Persisting A Fabric; Unpersisting A Fabric; Unpersisting A Product; Interpreting Status - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

NOTE: Each fabric has an HP principal switch to manage the devices in fabric. If the principal
switch changes, the new fabric must be manually persisted.

Persisting a fabric

To persist a fabric from the HAFM main window, do one of the following:
Select a fabric in the Physical Map or Product List, and then select Configure > Persist
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Fabric from the menu bar.
Right-click the fabric in the Physical Map or Product List, and then select Persist Fabric.
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• Highlight a fabric in the Physical Map or Product List, and then click the Persist Fabric icon on
the toolbar.

Unpersisting a fabric

To unpersist a fabric from the HAFM window, do one of the following:
• Highlight a fabric in the Physical Map or Product List, and then select Configure > Unpersist
Fabric from the menu bar.
Right-click the fabric in the Physical Map or Product List, and then select Unpersist Fabric.
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A confirmation box appears; click OK.

Unpersisting a product

You can unpersist a product that is no longer part of a persisted fabric. Doing so removes all
connections associated with that product and updates the persisted fabric's data.
To unpersist a product, from the HAFM main window:
Right-click the product in the Physical Map or Product List, and then select Unpersist Fabric.
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A confirmation box appears.
2. Click OK.

Interpreting status

There are various ways to determine the status of persisted fabrics and products. Real-time changes
to the fabric appear on the Physical Map and the Product List and are listed in the fabric log.

Persisted fabric status

The green circle indicator on the fabric icon on the Physical Map and in the Product List shows the
fabric is persisted
Figure 48

Persisted fabric icon on Physical Map

(Figure 48 shows an example).
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