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Fabric Window
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
User’s Manual 59010-06 Rev. A SANsurfer Switch Management
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Fabric Window
The Fabric window (see Figure 2-4) allows any user to select a fabric for observa-
tion and/or management (depending on the authority of the user). A managed
fabric has a name and an Ethernet connection to a Switch chassis through-which
the fabric is managed, hereafter referred to as the Fabric Management Switch.
More than one Switch chassis in a multi-chassis fabric can have an Ethernet
connection for backup purposes, but SANsurfer chooses only one Ethernet
connection at a time to use.
The Fabric window is the first window displayed after entering the application.
The application loads the default.fab file, which contains a list of all managed
fabrics. It allows a Super User or an administrator to create and edit a fabric and
identify the IP address of the Fabric Management Switch.
The application loads the default.fab file (or the file assigned to a user; see “User
Administration Window” on page 2-100 for assigning alternate files), which
contains an entry for the managed fabric if the fabric was saved in a previous
session. If this is the first time the application is being accessed, there is no defined
fabric.
The default.fab file does not contain a fabric unless a fabric has been defined and
saved to the default.fab file by a user. If each user has saved their own user.fab
(where user = a user-defined name) file, and the user administration table lists that
fab file for that user, the fabric shown will be different for each user. For example,
if user “Tom” has saved his defined fabric in the “tom.fab” file, changing the entry
in the user administration window for “Tom” to use the tom.fab file instead of
default.fab will recall Tom’s fabric in the Fabric window when he signs in to the
application.
Use the Network Configuration Window to assign the IP Address to these Switch
chassis. The Fabric window can also be used to record Port, Switch chassis, and
Fabric statistics through the use of the type and mode fields.