View Panel Toolbar Items - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

5
Understanding the View Panel
You can choose to identify the switches by name, IP address, WWN, or domain ID (see
on page
The colors that appear as background headers provide a quick, visual status. See
page 3-14

View Panel Toolbar Items

The View panel includes application toolbar buttons (see
of toolbar buttons, described in
Table 5-1
Icon
5-2
3-7). In Figure 5-1 the switches are identified by IP address.
for information.
Table
View Panel Toolbar Items
Name Description
Pan Drag the contents of the View panel in any direction to see different portions
of the fabric topology.
Select Select any graphical object (fabric, switch, or device) or line connection in
the View panel. You can move the graphical objects with this tool.
Zoom in Click and drag to zoom in on a particular rectangular region of the topology.
rectangle
Zoom in Click to zoom in.
Zoom out Click to zoom out.
Fit to view Click to fit the entire topology in your Fabric Manager window.
Overview Click to open a window that displays the entire topology in miniature. The
View panel displays what is in the rectangular area in the miniature overview.
See "Changing the Layout" on page 5-4
Legend Click to open (or close) a window that displays the legend for status, link, and
event information. Each type of information is displayed in a separate tab in
the Legend window.
window. In the SAN View, only the Status and Event tabs are available.
Orthogonal/ Click to toggle the style of the links between straight style, so they connect in
straight links a straight line from one element to another, or orthogonal style, in horizontal
and vertical lines, with right angles, to connect elements.
example of orthogonal links.
Relayout the Click to automatically rearrange the graphical objects in the View panel in an
nodes orderly arrangement. This is useful if you have moved the elements around a
lot.
Lock the Click to prevent the view from recentering on the selected object if the
focus selected object is offscreen. This button toggles between locking and
unlocking the focus.
Table 3-1 on page
5-1.
for more information.
Figure 5-2 shows the three tabs of the Fabric Legend
"Scope Panel"
"Status Indicators" on
3-11) as well as its own set
Figure 5-4 shows an
Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP