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Setting Fabric Manager Preferences

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In the Fabric pane, the switches or end devices in your group are shown normally; all other switches and
end devices are shown in gray.
Step 3 Click the Groups folder in the Logical Domains pane to return the display to normal.
Note

Status Bar

The status bar at the bottom of the Fabric Manager window shows the last entry displayed by the
discovery process, and the possible error message on the right side. The status bar displays a message
stating that something has changed in the fabric and a new discovery is needed. The status bar shows
both short-term, transient messages (such as the number of rows displayed in the table) and long-term
discovery issues.
Setting Fabric Manager Preferences
To set your preferences for the behavior of the Fabric Manager, choose File > Preferences from the
Fabric Manager menu bar. You see the Preferences dialog box with the following tabs for setting
different components of the application:
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The default General preferences for Fabric Manager are as follows:
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User-defined groups tables are filtered based on switches in the group except for switches where
CFS-controlled features are enabled when all CFS member switches are displayed to avoid
misconfigurations.
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Show Device Name by—Displays the switches in the Fabric pane by IP address, DNS name, or
logical name. The default setting for this value is Logical Name.
Show WorldWideName (WWN) Vendor—Displays the world wide name vendor name in any table
or listing displayed by Fabric Manager. Check the Prepend Name check box to display the name in
front of the IP address of the switch. Check the Replacing Vendor Bytes check box to display the
name instead of the IP address. The default is the Prepend Name option.
Show End Device Using—Displays end devices in the Fabric pane using alias or pWWN alias. The
default setting for this value is Alias.
Show Shortened iSCSI Names—Displays the default setting for this value is OFF.
Show Timestamps as Date/Time—Displays timestamps in the date/time format. If this preference is
not checked, timestamps are displayed as elapsed time. The default setting is enabled (checked).
Telnet Path—Displays the path for the telnet.exe file on your system. The default is telnet.exe, but
you need to browse for the correct location.
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