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McDATA Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual
Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Node List View
Display the Node List View in the view panel by selecting Node List
from the view tabs on the Product Manager window. This view
displays information about all node attachments to any F_Ports on
the switch sorted by port number. All data is dynamic and updates
automatically as devices log in and log out.
Figure 2-13 Node List View
Information that displays for each node includes:
•Port #
Number of the port, from 0 through 23.
• Fibre Channel Address
The 3-byte Fibre Channel address for the node or the arbitrated
loop physical address (ALPA) for private loop devices.
•Node Type
— N_Port: The switch port is operating as an F_Port.
— NL_Port: the switch port is operating as an FL_Port