Searching For A Device - Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual

The Search features contains a number of components. The following graphic illustrates the
various areas, and descriptions of them are listed below.
1. Text field — Enter the text or unicode regular expression for which you want to search.
2. Search list — Select one of the following options:
3. Search up button — Click to search upward in the list.
4. Search down button — Click to search downward in the list.

Searching for a device

You can search for a device by name, WWN, or device type. When searching in the Connectivity
Map, make sure you search the right view (View > Manage View > Display View > View_Name) with
the appropriate options of port display (View > Port Display > Display_Option) and connected end
devices (View > Port Display > Show All) enabled.
NOTE
Search does not search automatically collapsed fabrics. You must expand the fabric (right-click and
select Expand) and repeat the search.
To search for a device, complete the following steps.
1. Enter your search criteria in the search field.
2. Choose one of the following options:
3. Press Enter or click the search icon.
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Text option — Select this option if you entered a text string in the text field.
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Regular Expression option — Select this option if you entered a unicode regular expression
in the text field.
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Clear Search command — Select this option to clear the search text field
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Help command — Select this option to view help for this feature.
NOTE
To search for a device, the device must be discovered and display in the topology.
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Select Text from the search list and enter a text string in the search text box.
This search is case sensitive.
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Select Regular Expression from the search list and enter a Unicode regular expression in
the search text box.
This search is case insensitive
The search results display highlighted.
If the search finds more than one match, a message displays, advising you to restrict the
search by restricting the search by node (refer to
or by looking for exact matches (refer to
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"Restricting a search by node"
"Searching for an exact match"
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