Stack Links Data Window; Managing Switch Stacks - HP StorageWorks SN6000 User Manual

Stack Links data window

The Stack Links data window displays information about all switch links for a stack of switches in the
faceplate display. This information includes the switch names, the port number at the end of each link, and
the link status icon. To open the Stack Links data window, click a stack icon in the fabric tree, and click the
Stack Links tab below the data window in the stack faceplate display.
Figure 22

Stack Links data window

The Stack Links data window fields are described in
Table 9

Stack Links data window

Field
Status
Switch 1
Switch 2

Managing Switch Stacks

The QuickTools web applet recognizes switches as a stack if they are connected by their high speed
stacking ports. QuickTools will auto-detect switches connected by these 10 Gb/s or 20 Gb/s ports and
display these stacked switches as a single stack entity in the faceplate display
The graphic window (upper right pane of the faceplate display) displays one faceplate image for each
switch in the stack.
In the fabric tree (left window pane), the switches in each stack are nested under the stack icon, which is
nested under the fabric icon. Expanding the fabric and stack icons in the fabric tree displays all switches in
a stack. The lock image on the fabric icon indicates that the application is communicating with the fabric
through a secure (Secure Sockets Layer) connection.
The stack dialogs are essentially the same as their corresponding switch dialogs, except that the Select
Switch for Initial Configuration pull-down menu is added to each dialog. The stack dialogs display the
information for the switch selected in the Select Switch for Initial Configuration pull-down menu. Choose
another switch in the pull-down menu to display information for that switch. After you click OK, the switch
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Table
Description
Icon depicting current link status
The first switch discovered in the fabric. Displays the port
number that the ISL is currently connected to on the switch.
The second switch discovered in the fabric. Displays the port
number that the ISL is currently connected to on the switch.
9.
(Figure 22).