of the window displays a

list of informational, warning, or fatal events. The log also includes the event

source, type, description, time, and IP address of the device generating the

event.

■ Utilization legend–The color-coded utilization legend explains percent

utilization for links depicted on the physical map.

■ Minimap–The minimap at the lower right corner of the window displays the

entire SAN topology, and provides an aid to navigate the more detailed

physical map.

■ Status bar–The status bar at the bottom of the window displays connection

status, client information, user level, and discovery status.

Zoning

The switch supports a name server zoning feature that partitions attached devices

into restricted-access groups called zones. Devices in the same zone can recognize

and communicate with each other through switched port-to-port connections.

Devices in separate zones cannot communicate with each other.

Zoning is configured by authorizing or restricting access to name server

information associated with device N_Ports that attach to switch fabric ports

(F_Ports). A zone member is specified by the port number to which a device is

attached, or by the 8-byte (16-digit) World Wide Name (WWN) assigned to the

host bus adapter (HBA) or Fibre Channel interface installed in a device. A device

can belong to multiple zones.

Note: By default, zoning is disabled. You must enable zoning to see devices.