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2 Monitoring and managing the director
This chapter describes how to use the features available through the Element Manager to monitor
and manage director operation. These features include status indicators, menu options, and dialog
boxes available through the Hardware view, Port Card view, Port List view, Node List view,
Performance view, and FRU List view.
• Hardware view, page 49
• Port Card view, page 61
• Port List view, page 70
• Node List view, page 73
• Performance view, page 77
• FRU List view, page 82
• Port operational states, page 84
• Link incident alerts, page 86
• Threshold alerts, page 87
Hardware view
The Hardware view is the default view when you open the Element Manager. If another view is
displayed, you can display the Hardware view by clicking the Hardware view tab on the Element
Manager window. Using this graphical view of the switch, you can view status symbols and
simulated LED indicators. You can also display data and use mouse functions to monitor status and
obtain vital product information for the switch and its hardware components.
This section provides the following information about Hardware view:
• Identifying FRUs, page 49
• Monitoring director operation, page 50
• Monitoring hardware operation, page 51
• Obtaining hardware information, page 54
• Using menu options, page 57
Identifying FRUs
Move the mouse pointer over parts of the director graphic in the Hardware view to display labels
identifying each hardware component and its slot position in the chassis relative to identical
components installed in the director. Components include:
• Port cards:
• The Director 2/64 can contain up to 16 port cards, slot positions 15 through 0 (left to right).
• The Director 2/140 can contain up to 32 port cards in the front of the unit (slot positions
0–1) and up to three additional port cards in the rear (slot positions 33–35). Note that blank
slot position 32 relates to ports 128–131, which are internal ports.
As you move the mouse pointer over each card, labels display, identifying the card's slot number
and port technology. Abbreviations that may display to identify port technology, such as UPM,