Context Menus; Saving The Map - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Fabric Manager Client Quick Tour
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When a VSAN, zone, or zone member is selected in the VSAN tree, the map highlighting changes to
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identify the selected objects. To remove this highlighting, click the Clear Highlight button on the Fabric
pane toolbar or choose Clear Highlight from the pop-up menu.

Context Menus

When you right-click an icon in the Fabric pane, you see a pop-up menu with options that vary depending
on the type of icon selected. The various options available for different objects include the following:
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The Fabric pane has its own toolbar with options for saving, printing, and changing the appearance of
the map. When you right-click the map, a pop-up menu appears that provides options (duplicated on the
toolbar) for changing the appearance of the map.
You can launch web-based or non-web-based applications from the Fabric pane. To do this, you assign
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an IP address to the storage port or enclosure. Then right-click to bring up the pop-up menu, and select
Device Manager.

Saving the Map

You can save the map in the Fabric Pane as an image, or as an editable Visio diagram. You can save the
map with or without labels on the links. The created Visio diagram is editable and saved in two layers:
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To save the map as a Visio diagram, select Files > Export > Visio and choose Map or Map with link
labels. The saved Visio diagram retains the viewing options that you selected from the Fabric pane. For
example, if you collapse multiple links in the map and export the links as a Visio diagram, the Visio
diagram shows those multiple links as one solid link.
The Show Tech Support option from the Tools menu also supports saving the map as a Visio diagram.
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Collapse loops
Collapse expanded multiple links (collapsed multiple links are shown as very thick single lines)
Dim or hide portions of your fabric by VSAN
Open an instance of Device Manager for the selected switch.
Open a CLI session for the selected switch.
Copy the display name of the selected object.
Execute a ping or traceroute command for the device.
Show or hide end devices.
View attributes.
Quiesce and disable members for PortChannels.
Set the trunking mode for an ISL.
Create or add to a PortChannel for selected ISLs.
The default layer includes all switches and links in the fabric.
The end devices layer includes the end devices and can be turned off to remove end devices from
the Visio diagram.
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